The brackets have been redesigned and pairings reseeded for the ASAA Division II State Hockey Championships, following Juneau pulling-out of the tournament and declining a spot in the championships.
The 2021 ASAA Division II State Hockey Championships will feature a three-day, eight-team bracket format with play beginning Thursday, February 18th and running through the championship game on Saturday, February 20th. All games will be contested at the Curtis Menard Arena in Wasilla.
The qualifying teams include:
Peninsula-Railbelt Conference: #1 Kenai, #2 SoHi, #3 Homer
Mat-Su-Railbelt Conference: #1 Palmer, #2 Houston
Interior-Aurora Conference: #1 Monroe, #2 North Pole, #3 Tri-Valley
ASAA Division II State Championships
First Round, Thursday, February 18
10 a.m. Monroe vs SoHi
1 p.m. Kenai vs North Pole
4 p.m. Homer vs Houston
7 p.m. Palmer vs Tri-Valley
All games involving Kenai, SoHi and Homer will be broadcast live on ESPN 1140AM and streamed live at radiokenai.com.
ASAA Division II State Championships Bracket: Click Here!
Tournament Seeding and Bracketing: Revised
The 2021 Division II Hockey Championship bracket was initially formatted with nine qualifiers and a play-in contest scheduled for Wednesday, February 17th at the Menard Arena.
The winner of the Homer, #3 seed from Peninsula, vs Houston, #2 seed from Mat-Su, play-in game was originally scheduled to play Juneau in the bracket on Thursday.
Juneau’s co-op team of Juneau and Thunder Mountain was granted a berth to the championships; even though, Juneau had not played any high school teams and the Juneau School District has not allowed teams to travel from or to the district for extra-curricular activities in 2021.
On Monday, Juneau notified ASAA that Juneau would not fill the assigned berth. The tournament was then revised to an eight-team, three-day bracket with eight qualifiers seeded by regular season records.
The Kenai Kardinals enter the state tournament as the #1 seed from the Kenai Peninsula with a 4-2 overall record; followed by SoHi with a 3-3 record and Homer standing at 2-4. The three peninsula teams played each other three times, including three overtime games involving the Mariners. Season game results are available at radiokenai.com.
2021 ASAA First National Cup DII Hockey State Championship Bracket
