PLATTSBURGH — Northeastern Clinton won the Champlain Valley Athletic Conference regular-season championship and with it, an opening-round bye in the Section VII boys' hockey playoffs, which get under way tonight.

Plattsburgh High, runner-up in the CVAC, earned the No. 2 seed and the other first-round bye.

Third-seeded Beekmantown will host No. 6 seed Lake Placid tonight at the Field House at 7 while Saranac Lake, the No. 4 seed, will host No. 5 at 6:30 p.m.

The semifinals will take place Thursday and Friday with the final next Monday at 7 p.m. at the 1930 Ice Rink in Lake Placid.

Quarterfinals

Feb. 24

(5) Saranac (7-13-2, 4-4-2) at (4) Saranac Lake (11-10-3, 4-4-2), 6:30 p.m.

(6) Lake Placid (4-16-1, 0-10) at (3) Beekmantown (18-6, 6-4), at Field House, 7 p.m.

Semifinals

Feb. 27

Lake Placid/Beekmantown at (2) Plattsburgh High (12-9-3, 5-3-2)

Feb. 28

Saranac/Saranac Lake at (1) Northeastern Clinton (12-5-4, 7-1-2).

Finals

Mar. 2

1930 Ice Rink, Lake Placid, 7 p.m.