By Mike Madera
Elm City Sports Writer

NORTHFORD — If the CIAC Division I state hockey tournament is anything like the play-in round, the tournament should see plenty of excitement.

North Haven and Notre Dame-Fairfield gave their share of excitement in the play-in round Monday night when Mike Andreucci scored in overtime to lift the Indians to a 5-4 victory over the Lancers at the Northford Ice Pavilion.

No. 16 North Haven (10-11) will travel to play top-seeded Fairfield Prep Wednesday night at 6 p.m. at the Wonderland of Ice. Notre Dame finished its season at 8-13.

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Tickets for the Hamden hockey team's first-round state tournament game against St. Joseph (Wednesday, March 7 at 6 p.m. at the Lou Astorino Rink) will be sold Tuesday, March 6 and Wednesday, March 7 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the ticket booth outside the auditorium. Ticket prices are $8 for adults, $5 for students/senior citizens and children 5 and under are admitted for free.

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Due to today's snowstorm all local hockey games have been postponed. As a result, the Southern Connecticut Conference Division II Boys' Hockey Tournament semifinals on Thursday have been moved to Friday (see updated schedule below).

Here are the rescheduled hockey dates :
Rockville/Manchester/Stafford at Lyman Hall today PPD to Thursday, 3:30 p.m. at Northford Ice Pavilion
East Catholic at Milford today PPD. to Thursday, 8 p.m. at Milford Ice Pavilion
Branford at St. Bernard/BaconAcad/NFA today is PPD to Thursday at 4 p.m. at Norwich Rink
Xavier at ND-Fairfield today is PPD to Thursday at 6 p.m. at Milford Ice Pavilion
Hamden at ND-West Haven today is ppd. to Thursday,4 p.m. at Bennett Rink
West Haven vs. Cheshire at Northford Ice Pavilion today is PPD. not rescheduled yet says a Northford official

NOTE: The SCC tournament semifinals scheduled for Thursday at Bennett Rink have been moved to Friday, 5:30 p.m./7:30 p.m. to accommodate the Hamden/ND-West Haven makeup game.
SCC SEMIS: No. 1 Hand vs. No. 4 Guilford at 7:30 p.m.; No. 2 Milford vs. No. 3 Branford at 5:30 p.m.

In addition to the SCC swim championships, which were already moved to Thursday at 6 p.m. at SCSU on Tuesday, and the SCC hockey tournament semifinals being moved from Thursday to Friday at Bennett Rink, here are some regular-season hockey games being ppd.:

BOYS’ HOCKEY
Branford at NFA-St. Bernard-Bacon (Norwich Ice Rink), ppd. to Thursday, 4 p.m.
Hamden at Notre Dame-West Haven, ppd. to Thursday, 4 p.m.
Xavier at Notre Dame-Fairfield (Milford), ppd. to Thursday, 6 p.m.
West Haven at Cheshire (Wesleyan), ppd. to Thursday, 4:15 p.m.
Rockville-Manchester-Stafford at Lyman Hall (Northford),ppd. to Thursday, 3:30 p.m.
East Catholic at Milford, ppd. to Thursday, 8 p.m.

From SCC commissioner Al Carbone:

Due to some weather cancellations of today’s regular-season games involving SCC playoff teams, we are moving the Thursday’s semifinals to Friday, March 2. The championship game will remain on Saturday at 6 p.m.

The entire tournament will be webcast at http://www.sportingnewsct.com/

Semifinals – Friday, March 2 at Bennett Rink - West Haven

No. 2 Milford vs. No. 3 Branford - 5:30 p.m.

No. 1 Daniel Hand vs. No. 4 Guilford - 7:30 p.m.



Championship Game – Saturday, March 3 – 6 p.m. at Bennett Rink

The SCC swim championships have already been moved from Wednesday to Thursday due to the impending inclement weather expected for Wednesday. Same time 6 p.m. at SOuthern Connecticut State University's poll.

SCC commissioner Al Carbone said SCSU needed 24-hour notice to move an event, so doing it Wednesday morning or afternoon would be too late. Otherwise, he would have waited until Wednesday to make a decision.

From the Southern Connecticut Conference .... 

The pairings for the 2012 Southern Connecticut Conference Boys Ice Hockey Division II playoffs are set.  

The tournament starts Thursday with the semifinals at Bennett Rink in West Haven.  The championship game is Saturday at 6 p.m. 

 

The entire tournament will be webcast at www.sportingnewsct.com.

 

2011-12 regular-season champion Hand (5-0) is the top seed.   The Tigers are also the defending SCC Division II champion. 

 

The next three teams were all tied with a 3-2 regular-season record – and the seeds were determined by fewest penalty minutes tie-breaker.

 

The second seed is Milford, which is making its first-ever playoff appearance.  Branford is the third seed and making its fifth SCC playoff appearance in six years. Guilford, which lost to Hand, 3-1, in the 2011 championship game, is the fourth seed. 

 

 

SCC Boys Ice Hockey – Division II Playoffs

 

Semifinals – Thursday, March 1 at Bennett Rink, West Haven

 

No. 2 Milford vs. No 3 Branford –  5:30 p.m.

No. 1 Daniel Hand vs. No. 4 Guilford – 7:30 p.m.

 

Championship Game – Saturday, March 3 – 6 p.m. at Bennett Rink