MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury Union High School boys’ hockey team dropped its final two regular-season games last week to finish the Division I campaign at 11-8-1.
The Tigers appear to be the No. 6 seed in the Division I playoffs and could hit the road for a quarterfinal this weekend vs. Stowe. The Vermont Principals’ Association was set to release pairings on Monday morning.
On this past Wednesday first-place BFA-St. Albans (17-1-1) topped the Tigers, 3-1. The Bobwhites took a 2-0 lead on goals 31 seconds apart midway through the first period from Owen Bonnette and Chaez Skeel.
Tiger Kolby Farnsworth made it 2-1 at 9:32 of the first, from Tyler Giorgio and Kamrin Bartlett.
BFA added an empty-net goal late in the third period.
Tiger goalie Jeffrey Stearns made 26 saves, and Dan Ellis stopped 21 shots for BFA.
On Saturday visiting fourth-place Spaulding (13-6) edged the Tigers, 3-2, on a Jackson Clayton goal with six minutes to go. Tide goalie Kyle May made 15 saves.
Giorgio and Ziven McCarty scored for the Tigers, and Stevens stopped 44 shots.