Seacoast Performance Academy, the Long Island Gulls and Neponset River Rats drew the top three seeds for this weekend’s Beast League U15 playoffs.

The Quarterfinals will be held on Saturday October 19 at Cadillac Arena in Walpole as well as New England Sports Village in Attleboro.

Six other U15 programs will vie for a title in the Gold Division, which will take place Saturday and Sunday at the Canton Ice House.

U15 QUARTERFINALS – Saturday, October 19

#8 Springfield Thunderbirds vs #1 Seacoast Performace Acad., 11:50am NESV 2

#7 Boston Hockey Academy Prep vs #2 Long Island Gulls, 12:00pm NESV 1

#6 East Coast Militia vs #3 Neponset River Rats, 11:50am Cadillac Olympic

#5 Boston Hockey Academy vs #4 Yale Jr. Bulldogs, 12:10pm Cadillac NHL

U15 SEMIFINALS – Saturday, October 19

1/8 winner vs 4/5 winner, 5:20pm NESV 1

2/7 winner vs 3/6 winner, 5:30pm NESV 2

U15 CHAMPIONSHIP– Sunday, October 20

Semifinal winners, 9:50am at Canton (Red)

Top-seeded Seacoast Performance Academy will be taking on the #8 Springfield Thunderbirds Saturday morning at 11:50am at the New England Sports Village in the quarterfinal round. Some key players to keep your eye on are forwards Matys St. Gelais (20 pts), Declan Wotton (18 pts), Luca Desjardins (17 pts) and Caine Bickel (13 pts). On the blue line Leland Dulac (18 pts), Jacob Turcotte, Bruce Liptak and Noah Mazzola have all been solid. Troy Hamelin will be a player to watch for the Thunderbirds.

The #2 seeded Long Island Gulls will be battling up against #7 Boston Hockey Academy Prep Saturday at 12:00 pm at the New England Sports Village. Forwards Dylan Sampair, Gilbert Sudaley, Watson Prier and Giacomo Del Priore will be key up front and in goal the Gulls have Maddox Franks and Matthew Schreier, both who have been solid this season. Rui Chen has been an offensive leader for BHA Prep.

The #3 Neponset River Rats are ready to compete in their quarterfinal match against #6 East Coast Militia Saturday at 11:50 at Cadillac Arena in Walpole. The two teams have met twice already this year, with each side winning once setting up a very exciting game from two hard working clubs.

Joe Covelluzzi, Brayden White and Chase Warsofsky are players to watch for the Rats. For the Militia, Jack Cannon and Patrick O'Reilly will look to have big weekends.

Another team that is coming in ready to compete in this year’s playoffs is the Yale Jr. Bulldogs who drew the #4 seed and they will take on #5 Boston Hockey Academy Saturday at 12:10 pm at Walpole. Be on the look out for forwards Zachary Zusman, Dante Garea, Avery Fixman, Peter Royer, Alex Marottolo, Nathan Cook and Ryan Holmes who have all been key this season.

Here is the schedule for the Gold Division playoffs:

GOLD

U15 GOLD QUARTERFINALS - Saturday, October 19

#6 Springfield Thunderbirds vs #3 Red Bank Generals, 11:50am at Canton Blue

#5 Nor'Easter Storm vs #4 Vermont Jr. Cats, 12:20pm at Canton Red

U15 GOLD SEMIFINALS – Saturday, October 19

4/5 winner vs #1 Westchester Express 6:50pm Canton Red

3/6 winner vs #2 NH Mountain Kings Academy 7:10pm Canton Blue

U15 GOLD FINAL – Sunday, October 20

Semifinal winners – 1:20pm  Canton Blue