MIAA Division IA Men's Ice Hockey Championship

The Super Eight is the common name of an annual boys high school ice hockey tournament held in Massachusetts that takes place in March each year. A selection committee chooses the top ten public and private high schools from the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association to complete in this tournament. The tournament is technically called the MIAA Division IA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. The tournament is a single-elimination bracket of ten teams. The Super 8 is considered one of the premier high school hockey postseason tournaments in the country.
== History ==
Since 1991, the Super Eight has been held in Boston, Massachusetts at the TD Garden, home of the Boston Bruins. However, many of the games leading up to the Finals may be held at alternative sites, including Tsongas Center, Chelmsford Forum and other rinks in the state.
=== Tournament format history ===
1991–20008 teams are selected to participate in a double-elimination tournament, during the month of March.2000–2003The format changed to a 10 team-format with the bottom four seeds playing a play-in game.2004–2012The bottom four teams play a play-in game then the 8 teams are divided into 2 brackets of round-robin play, with four teams playing in semifinal crossover games.2013–2017The play-in game is the same, but the round of 8 is a best of three series.2018—presentThe play-in game is the same, but from the round of 8 on is a double-elimination tournament with a single game championship.
== Results ==
Year	Winning team 	Coach 	Losing team 	Coach	Score 	Location 	Finals venue
1991	Catholic Memorial 	 	Boston College High	 	3–2 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
1992	Catholic Memorial 	 	Matignon 	 	3–1 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
1993	Catholic Memorial 	 	Medford 	 	5–2 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
1994	Catholic Memorial 	 	Arlington Catholic 	 	5–1 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
1995	Catholic Memorial 	 	Boston College High	 	3–1 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
1996	Boston College High	 	Matignon 	 	5–1 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
1997	Arlington Catholic 	 	Boston College High	 	5–4 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
1998	Catholic Memorial 	 	Archbishop Williams	 	5–0 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
1999	Catholic Memorial 	 	Boston College High	 	5–2 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
2000	Catholic Memorial 	 	Boston College High	 	6–3 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
2001	Catholic Memorial 	 	Boston College High	 	1–0 (OT)	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
2002	Boston College High	 	Catholic Memorial 	 	2–0 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
2003	Catholic Memorial 	 	Boston College High	 	3–2 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
2004	Catholic Memorial 	 	Boston College High	 	3–1 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
2005	Catholic Memorial 	 	Arlington Catholic 	 	3–1 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
2006	Boston College High	 	Catholic Memorial 	 	2–1 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
2007	Boston College High	 	Weymouth 	 	6–1 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
2008	Reading 	 	Malden Catholic 	 	3–0 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
2009	Catholic Memorial 	 	Burlington 	 	5–1 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
2010	Hingham 	 	Catholic Memorial 	 	1–0 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
2011	Malden Catholic 	 	St. John's Prep 	 	4–3 (OT)	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
2012	Malden Catholic 	 	Boston College High	 	3–1 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
2013	Malden Catholic 	 	Austin Prep 	 	3–2 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
2014	Malden Catholic 	 	Austin Prep 	 	5–3 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
2015	St. John's Prep 	 	Malden Catholic 	 	2–1 	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
2016	Malden Catholic 	 	St. John's Prep 	 	2-1 (OT)	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
2017	Arlington 	 	Central Catholic 	 	2-1 (OT)	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
2018	Boston College High	John Flaherty	Pope Francis 	 	2-1 (OT)	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden
==Team titles==
While Catholic Memorial has won over half of the 25 tournaments with 13 Championships, Malden Catholic's four straight championships marked the first time a school other than Catholic Memorial has won more than three consecutive tournaments. Reading Memorial High School became the first public team to win the Super Eight after defeating Malden Catholic 3–0 in 2008. The tournament has been won 22 times by schools in the Catholic Conference. Catholic Memorial with 13, Malden Catholic with 5, BC High with 4, St. John's Prep with 1. Xaverian Brothers HS is the only Catholic Conference team without a Super 8 Title to date. The 2017 title was won by Arlington High School, with a 2-1 OT win versus Central Catholic High School. This is the Spy Ponders's first ever Super 8 championship.
