WIAA State High School Hockey Tournament

press release: The 51st Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Boys Hockey State Tournament and the 20th Girls Hockey State Tournament will take place Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, Feb. 17-18 & 20. The championship finals for both boys divisions and the girls tournament will be held at South Wood County Rink in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.

TICKET INFORMATION: Ticket prices per tournament session are $13 and are only available online to member schools with teams qualifying for the State Tournaments. There is a six-ticket limit per participant. No general admission will be available at the venues during the tournament.

FINALS ON STATEWIDE TV NETWORK:  The finals of the boys and girls State Tournaments will be televised live on WKOW Madison, WAOW Wausau, WXOW La Crosse, WQOW Eau Claire, WYOW Eagle River, WMOW Crandon, WCWF in Green Bay/Fox Valley, KBJR Superior/Duluth and WMLW Milwaukee. The finals will also be streamed live on the State Television Network’s websites.

SEMIFINALS STREAMED ON NFHS NETWORK:  The boys and girls semifinals, will be streamed live on the WIAA.TV portal of the NFHS Network.  To purchase a subscription to the live programming for only $10.99 per month, log-on to www.wiaa.tv or www.nfhsnetwork.com and click on the subscription button located on the page header. Archived streams of the sessions will be available On Demand on www.nfhsnetwork.com 72 hours after the tournament.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE AND PAIRINGS:  The single elimination boys tournament features four teams in two divisions. Each of the State semifinals will be played at different locations with the State finals at South Wood County Rink. The girls tournament also features four teams with semifinals played at two different venues and the final in Wisconsin Rapids. There were 73 boys teams and 24 girls teams at the beginning of the championship Tournament Series this year.

BOYS SCHEDULE:

Division 1

Semifinal - Thursday, Feb. 18 at Uihlein Ice Arena, River Hills

#1 University School of Milw. (24-2) vs. #4 Verona (15-6) - 7 p.m.

Semifinal - Thursday, Feb. 18 at Gornick Arena, Hudson

#2 Hudson (19-3) vs. #3 Notre Dame (15-3) - 7 p.m.

Championship - Saturday, Feb. 20 at South Wood County Rink

Semifinal Winners - 2:30 p.m.

Division 2

Semifinal - Thursday, Feb. 18 at Blue Line Family Ice, Fond du Lac

#1 St. Mary’s Springs (24-2) vs. #4 Somerset Co-op (15-11-1) - 7 p.m.

Semifinal - Thursday, Feb. 18 at Civic Center, Spooner

#2 Superior (10-5) vs. #3 Lakeland (13-4) - 7 p.m.

Championship - Saturday, Feb. 20 at South Wood County Rink

Semifinal Winners - 9:30 a.m.

GIRLS SCHEDULE:

Semifinal - Wednesday, Feb. 17 at Chippewa Falls Ice, Chippewa Falls

#1 Eau Claire North Co-op (12-4-1) vs. #4 University School of Milw. Co-op (17-3) - 3 p.m.

Semifinal - Wednesday, Feb. 17 at Greenheck Ice Arena, Schofield

#2 D.C. Everest Co-op (13-5) vs.  #4 Chippewa Falls Co-op (12-6-1) - 7 p.m.

Championship - Saturday, Feb. 20 at South Wood County Rink

Semifinal Winners - 12:10 p.m.