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MANCHESTER, N.H. — Windham matched Bedford shot for shot in the first period, and controlled play for nearly the entire third. But the middle period doomed the Jaguars.

No. 2 Bedford struck for all five of its goals in the second period, on the way to defeating  No. 7 Windham 5-2 in the Division 1 quarterfinals on Saturday at Sullivan Arena at Saint Anselm College.

Bobby DiCicco and Mike Montanile scored to give Windham a 2-0 lead. Vito Mancini (16 saves) made sure it held up as the 7th-seeded Jaguars topped No. 10 Nashua North-Souhegan, 2-1, in the Division 1 tourney first round. Windham will play No. 2 Bedford Saturday (1 p.m., at St. Anselm) in the quarterfinals.

Ethan Burgess scored a hat trick as the Pinkerton boys surged past Hanover in a preliminary round game of the Division 1 state tournament. The Astros, who scored four times in the third period, will now face top-seed Concord on Saturday.

BILLERICA – The season’s end came suddenly and decisively for the North Andover boys hockey. And for the second time in three years, its demise came in the Division 2 North semifinals.

BILLERICA — As the pass from behind the net found his stick, Jimmy Boyle struggled for a split second to control the puck.

Then, the North Andover senior took care of business.

Tommy Langlois had a hat trick and Aiden Gravell also scored as Windham defeated Bow 4-1. The Jaguars improved to 10-7 in New Hampshire.

 Salem's hockey team tied Bishop Guertin with seven seconds left on a goal by Ryan Allard but Guertin got the game-winner with .01 left for a stunning 5-4 lossr

Mason Drouin scored a hat trick and Pinkerton overcame a 1-0 deficit by scoring all four goals in the third period in a 4-1 victory over Londonderry.

Senior defenseman Keegan Hughes spearheaded a suffocating North Andover defense, and the Knights got five different goal-scorers to take a 5-0 lead in an eventual 5-2 win over Lynnfield in the Division 2 North first round. The Knights will now play league rival Tewksbury in the quarterfinals Friday at 7:15 p.m. at Chelmsford. In the regular season, the Knights beat the Redmen 5-2 and then tied 2-2 in their other matchup.

Tommy Langlois potted the game-winner in overtime to lead Windham boys hockey to a 2-1 win over Londonderry on Saturday. Sam Neville had the goal for the Lancers to tie the game in the second period.