School 	Appearances	Titles	Years
Acton-Boxboro 	3 	0 	1995, 1996, 2006
Archbishop Williams	6 	0 	1993, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2013, 2014
Arlington 	14 	1 	1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2016, 2017
Arlington Catholic 	12 	1 	1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009
Austin Prep 	12 	0 	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Belmont 	2 	0 	2003, 2004
Billerica Memorial 	6 	0 	1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004,
Boston College High	22 	4 	1991, 1995, 1996, 1997,1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Braintree 	1 	0 	2014
Burlington 	5 	0 	1993, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016
Catholic Memorial 	23 	13 	1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014,2017
Central Catholic 	2 	0 	 
Chelmsford 	3 	0 	 
Don Bosco Tech 	1 	0 	1992
Duxbury 	3 	0 	 
Falmouth 	1 	0 	 
Framingham 	2 	0 	 
Franklin 	1 	0 	 
Hingham 	11 	1 	2010
Malden Catholic 	9 	5 	2016, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
Marshfield 	1 	0 	2017
Matignon 	8 	0 	1991, 1992
Medford 	4 	0 	1991, 1993
Needham 	2 	0 	 
Newton North 	2 	0 	1992
Pope Francis 	6 	0 	 
Reading Memorial 	13 	1 	1991,1992, 2008
St. Mary's Lynn 	1 	0 	2011
St. John's 	6 	0 	1993
St. John's Prep 	11 	1 	1991, 1992, 1994, 2015
Tewksbury Memorial 	1 	0 	 
Wakefield Memorial 	1 	0 	 
Walpole 	1 	0 	2017
Waltham 	4 	0 	 
Westford 	1 	0 	2008
Weymouth 	2 	0 	1993
Winchester 	4 	0 	 
Woburn Memorial 	2 	0 	1992
Xaverian Brothers 	2 	0 	 
== Most Super Eight Finals appearances ==
Rank	School 	Champion	Runner-up	Total	Years
1 	Catholic Memorial 	13 	3 	16 	1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010
2 	Boston College High	5 	9 	14 	1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2012,2018
3 	Malden Catholic 	5 	2 	7 	2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
4 	Arlington Catholic 	1 	2 	3 	1994, 1997, 2005
4 	St. John's Prep 	1 	2 	3 	2011, 2015, 2016
6 	Austin Prep 	0 	2 	2 	2013, 2014
6 	Matignon 	0 	2 	2 	1992, 1996
== Most appearances without a Super Eight championship ==
Top 10 - Updated through midnight February 5, 2017
Rank	School 	Appearances	S8 Winning %	Runner-up	Wins Per Appearance
1 	Arlington 	14 	 	0 	
2 	Austin Prep 	12 	 	2 	
3 	Matignon 	8 	 	2 	
4 	Pope Francis 	6 	 	0 	
4 	Billerica Memorial 	6 	 	0 	
4 	St. John's 	6 	 	 	
4 	Archbishop Williams	6 	 	1 	
8 	Burlington 	5 	 	1 	
9 	Medford 	4 	 	1 	
9 	Winchester 	4 	 	 	
== Most Super Eight participants by one conference in a year ==
Minimum three participants
Number	Year	Conference	Programs 	(CWS Winner)
4 	2007	CC 	Boston College High, Catholic Memorial, Malden Catholic, St. John's Prep 	(Boston College High)
4 	2008	CC 	Boston College High, Catholic Memorial, Malden Catholic, Xaverian Brothers	(Reading)
4 	2013	CC 	Boston College High, Catholic Memorial, Malden Catholic, St. John's Prep 	(Malden Catholic)
4 	2014	CC 	Boston College High, Catholic Memorial, Malden Catholic, Xaverian Brothers	(Malden Catholic)
4 	2015	CC 	Boston College High, Malden Catholic, St. John's Prep, Xaverian Brothers 	(St. John's Prep)
3 	1991	CC 	Boston College High, Catholic Memorial, St. John's Prep 	(Catholic Memorial)
3 	1992	CC 	Catholic Memorial, Don Bosco Tech, St. John's Prep 	(Catholic Memorial)
3 	1992	ML 	Arlington, Reading, Woburn 	(Catholic Memorial)
3 	1998	CC 	Boston College High, Catholic Memorial, St. John's Prep 	(Catholic Memorial)
3 	2001	ML 	Arlington, Reading, Winchester 	(Catholic Memorial)
3 	2001	CC 	Boston College High, Catholic Memorial, Matignon 	(Catholic Memorial)
3 	2003	CC 	Boston College High, Catholic Memorial, St. John's Prep 	(Catholic Memorial)
3 	2004	CC 	Boston College High, Catholic Memorial, St. John's Prep 	(Catholic Memorial)
3 	2005	CC 	Boston College High, Catholic Memorial, St. John's Prep 	(Catholic Memorial)
3 	2006	CC 	Boston College High, Catholic Memorial, St. John's Prep 	(Boston College High)
3 	2009	CC 	Catholic Memorial, Malden Catholic, Xaverian Brothers 	(Catholic Memorial)
3 	2010	CC 	Catholic Memorial, Malden Catholic, Xaverian Brothers 	(Hingham)
3 	2011	CC 	Boston College High, Malden Catholic, St. John's Prep 	(Malden Catholic)
3 	2012	CC 	Boston College High, Malden Catholic, St. John's Prep 	(Malden Catholic)
3 	2016	ML 	Arlington, Burlington, Reading 	(Malden Catholic)
3 	2016	CC 	Boston College High, Malden Catholic, St. John's Prep 	(Malden Catholic)
3 	2017	CC 	Boston College High, Catholic Memorial, Malden Catholic 	(Arlington)
== Championships by conference ==
Rank	Conference 	Titles
1 	Catholic Conference (CC) 	23
2 	Middlesex League (ML) 	2
3 	Catholic Central League (CCL)	1
== 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====
===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===
The ten teams to qualify for the 2010 Super Eight tournament are listed below.
