New Hampshire D2 Poll
Rank | Team | Previous Ranking | W | L | T |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Spaulding | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Windham | 2 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
3 | Dover | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
4 | Merrimack | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
5 | Kingswood | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
6 | Bow | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
7 | Goffstown | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
8 | WInnacunnet | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
9 | Lebanon | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
10 | Keene | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
No. 1 Spaulding continued its march toward perfection with a three-win week, highlighted by Wednesday’s 5-3 win against Windham and followed up by Saturday’s 4-2 decision of a pesky Kingswood club. Wrapping up the top seed in the tournament is at the top of the agenda for Spaulding as it closes the regular season this week against No. 7 Goffstown, No. 6 Bow and Oyster River.
Prior to this week, No. 2 Windham hadn’t suffered a D2 loss; now the Jaguars have two. Kingswood pulled off the 5-3 upset on President’s Day, then Spaulding matched that score on Wednesday. Windham faces off with Dover Wednesday, looking to hang onto the second seed in the tournament.
No. 3 Dover upended No. 10 Keene and Portsmouth/Newmarket earlier this week, then belted Bow on Sunday, 5-1, in a makeup. The Green Wave look to pass Windham with a win Wednesday.
No. 4 Merrimack handled both Somersworth-Coe Brown and Oyster River, extending its winning streak to four games. The Tomahawks look to build momentum into the tournament with remaining games against Hollis-Brookline/Derryfield and Pembroke-Campbell.
By splitting games against Windham and Spaulding, No. 5 Kingswood has shown itself to be a potentially very dangerous tournament draw. The regular-season schedule concludes with games against No. 9 Winnacunnet and Hollis-Brookline/Derryfield.