By @MichaelCaples –
The road to Plymouth officially begins today.
Across the state, teams will begin play in the 2019 Michigan High School Athletic Association Boys’ Ice Hockey Tournament this evening, kicking off Day 1 of the state playoffs.
The two-week tournament features regional play before teams convene on state quarterfinal locations with a trip to USA Hockey Arena for the state semifinals and finals on the line.
Here are the teams that are playing on Day 1 today:
Division 1
Regional 1 (at Griff’s Ice House)
Grand Rapids Northview vs. Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills
Regional 4 (at Saginaw Bay Ice Arena and Bay County Civic Arena)
Midland vs. Bay City Western
Saginaw Heritage vs. Otisville LakeVille Memorial
Regional 6 (at Suburban Ice Macomb)
Utica Eisenhower vs. Rochester Adams
Macomb Dakota vs. Macomb L’Anse Creuse North
Regional 7 (at St. Clair Shores)
Detroit Catholic Central vs. Troy
Regional 8 (at Dearborn Ice Skating Center)
Farmington vs. Southgate Anderson
New Boston Huron vs. Northville
Division 2
Regional 11 (at Griff’s Ice House)
Grand Rapids Christian vs. Portage Central
Division 3
Regional 19 (at Ewigleben Arena)
Cadillac vs. Freeland
Big Rapids vs. Midland Dow
Regional 20 (at Patterson Ice Center)
Grand Rapids Catholic vs. Mattawan
Regional 21 (at Wallace Ice Arena)
Pinckney vs. Walled Lake Western
Milford vs. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood
Regional 23 (at Arctic Coliseum)
Chelsea vs. Livonia Churchill
Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard vs. Allen Park
Regional 24 (at Yack Arena)
Temperance Bedford vs. Riverview Gabriel Richard
Gibraltar Carlson vs. Wyandotte Roosevelt
Riverview vs. Grosse Ile
For PDF brackets of all three divisions, follow these links – Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3