# Catholic Memorial School (14-3-1)
# Austin Preparatory School (16-1-3)
# Hingham High School (17-2-3)
# Malden Catholic High School (13-3-4)
# Needham High School (17-1-3)
# Springfield Cathedral High School (15-2-5)
# Xaverian Brothers High School (12-5-3)
# Winchester High School (13-4-2)
# Burlington High School (14-4-2)
# Central Catholic High School (13-4-3)
===2011===
The ten teams to qualify for the 2011 Super Eight tournament are listed below.
# Malden Catholic High School (16-2-2)
# St. John's Preparatory School (14-5-1)
# Boston College High School (13-4-3)
# Weymouth High School (17-3-2)
# Hingham High School (13-5-4)
# Needham High School (12-6-4)
# Woburn Memorial High School (17-3-1)
# Central Catholic High School (16-5-1)
# St. Mary's High School (13-4-3)
# Springfield Cathedral High School (12-9-1)
===2012===
The ten teams to qualify for the 2012 Super Eight tournament are listed below.
# Malden Catholic High School (15-1-4)
# St. Mary's High School (18-0-3)
# St. John's Preparatory School (13-5-2)
# Hingham High School (16-4-2)
# Boston College High School (10-5-5)
# Springfield Cathedral High School (10-6-6)
# Burlington High School (14-1-6)
# Needham High School (16-4-1)
# St. John's High School (15-4-3)
# Central Catholic High School (12-3-5)
====Bracket====
* indicates one overtime period
** indicates shootout
===2013===
The ten teams to qualify for the 2013 Super Eight tournament are listed below.
# St. John's Preparatory School (17-2-1)
# Springfield Cathedral High School (16-1-4)
# Boston College High School (14-3-3)
# Austin Preparatory School (13-1-6)
# Reading Memorial High School (16-1-5)
# Catholic Memorial School (12-6-2)
# Archbishop Williams High School (12-4-4)
# Central Catholic High School (13-5-3)
# Hingham High School (13-7-2)
# Malden Catholic High School (11-6-3)
====Bracket====
===2014===
The ten teams to qualify for the 2014 Super Eight tournament are listed below.
# Boston College High School (14-2-4)
# Malden Catholic High School (16-4-0)
# Springfield Cathedral High School (15-2-5)
# Austin Preparatory School (13-4-4)
# Central Catholic High School (16-3-3)
# Duxbury High School (16-2-3)
# Braintree High School (13-4-3)
# Xaverian Brothers High School (11-3-6)
# Archbishop Williams High School (12-5-3)
# Catholic Memorial School (9-7-4)
====Bracket====
===2015===
The ten teams to qualify for the 2015 Super Eight tournament are listed below.
# Springfield Cathedral High School (20-0-2)
# Malden Catholic High School (16-1-2)
# Austin Preparatory School (19-1-1)
# Boston College High School (13-5-2)
# St. John's Preparatory School (14-5-1)
# Central Catholic High School (15-5-2)
# Franklin High School (Massachusetts) (16-1-3)
# Woburn Memorial High School (15-1-4)
# Burlington High School (16-1-4)
# Xaverian Brothers High School (11-3-6)
====Bracket====
===2016===
The ten teams to qualify for the 2016 Super Eight tournament are listed below.
# Boston College High School (17-0-3)
# Pope Francis High School (15-3-2)
# Malden Catholic High School (14-3-3)
# St. John's Preparatory School (14-2-4)
# Burlington High School (17-1-3)
# Austin Preparatory School (13-4-3)
# Arlington High School (15-3-3)
# Reading Memorial High School (12-2-6
# Central Catholic High School (14-7-1)
# Hingham High School (11-8-3)
====Bracket====
==References==
==External links==
* Boston Globe coverage of tournament
* MIAA Mens State Champions 1943 Present
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