The Soldotna Stars completed Railbelt Conference play with a 9-1 record and the best record in the conference. The North Pole Patriots finished 9-1 in the Aurora Conference with the best conference record. Neither team was awarded the #1 seed into the Division II state hockey tournament.
The Division II State Hockey Championships opens three days of competition on Thursday, February 6th at the Patty Ice Rink on the campus of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
State Tournament Seeding Criteria
The qualifiers to the state tournament are based on conference records from the regular season. Berths to State:
Aurora Conference – 3
Railbelt Conference – 3
At-Large – 2
Following the determination of state qualifiers, the eight teams are ranked based on the following formula:
“Each team in the “pool” will be given a point value of .5 or one against each other team being considered. Points will be assigned using the following ranked criteria;
1. Head to head record.
2. Record against common opponents at all classifications.*
3. Record against common state qualifiers at that classification.*
4. Record against common opponents at that classification.*
* winning percentage must have a difference of at least 25%
If there is a tie, the same criteria will be used to break the tie, disregarding the other teams. If the
tie still exist there will be coin toss by ASAA staff to determine who advances.
That seems clear enough?
When the calculators cooled, the following rankings were determined.
#1 Seed: Homer Mariners, #2 SoHi Stars, #3 Palmer Moose, #4 North Pole, #5 Kenai Kardinals, #6 Glennallen/Tok, #7 Houston, #8 Tri-Valley
Soldotna High school opens tournament play against the Houston Hawks on Thursday in the 2:30 p.m. contest.
Kenai Central opens tournament play against the North Pole Patriots on Thursday in the 7:30 p.m contest.
