By @MichaelCaples –
A trip to USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth is within grasp for the boys’ high school hockey programs still competing in the 2016 MHSAA playoffs.
The teams that prevailed in regionals will now take part in state quarterfinals at various locations across Michigan – with a spot in the state semifinals in Plymouth on the line.
State quarterfinals
DIVISION 1 – March 9
Quarterfinal 1 – Big Rapids at FSU – 7 pm
Rockford vs Grandville
Quarterfinal 2 – Lansing Catholic at MSU-Munn – 7:30 pm
East Kentwood vs Brighton
Quarterfinal 3 – Flint Kearsley at Dort Federal Event Center – 7 pm
Saginaw Swan Valley vs Detroit Catholic Central
Quarterfinal 4 – Chelsea at Ann Arbor-Yost – 6 pm
Utica Eisenhower vs Detroit U-D Jesuit
DIVISION 2 – March 8
Quarterfinal 5 – Gaylord – 7 pm
Marquette vs Ada Forest Hills Eastern
Quarterfinal 6 – Novi at Novi Ice Arena – 7:30 pm
Hartland vs Birmingham Brother Rice
Quarterfinal 7 – Romeo at Suburban Ice – 6:45 pm
Romeo vs Anchor Bay
Quarterfinal 8 – Chelsea at Ann Arbor-Yost – 7 pm
Livonia Stevenson vs Trenton
DIVISION 3 – March 9
Quarterfinal 9 – Marquette – 7 pm
Hancock vs Sault Ste. Marie
Quarterfinal 10 – Lansing Catholic at MSU-Munn – 5:30 pm
Grand Rapids CC vs Saginaw Heritage
Quarterfinal 11 – Farmington at Farmington Ice Arena – 7 pm
Detroit Country Day vs Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood
Quarterfinal 12 – Chelsea at Ann Arbor-Yost – 8 pm
Gibraltar Carlson vs Chelsea
Gibraltar Carlson vs Chelsea