Joey Pompeo of the Cheverus co-op takes a shot Wednesday against the Edward Little co-op. The Red Hornets (North) and the Stags (South) earned the top seeds in their respective regions and will have byes into the semifinals. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer)

It’s time. The playoffs are finally here.

The girls hockey postseason begins this Tuesday, and all 13 teams have the Feb. 14 state championship game circled on their calendar.

Will Cheverus need to make room in its trophy case for the fourth year in a row? Can Yarmouth/Freeport reach the top after multiple years of being so close? Is the Edward Little co-op just getting started? Who, if anyone, is going to play spoiler?

Those questions will be answered a week from Saturday when one team is celebrating on the Norway Savings Bank Arena ice as the 2026 state champion.

Here’s a look at the postseason heading into the quarterfinal matchups:

REST FOR THE BEST

No. 1 Edward Little/Leavitt/Poland/Oxford Hills (17-1) earned the one of the North’s two first-round byes with their potent scoring attack and lights-out defense. The Red Hornets, the unanimous No. 1 in the Varsity Maine poll and currently on a 13-game winning streak, are looking to reach their first regional final since 2022 and appear in the first state final in program history.

Sophomore Paige Fecteau (.968 save percentage, 0.51 goals against, 11 shutouts) has proven to be one of the best goalies in Maine, while sophomore forward Leksi Langevin (26 goals, 22 assists) and junior forward Kylie Dulac (27 goals, 20 assists) are two of the three top scorers in the state.

Yarmouth/Freeport’s Maya Nasveschuk, middle, is pursued by Avery Cologna of the Edward Little co-op as goalie Paige Fecteau waits to stuff the wraparound attempt during a Jan. 19 game at Travis Roy Ice Arena in Yarmouth. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer)

No. 2 Yarmouth/Freeport (14-2-2) holds the North’s other bye and boasts one of the region’s most experienced rosters. The Clippers are still looking for their first ring, but the 10-player senior class has reached the regional final in each year of their careers, and played in the 2023 and 2024 state finals.

Sophomore forward Maya Nasveschuk (35 points) leads a balanced offense alongside senior defender Adelaide Strout (28 points) and senior center Celia Zinman (24 points), and sophomore Lydia Costa (.915 save percentage, 1.08 goals against) has been reliable in net all year.

No. 1 Cheverus/Windham/Medomak, (13-3-2) clinched the South’s lone bye with a victory over the second-seeded Biddeford co-op in the regular-season finale. The Stags are seeking their fourth straight championship trophy, a historic feat given that no girls team has ever reached four straight state finals. The last four-peat in Maine high school hockey was from 1987-1990 courtesy of the Yarmouth boys (Class B).

Senior goaltender Ellie Skolnekovich (.952 save percentage, 0.9 goals against) anchors Cheverus’ strong defensive unit, while freshman Logan Curry (18 goals, 7 assists) and senior Joey Pompeo (12 goals, 12 assists) are the team’s top scorers.

These three teams won’t play until Saturday. The Northern semifinals will take place in the afternoon at the Norway Savings Bank Arena in Auburn, and the Southern semifinals will be played at Portland’s Troubh Ice Arena.

IN THE NORTH

Brunswick (9-9), last year’s Northern champ, is the third seed and will host the No. 6 Lewiston co-op (2-16) at 8:45 p.m. Tuesday at Watson Arena. The winner will play Yarmouth/Freeport in Saturday’s semis.

Brunswick’s Solveig Ledwick (14) skates with the puck as Yarmouth/Freeport’s Maya Nasveschuk tries to take it away during a Nov. 21 game. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer)

The Dragons have already beaten the Blue Devils on Dec. 3 (7-0) and on Dec. 15 (9-4). Brunswick senior Solveig Ledwick, the state leader in goals (28), scored eight times in the teams’ regular-season series.

The No. 4 Penobscot Pioneers (8-9-1) earned the region’s other home quarterfinal and will host the fifth-seeded Winslow co-op (6-10-2) at 7:10 p.m. Wednesday. The winner advances to take on the Red Hornets.

Both regular-season meetings have gone to overtime. On Wednesday, the Black Tigers drove up to Brewer and tied 2-2 with the Pioneers. On Dec. 8, Winslow won in Hallowell, 2-1.

Isabelle Brideau leads Penobscot with 27 points, and Winslow has received 11 points apiece from Kayleigh Turner and Josie Kelly.

IN THE SOUTH

No. 5 Falmouth/Scarborough (5-10-3) travels to Troubh Arena in Portland to take on the fourth-seeded Portland co-op (8-10) at 5:40 p.m. Wednesday. The winner will play its next game against Cheverus, also at Troubh.

The Beacons won back-to-back games over Falmouth/Scarborough in early January, winning 6-1 and 4-0. Freshman forward Mikaela Furt, the Beacons’ leading scorer with 29 points, scored five goals in the two meetings.

Falmouth/Scarborough might be a spoiler after ending its regular season with a 1-1 tie against Yarmouth/Freeport.

No. 2 Biddeford/Thornton/Kennebunk/Wells (13-5) welcomes seventh-seeded Greely/Gray-New Gloucester (2-16) to the Biddeford Ice Arena at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday.

The Tigers have won eight of their last nine games, and are the only team in the state to have knocked off the Red Hornets. Biddeford also beat the Rangers 7-0 in the teams’ only meeting on Dec. 6.

Tigers senior forward Corinne Ramunno is second in A South in goals (25) and points (40) scored.

The winner of that quarterfinal will take on the winner of No. 3 Gorham (10-8) and the No. 6 York co-op (5-13), who face off at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the USM Ice Arena.

The Rams won both regular-season matchups decisively, 11-2 on Dec. 10 and 8-0 on Jan. 27. Gorham senior forward Carlin Galligan, who leads the South with 26 goals and 48 points, tallied 12 points against the Wildcats. Rams junior defender Azalea Grant leads Maine with 25 assists.