Tri-Town Hockey to Open State Tournament at Home

ELLINGTON-SOMERS-EAST WINDSOR, CT — Brackets for the state's three boys ice hockey tournaments were released Friday, and Tri-Town will be opening the Division III tournament in front of its home crowd.

The tri-op team of players from Ellington, Somers and East Windsor high schools is seeded third, and will host No. 14 Wilton Monday at the Enfield Twin Rinks at 8:10 p.m.

A total of 14 teams from Patch towns in Hartford and Tolland counties will be competing in the three state tournaments. Here is a complete listing of opening round matchups for those teams; click the division headers for complete brackets.

Division I (Wednesday, 3/7)

• No. 16 East Catholic (0-19-1) at No. 1 Fairfield Prep (17-2-1), 6 p.m.
• No. 10 Simsbury (9-10-1) at No. 7 Northwest Catholic (11-8-1), 6:40 p.m.

Division II (Tuesday, 3/6)

• No. 16 Westhill/Stamford (7-9-2) at No. 1 Farmington Valley (17-2-1), 8 p.m.
• No. 14 E.O. Smith/Tolland (9-10-1) at No. 3 Guilford (17-3), 5:30 p.m.
• No. 13 Hall/Southington (11-7-2) at No. 4 Conard (11-8-1), 8:10 p.m.
• No. 11 North Haven (10-9-1) at No. 6 Glastonbury (9-10-1), 7 p.m.
• No. 9 South Windsor (7-11-2) at No. 8 Branford (13-6-1), 5 p.m.

Division III (Monday, 3/5)

• No. 15 Bolton/Coventry/Rockville/RHAM (4-16) at No. 2 Enfield/East Granby (12-7-1), 3:50 p.m.
• No. 14 Wilton (4-16) at No. 3 Tri-Town (12-7-1), 8:10 p.m.
• No. 10 Brookfield/Bethel/Danbury (7-12-1) at No. 7 Wethersfield/Middletown/Rocky Hill/Plainville (12-7-1), 6:50 p.m.
• No. 9 Housatonic/Northwestern/Wamogo (7-11-2) at No. 8 Newington/Berlin/Manchester/Cromwell (13-7), 8:05 p.m.

Photo credit: Kerri Albano