AURORA | Seedings and schedule for the 2025 Class 5A state ice hockey playoffs as released on Feb. 17, 2025, by the Colorado High School Activities Association. Teams with Aurora players bold and uppercased:
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2025 CLASS 5A STATE ICE HOCKEY PLAYOFFS
Top-four seeds (first round byes): 1. Poudre School District (16-1-2); 2. Monarch (11-5-3); 3. Valor Christian (12-7); 4. CHERRY CREEK (11-6-2)
FIRST ROUND (Feb. 23-24)
Game 2: No. 9 Ralston Valley (8-11) vs. No. 8 Mountain Vista (11-7), 7:40 p.m., Feb. 22, South Suburban Sports Complex
Game 4: No. 12 Lewis-Palmer (11-8) vs. NO. 5 REGIS JESUIT (10-7-1), 8 p.m., Feb. 21, Family Sports Center (Hamilton Rink)
Game 6: No. 11 Chatfield (10-8-1) vs. No. 6 Heritage (14-4-1), 8:10 p.m., Feb. 21, South Suburban Sports Complex
Game 8: No. 10 Castle View (9-9-1) vs. No. 7 Denver East (10-8-1), 5:45 p.m., Feb. 22, Big Bear Ice Arena
QUARTERFINALS (FEB. 25-26) at South Suburban Sports Complex
Game 9: Ralston Valley/Mountain Vista winner vs. No. 1 Poudre School District (16-1-2), 7:30 p.m., Feb. 25
Game 10: Lewis-Palmer/REGIS JESUIT winner vs. NO. 4 CHERRY CREEK (11-6-2), 5:10 p.m., Feb. 25
Game 11: Chatfield/Heritage winner vs. No. 3 Valor Christian (12-7), 5 p.m., Feb. 26
Game 12: Castle View/Denver East winner vs. No. 2 Monarch (11-5-3), 7:30 p.m., Feb. 26
SEMIFINALS (March 1) at Ed Robson Arena (Colorado College, Colorado Springs)
Game 13: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner
Game 14: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner
CHAMPIONSHIP (March 3) at Magness Arena
Game 15: Semifinal winners, 7:30 p.m.
