The Girls High School Hockey State Tournament starts today with quarterfinals with the top four teams in the FCIAC vs. the top four teams in the Central Connecticut Girls Hockey League.
Two local teams play in the quarters today with Wilton at Amity/NoHaven (Ingalls Rink,New Haven), 4:15 pm and Guilford at New Canaan (Darien Rink), 8 p.m.
Semifinals are Wednesday at Darien Rink (times TBA) and the championship game is Saturday at Terry Connors Rink (Stamford) at 2 p.m.
The state tournament is not sanctioned by the CIAC.

The Central Connecticut Girls Hockey League semifinals are set for Thursday at Yale's Ingalls Rink.
Conard/Hall will face Simsbury at 6:45 p.m. and Amity/North Haven will face Guilford at 8:45 p.m.
The CCGHL championship game will be held on Saturday at Ingalls Rink at 2 p.m.

Make up games and play-in games have been played as the final Central Connecticut Girls Hockey League playoffs gets under way. After this season the CCGHL will be a part of the Southern Connecticut Conference.

Today’s (Thursday) play-in games:
Blue Division play-in game: No. 5 North Haven Co-op 11, No. 4 Branford 0 (at East Haven)
Red Division play-in game: No. 4 Lauralton Hall 10, No. 5 West Haven 4 (at Bridgeport)

Upcoming games:
Monday
Blue Division first round: North Haven Co-op (4/5 winner) at No. 1 Hamden 4:15 p.m.
No. 3 ND-Fairfield at No. 2 Guilford 5 p.m. at East Haven (DiLungo Rink)
Red Division first round pairings still to be determined by Hand at Simsbury game on Sunday (Feb 20)

Tuesday
Red Division first round: Lauralton Hall (4/5 winner) or No. 3 Hand at Simsbury 5:20 p.m. at Simsbury Farms
Lauralton Hall (4/5 winner) or No. 3 Hand at Conard/Hall 8 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Rink (West Hartford)

Feb. 24
Divisional Finals at Yale’s Ingalls Rink:
Red Division Final, 6:45 p.m.
Blue Division Final, 8:45 p.m.

Feb. 26
League Championship at Yale’s Ingalls Rink, 2 p.m.
Red Division champion vs. Blue Division champion

Due to five league makeup games this week from matchups that were postponed the past month due to winter storms, the Central Connecticut Girls Hockey League playoff matchups for this weekend's first round are yet to be decided.
Also, the Amity/North Haven girls coop team originally omitted from the playoffs has been added to the competition.
“With the winter weather forcing make-up games into this week, as well as the North Haven team being added to the playoffs, we are scrambling to put the playoffs together in an equitable way,” Hamden girls hockey coach and CCGHLcommissioner Val Chamberlain said. “This year we have 10 teams which we put in two balanced divisions. We have the Blue Division with Hamden, Guilford, ND-Fairfield Co-op, Branford and the North Haven/Amity/Cheshire/North Branford coop and the Red Division with Simsbury, Hall/Conard coop, Hand, West Haven and Lauralton Hall.”
Chamberlain said the original plan was for league games to be completed by Feb. 12. The playoffs are scheduled to begin Saturday (Feb. 19) with a yet-to-be-determined No. 4 seed vs. No. 5 seed in each division. The winners of those games would play at their respective No. 1 seeds on Monday (Feb 21). The No. 2 seeds once determined would also host the No. 3 seeds on Monday. From there the divisional finals will be held at Yale’s Ingalls Rink on Feb. 24 at 6:45 pm and 8:45 pm. The two divisional winners play for the league championship on Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. at Yale.
The playoff matchups will be available later this week as makeup games are completed according to Chamberlain.