The MIAA Division 1A Boys' Ice Hockey Tournament, commonly referred to as the Super Eight, was an annual boys' high school ice hockey tournament held by the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) to determine the top boys' team in the state.
The Tournament Management Committee voted to not accept any Division 1A tournament proposals until at least the 2025–26 academic year. If the MIAA Board of Directors votes to side with the TMC, then no Division 1A boys' ice hockey tournament would be held until 2026 at the earliest.
History The Super Eight was a double-elimination tournament that determined the high school state champion since the inaugural 1991 tournament. The tournament features 10 teams. The selection committee seeds the teams 1 to 10. The tournament begins with two play-in games culminating with the finals played at TD Garden. The games leading up to the finals have been scheduled at neutral sites, including Tsongas Center, Chelmsford Forum, and other rinks in the state. The tournament is the basis for the creation of the Division 1A Baseball Tournament, which was established in 2014, to crown a state champion.
On March 12, 2020, the MIAA announced that the state finals games across all divisions scheduled for that weekend would be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, Arlington and Pope Francis were both declared co-champions for the first time in the Super Eight tournament. The MIAA did not sponsor winter tournaments in 2021, thus no Super Eight was held.
On April 16, 2021, the MIAA Tournament Management Committee voted to accept the Blue Ribbon Committee's proposal that they will “not consider any applications for a 1A Tournament until July 1, 2025, to ensure MIAA sport committees can support their applications with four years of data under the new statewide tournament structure starting in the fall 2021 season.” The Blue Ribbon Committee cited "consistency, equity, and Title IX compliance across all sports" as the reasoning. The MIAA Division 1A Boys' Ice Hockey Tournament along with the Division 1A Baseball Tournament cannot return until the 2025–26 academic year if the committee votes to approve. The TMC believes that the 4-year gap will allow sports committees to gather substantial data with the new statewide tournament to better support their future proposals for a Division 1A tournament. However, the Board of Directors must approve the TMC vote before it becomes official.
On April 29, the MIAA Ice Hockey Committee announced that they will appeal the decision made by the TMC.
Tournament format history 1991–2000 8 teams (double-elimination)
2000–2003 10 teams (4-team single-game play-in; double-elimination)
2004–2012 10 teams (4-team single-game play-in; round-robin; single-game semifinal and final)
2013–2017 10 teams (4-team single-game play-in; best-of-three quarterfinals; single-game semifinal and final)
2018–2021 10 teams (4-team single-game play-in; double-elimination with a single-game championship)
Results Year Winning team Coach Losing teamCoach Score LocationFinals venue1991Catholic MemorialBill HansonBoston College High 3–2 Boston, MassachusettsBoston Garden1992Catholic Memorial (2)Bill HansonMatignon 3–1 Boston, MassachusettsBoston Garden1993Catholic Memorial (3)Bill HansonMedford 5–2 Boston, MassachusettsBoston Garden1994Catholic Memorial (4)Bill HansonArlington Catholic 5–1 Boston, MassachusettsBoston Garden1995Catholic Memorial (5)Bill HansonBoston College High 3–1 Boston, MassachusettsBoston Garden1996Boston College HighJoe McCabeMatignon 5–1 Boston, MassachusettsFleetCenter1997Arlington CatholicDan ShineBoston College HighJoe McCabe 5–4 Boston, MassachusettsFleetCenter1998Catholic Memorial (6)Bill HansonArchbishop Williams 5–0 Boston, MassachusettsFleetCenter1999Catholic Memorial (7)Bill HansonBoston College HighJoe McCabe 5–2Lowell, MassachusettsTsongas Center2000Catholic Memorial (8)Bill HansonBoston College HighJoe McCabe 6–3 Boston, MassachusettsFleetCenter2001Catholic Memorial (9)Bill HansonBoston College HighJoe McCabe 1–0 (OT) Boston, MassachusettsFleetCenter2002Boston College High (2)Joe McCabeCatholic Memorial 2–0 Boston, MassachusettsFleetCenter2003Catholic Memorial (10)Bill HansonBoston College HighJoe McCabe 3–2 Boston, MassachusettsFleetCenter2004Catholic Memorial (11)Bill HansonBoston College HighJoe McCabe 3–1 Boston, MassachusettsFleetCenter2005Catholic Memorial (12)Bill HansonArlington Catholic 3–1 Boston, MassachusettsTD Banknorth Garden2006Boston College High (3)Joe McCabeCatholic Memorial 2–1 Boston, MassachusettsTD Banknorth Garden2007Boston College High (4)Joe McCabeWeymouth 6–1 Boston, MassachusettsTD Banknorth Garden2008ReadingPeter DohertyMalden Catholic 3–0 Boston, MassachusettsTD Banknorth Garden2009Catholic Memorial (13)Bill HansonBurlingtonBob Conceison 5–1 Boston, MassachusettsTD Banknorth Garden2010HinghamTony MessinaCatholic Memorial 1–0 Boston, MassachusettsTD Garden2011Malden CatholicChris SerinoSt. John's Prep 4–3 (OT) Boston, MassachusettsTD Garden2012Malden Catholic (2)John McLeanBoston College High 3–1 Boston, MassachusettsTD Garden2013Malden Catholic (3)John McLeanAustin Prep 3–2 Boston, MassachusettsTD Garden2014Malden Catholic (4)John McLeanAustin Prep 5–3 Boston, MassachusettsTD Garden2015St. John's PrepKris HansonMalden CatholicJohn McLean 2–1 Boston, MassachusettsTD Garden2016Malden Catholic (5)John McLeanSt. John's Prep 2–1 (OT) Boston, MassachusettsTD Garden2017ArlingtonJohn MessuriCentral Catholic 2–1 (OT)Boston, MassachusettsTD Garden2018Boston College High (5)John FlahertyPope FrancisBrian Foley2-1 (OT) Boston, MassachusettsTD Garden2019Boston College High (6)John FlahertyPope FrancisBrian Foley2-1 (4OT)Boston, MassachusettsTD Garden2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; Arlington (2) and Pope Francis declared co-champions2021Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Team titles TeamTitlesYears Catholic Memorial131991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009 Boston College High61996, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2018, 2019 Malden Catholic52011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016Arlington22017, 2020 Pope Francis12020 St. John's Prep 1 2015 Arlington Catholic11997 Reading Memorial12008 Hingham12010
