The various leagues in MBHL end at various times with some playoffs starting next week. Here are the playoff formats for each league. Once we get official vaccine passport news, these may be adjusted. Expect playoff games to appear on your schedule about 1 week ahead of time once we have the results of the prior round for your league. Thanks to all and good luck!
| Leagues | C | D, K | F, J | I | G | N | M | L | Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Divisions/Teams | 1 of 3 teams | 1 of 6 teams | 1 of 9 teams | 1 of 9 teams | 1 of 11 teams | 2 of 3 teams | 1 of 11 teams | 1 of 6 teams | 1 of 3 teams |
| Playoff Qualifiers | All | All | Top 8 | Top 8 | All | All | Top 10 | All | All |
| # of games required for playoff eligibility | Player (2), Goalie (1) | Player (3), Goalie (1) | Player (3), Goalie (1) | Player (1), Goalie (1) | Player (3), Goalie (1) | Player (3), Goalie (1) | Drafted teams | Set rosters | Men (3) Women (1), Goalie (1) |
| Wild Card | One-game format | One-game format | |||||||
| [Series WC1] | 6th vs 11th | 7th vs 10th | |||||||
| 7th vs 10th | 8th vs 9th | ||||||||
| [Series WC2] | 8th vs 9th | ||||||||
| Quarter-Finals | One-game format | One-game format | One-game format | One-game format | One-game format | One-game format | One-game format | ||
| [Series Q1] | 4th place vs 5th place | 1st place vs 8th place | 1st place vs 8th place | 1st place vs lowest seed | 2nd pl. div 1 vs 3rd pl. div 1 | 1st place vs lowest seed | 3d place vs 6th place | ||
| [Series Q2] | 3rd place vs 6th place | 2d place vs 7th place | 2d place vs 7th place | 2nd pl. vs 2nd lowest seed | 2nd pl. div 2 vs 3rd pl. div 2 | 2nd pl. vs 2nd lowest seed | 4th place vs 5th place | ||
| [Series Q3] | 3rd place vs 6th place | 3rd place vs 6th place | 3d place vs 3rd lowest seed | 3d place vs 6th place | |||||
| [Series Q4] | 4th place vs 5th place | 4th place vs 5th place | 4th place vs 5th place | 4th place vs 5th place | |||||
| Semi-Finals | Two-game format | Two-game format | Two-game format | Two-game format | Two-game format | Two-game format | Two-game format | Two-game format | One-game format |
| [Series S1] | 2nd place vs. 3rd place | 1st place vs. lowest ranked winner of Q series | Highest ranked winner of Q series vs. lowest ranked winner of Q series | Highest ranked winner of Q series vs. lowest ranked winner of Q series | 1st place vs. lowest ranked winner of Q series | 1st pl. div 1 vs Winner Q1 | Highest ranked winner of Q series vs. lowest ranked winner of Q series | 1st place vs. lowest ranked winner of Q series | 2nd place vs. 3rd place |
| [Series S2] | 2nd place vs. highest ranked winner of Q series | Remaining 2 winners of Q series | Remaining 2 winners of Q series | 2nd place vs remaining winner of Q series | 1st pl. div 2 vs Winner Q2 | Remaining 2 winners of Q series | 2nd place vs. highest ranked winner of Q series | ||
| Finals | Two-game format | Two-game format | Two-game format | Two-game format | Two-game format | Two-game format | Two-game format | Two-game format | One-game format |
| [Series F1] | 1st place vs. Winner S2 | Winner S1 vs. Winner S2 | Winner S1 vs. Winner S2 | Winner S1 vs. Winner S2 | Winner S1 vs. Winner S2 | Winner S1 vs. Winner S2 | Winner S1 vs. Winner S2 | Winner S1 vs. Winner S2 | Winner S1 vs. Winner S2 |
| Leagues | C | D, K | F, J | I | G | N | M | L | Y |
