Boys Ice Hockey State Tournament Pairings Posted

The "real" boys ice hockey season begins late Friday afternoon for a pair of Connecticut high school teams, and Monday and Tuesday for 45 others as brackets for the three CIAC state tournaments were released late Friday morning.

Fairfield Prep and the Farmington Valley co-op each return to defend their titles in Divisions I and II, respectively. A new titleholder will emerge from Division III, as the 2018 winner, the Eastern CT Eagles, moved up to Division II this season.

Here are the opening tournament games for teams from Patch towns in Hartford and Tolland counties. Click the division headers for complete brackets.

DIVISION I
All games on 3/5

• No. 2 Northwest Catholic, bye
• No. 12 Simsbury at No. 5 Fairfield Prep, 7 p.m.

DIVISION II
All games on 3/4

• No. 12 North Branford at No. 5 South Windsor, 6:40 p.m.
• No. 11 Westhill/Stamford at No. 6 Glastonbury, 7:30 p.m.
• No. 10 Farmington Valley at No. 7 East Catholic, 7:25 p.m.
• No. 9 Wethersfield/Middletown/Rocky Hill/Plainville at No. 8 E.O. Smith, 6:45 p.m.

DIVISION III
All games 3/4

• No. 14 Trinity Catholic at No. 3 Newington co-op, 8:10 p.m.
• No. 13 Northeastern at No. 4 Sheehan, 8 p.m.
• No. 11 Staples at No. 6 Tri-Town, 8:10 p.m.

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