Playoff Hockey Begins Tuesday for Scarlet Knights

Head coach Peter Marfione has done an outstanding job in his first year coaching the .

"We're really trying to grow the boys hockey program into a very competitive Division 2 program," said North Andover High School Athletic Director Jon Longley before the season began.

The town has seen the Knights rise to the occasion with an 11-6-4 regular season record in 2010-11.

last week, but the MIAA has finally announced the pairings and seedings for the Division II North Sectional Tournament. 

The winner of the tourney earns a berth in the MIAA Final Four featuring the best four Division II teams in the state.

North Andover will face-off against fifth ranked Bishop Fenwick on Tuesday evening at 5 p.m. Salem State University will host the festivities.

North Andover earned the number twelve seed in the tournement. The rest of the Division II North seedings are as follows:

1. (16-2-2) .850
2. Winthrop (14-2-4) .800
3. Boston Latin (14-3-3) .775
4. Saugus (12-1-7) .775
5. Bishop Fenwick (14-4-2) .750
6. (14-5-1) .725
7. Beverly (14-5-1) .725
8. Newburyport (12-4-4) .700
9. Masconomet (13-6-2) .667
10. (12-6-2) .650
11. (11-5-4) .650
12. North Andover (11-6-4) .619
13. (11-7-4) .591
14. (11-8-1) .575
15.(10-7-3) .575
16. (9-6-5) .575
17. (9-7-5) .548
18. (10-9-1) .525
19. Triton (10-9-2) .524
20. Stoneham (4-13-1) .250