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Connecticut State Girls Ice Hockey Playoffs

2012 Connecticut Girls Ice Hockey State Playoffs

Congratulations to West Hartford - 2012 state champions!

First Round - Saturday, Feb. 25

#8 Guilford 4, #8 Darien 1

#5 Greenwich 4, #12 Fairfield 1 (2/27)

#10 North Haven/Cheshire/Amity co-op 8, #7 Daniel Hand 2

#6 Hamden 4, #11 Wilton 1

Quarterfinals

#1 New Canaan 8, #8 Guilford 2 (2/28)

#4 Ridgefield 5, #4 Greenwich 4 (2/28)

#2 Simsbury 7, #10 North Haven/Cheshire/Amity co-op 3 (2/27)

#3 West Hartford co-op 3, #6 Hamden 2 (2/27)

Semifinals – Thursday, March 1

#3 West Hartford 2, #2 Simsbury 1 (OT)

#1 New Canaan 6, #4 Ridgefield 1

Championship Game – Saturday, March 3 - @Ingalls Rink – Yale University

West Hartford 3, New Canaan 2 (ot)

Simsbury Wins 2012 Girls Ice Hockey Title

Simsbury Captures First SCC Girls Ice Hockey Title

The first SCC girls ice hockey playoff will include the top six teams that finish in the final regular-season standings.

Quarterfinals – Saturday, Feb. 18 – @Higher Seeds

#3 Hamden 6, #6 Guilford 3

#4 North Haven/Amity/Cheshire 6, #5 Daniel Hand 2

Semifinals - Monday, Feb. 20 – @Higher Seeds

#1 Simsbury 5, #4 North Haven-Amity-Cheshire 1

#2 West Hartford co-op 2, #3 Hamden 1 (ot)

Championship Game - Wednesday, Feb. 22 @TD Bank Sports Center – Quinnipiac University

Simsbury 4, West Hartford co-op 1

Simsbury won the first-ever Southern Connecticut Conference girls ice hockey title today with a 4-1 victory over West Hartford co-op at the High Point Solutions Arena on the campus of Quinnipiac University. Simsbury's Maggie Grigely (2 goals, 2 assists) was named the Tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Click for boxscore (pdf)2

Scoring Summary:
1st - 4:18 - Simsbury, Maggie Grigely (Sutton Wunderle, Laura Yablecki)
1st - 12:55 - Simsbury, Grigely (Yablecki, Sarah Melanson)
2nd - 7:49 - Simsbury, Melanson (Grigley, Wunderle) - PP
2nd - 12:41 - Simsbury, Wunderle (Melanson, Jordan Arnold)
3rd - 12:17 - West Hartford, Emily Corrales (Caroline Kuzoin, Juliana Bailey-Simao)

Shots on Goal: WH (24), Simsbury (24)

Saves:
WH: Lauren Sorgio (20)
Simsbury: Dani Sullivan (23)

The 2011-12 All-SCC honorees will be recognized between the 1st and 2nd periods of the championship game.

UPDATED GIRLS ICE HOCKEY STANDINGS (as of 2/14/12) - pdf

SCC adds Girls Ice Hockey

The SCC recently added the sport of girls ice hockey.

The league will start play in 2011-12 with 10 teams: SCC member schools Hamden, Hand, Guilford, Amity/North Haven/Cheshire co-op, Branford and West Haven along with associate members Simsbury, West Hartford (Hall/Conard) co-op, Notre Dame-Fairfield and Lauralton Hall.

Click here for an article in the New Haven Register by Dan Nowak (Feb. 16) announcing the move; and another story by Dan Nowak (Feb. 22) "The SCC will be good for girls' ice hockey."