Tournaments
1991 Catholic Memorial School ^ St. John's Preparatory School Boston College High School Matignon High School Medford High School Reading Memorial High School Arlington High School Billerica Memorial High School ^ Tournament Champion
1992 Catholic Memorial School ^ Matignon High School Woburn Memorial High School St. John's Preparatory School Don Bosco Technical High School Newton North High School Reading Memorial High School Arlington High School ^ Tournament Champion
1993 Catholic Memorial School ^ Medford High School Archbishop Williams High School Billerica Memorial High School Arlington High School St. John's High School Burlington High School Weymouth High School ^ Tournament Champion
1994 Catholic Memorial School ^ St. John's Preparatory School Arlington High School Arlington Catholic High School Wakefield Memorial High School Framingham High School Matignon High School Falmouth High School ^ Tournament Champion
1995 Catholic Memorial School ^ Boston College High School Arlington Catholic High School Arlington High School Newton North High School Reading Memorial High School Matignon High School Acton-Boxborough Regional High School ^ Tournament Champion
1996 Boston College High School ^ Catholic Memorial School Matignon High School Reading Memorial High School Arlington Catholic High School Arlington High School Acton-Boxborough Regional High School Tewksbury Memorial High School ^ Tournament Champion
1997 Catholic Memorial School Matignon High School Arlington Catholic High School ^ St. John's High School Boston College High School Reading Memorial High School Billerica Memorial High School Chelmsford High School ^ Tournament Champion
1998 Catholic Memorial School ^* Archbishop Williams High School Arlington High School Boston College High School Billerica Memorial High School Reading Memorial High School Arlington Catholic High School St. John's Preparatory School ^ Tournament Champion
Catholic Memorial School won the Super Eight tournament with a perfect 24-0-0 season record.
1999 Boston College High School Reading Memorial High School Archbishop Williams High School Arlington High School St. John's Preparatory School Catholic Memorial School^ Matignon High School Waltham High School ^ Tournament Champion
2000 Catholic Memorial School ^ Boston College High School Arlington High School Austin Preparatory School Arlington Catholic High School Reading Memorial High School Needham High School St. John's High School ^ Tournament Champion
2001 Winchester High School Arlington High School Catholic Memorial School^ Austin Preparatory School Boston College High School Reading Memorial High School Springfield Cathedral High School St. John's High School Archbishop Williams High School Matignon High School ^ Tournament Champion
2002 St. John's High School Boston College High School^ Austin Preparatory School Hingham High School Catholic Memorial School Billerica Memorial High School Chelmsford High School Reading Memorial High School Arlington Catholic High School Arlington High School ^ Tournament Champion
2003 Boston College High School Catholic Memorial School^ Arlington High School Hingham High School Austin Preparatory School Arlington Catholic High School Belmont High School Chelmsford High School St. John's High School St. John's Preparatory School ^ Tournament Champion
2004 Catholic Memorial School^ Boston College High School Arlington Catholic High School Hingham High School Waltham High School St. John's Preparatory School Belmont High School Duxbury High School Billerica Memorial High School Framingham High School ^ Tournament Champion
2005 Catholic Memorial School^ Boston College High School Hingham High School Waltham High School Arlington Catholic High School Reading Memorial High School Duxbury High School Medford High School Austin Preparatory School St. John's Preparatory School ^ Tournament Champion
2006 Catholic Memorial School Boston College High School^ Arlington Catholic High School Medford High School Hingham High School Duxbury High School Winchester High School Acton-Boxborough Regional High School Austin Preparatory School St. John's Preparatory School ^ Tournament Champion
2007 The ten teams to qualify for the 2007 Super Eight tournament are listed below.
Catholic Memorial School (14-1-2) St. John's Preparatory School (11-3-6) Boston College High School (14-4-2) Malden Catholic High School (13-4-2) Weymouth High School (19-1-0) Reading Memorial High School (19-3-0) Woburn Memorial High School (16-2-2) Central Catholic High School (16-2-2) Waltham High School (18-3-1) Austin Preparatory School (13-5-2)
Bracket
Bracket A
Bracket B
Semifinals and Finals
2008 The ten teams to qualify for the 2008 Super Eight tournament are listed below.
Catholic Memorial School (14-1-3) Hingham High School (17-3-2) St. John's Preparatory School (12-5-3) Boston College High School (11-4-5) Reading Memorial High School (20-1-0) Malden Catholic High School (11-5-4) Needham High School (16-3-2) Waltham High School (15-3-4) Westford Academy (15-5-1) Xaverian Brothers High School (10-6-3)
2009
The ten teams to qualify for the 2009 Super Eight tournament are listed below.
Catholic Memorial School (10-4-4) Needham High School (18-3-1) Malden Catholic High School (15-3-2) Hingham High School (15-2-5) Central Catholic High School (15-0-7) Xaverian Brothers High School (14-4-2) Burlington High School (17-2-1) Winchester High School (16-3-1) Springfield Cathedral High School (13-4-2) Arlington Catholic High School (12-4-4)
2010