Maryland Scholastic Hockey League

Maryland Student Hockey League
AbbreviationMSHL
Websitehttp://www.mshl.org/

League Information

The Maryland Student Hockey League is an association of over 50 school-based teams located in Maryland and the District of Columbia. It is a registered 501(c)3 corporation and a member of the Potomac Valley Amateur Hockey Association which is the local governing body of USA Hockey, the National Governing Body of amateur ice hockey in the United States. The sanctioned varsity teams are divided into sections used by every sport under MSHL. The League sponsors Varsity and Junior Varsity competition of all skill levels and sexes. While not affiliated with the Maryland Public Secondary School Athletic Association, the MSHL follows many of the MPSSAA's rules and regulations as possible, given the constraints imposed by the various schools and school systems. The sanctioned teams compete from the beginning of November until the end of February with the maximum number of games.

Playoff Format

The MSHL State Playoffs consists of 16 teams. Each conference is allocated a set number of teams in the tournament as follows: Montgomery Hockey Conference (1st division only) - 4 teams, Eastern Conference - 4 teams, Howard County Scholastic Hockey Association - 3 teams, Monocacy Valley Hockey League - 3 teams, Southern Conference - 2 teams, Each conference determines which teams are their entrants and in what order they are seeded within the conference. Teams are then entered into pods: Pod 1: Montgomery #1, Eastern #1, Howard #1, MVHL #1, Southern #1, Pod 2: Montgomery #2, Eastern #2, Howard #2, MVHL #2, Southern #2, Pod 3: Montgomery #3, Eastern #3, Howard #3, MVHL #3, Pod 4: Montgomery #4, Eastern #4. Seeds within a pod are determined by a blind draw. Teams in Pod 1 are seeded 1 to 5, Pod 2 - 6 to 10, Pod 3 - 11 to 14 and Pod 4 - seeds 15 and 16. Teams will then be entered in the bracket and the only adjustments permitted for the 1st round are that teams from the same conference will not face each other in round 1. Other than the instance(s) described above, there is no reseeding of the tournament before each round. Dates for the 2018 State playoffs are as follows: Round 1 - February 12 - 16, 2018 at various rinks, Quarterfinals - February 20 at Laurel, Semifinals - February 22 at Laurel, Finals - February 26 at Laurel.

History

MSHL Teams
School Nickname Status Conference Playoff Finals Appearances Championships Notes
ArundelWildcatsPureEastern
AtholtonRaidersPureHoward2011-2012
Bel AirBobcatsPureEasternEstablished as an expansion from Fallston prior to the start of the 2017-2018 season
Bethesda - Chevy ChaseBaronsPureMontgomery Division 1
Blake / Poolesville (C)GriffinsCo-opMontgomery Division 2
Bowie (I)BulldogsPureIndependent
BroadneckBruinsPureEastern
Carroll County (C)BearsCo-opMonocacy Valley
Chessie (C)ChessieCo-opEastern
Damascus/G-burg/C-burg (C)HornetsCo-opMontgomery Division 2
DC Stars (C)StarsCo-opMontgomery Division 2Made up of various schools in DC that don't have their own hockey team.
Dulaney (C)LionsCo-opEasternEstablished in 2008 and open to students from all Baltimore County and City of Baltimore public schools as well as private schools from the same area without their own hockey teams.
EastonWarriorsPureEastern2012-2013
Eleanor Roosevelt (C)RaidersCo-opSouthern
Ellicott - Long Reach / Centennial (C)ThunderbirdsCo-opHoward
Fallston (C)TigersCo-opEastern
Frederick County (C)FCHC - KingsCo-opMonocacy Valley2008-2009*** Linganore
GlenelgGladiatorsPureHoward2009-2010
HowardLionsPureHoward
HuntingtownHurricanesPureSouthern2011-2012
Kent IslandBuccaneersPureEastern
La PlataPanthersPureSouthern
LeonardtownRaidersPureSouthern2006-2007, 2013-2014
Marriotts RidgeMustangsPureHoward2014-2015, 2016-2017
Middletown Valley (C)KnightsCo-opMonocacy Valley
Montgomery Blair (C)BlazersCo-opMontgomery Division 1
Mt. HebronVikingsPureHoward
NorthernPatriotsPureSouthern
OakdaleBearsPureMonocacy Valley2017-2018
Patuxent (C)PanthersCo-opSouthern
Queen Anne's CountyLionsPureEastern
Quince OrchardCougarsPureMontgomery Division 1
ReservoirGatorsPureHoward
Richard MontgomeryRocketsPureMontgomery Division 2
River HillHawksPureHoward
Rockville / Magruder (C)RamsCo-opMontgomery Division 2Rockville, Magruder, Heights School, McLean School, St. Andrews Episcopal School, and Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
Severna ParkSpockeyPureEastern2005-2006
SherwoodWarriorsPureMontgomery Division 22003-2004**
South RiverSeahawksPureEastern2006-2007
St. Mary's Ryken IIKnightsPureSouthern
Charles County (C)CougarsCo-opSouthern
UrbanaHawksPureMonocacy Valley2010-2011
Walkersville/ Frederick/ St. Johns (C)LionsCo-opMonocacy Valley
Walt WhitmanVikingsPureMontgomery Division 12009-2010
Walter JohnsonWildcatsPureMontgomery Division 12004-2005
Washington County (C)NorthstarsCo-opMonocacy Valley
WHO - WLK / HAM / OAK (C)WolvesCo-opHoward2007-2008*Wilde Lake, Hammond, and Oakland Mills
Winston ChurchillBulldogsPureMontgomery Division 12004-20052005-2006, 2010-2011, 2012-2013, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019
Woodrow WilsonTigers PureMontgomery Division 2Offshoot of the DC Stars; 2017-2018 first season
WoottonPatriots PureMontgomery Division 12018-20192007-2008, 2008-2009, 2013-2014
Non MSHL Boys Varsity TeamPureIndependent
Non-MSHL Varsity Boys Team 2PureIndependent
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