2018 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

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2018 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
DatesMarch 2–17, 2018
Teams7
Finals siteCompton Family Ice Arena
Notre Dame, Indiana
ChampionsNotre Dame (1st title)
Winning coachJeff Jackson (1st title)
MVPCale Morris (Notre Dame)
Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the fifth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 2 and March 17, 2018, on campus locations.[1] The winner of the tournament was the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format[]

The 2018 tournament featured a new three-weekend format with all games taking place on the campus of the higher-seeded teams. The tournament opened March 2-4 with three best-of-three quarterfinal series, as the second-, third-and fourth-seeded teams each hosted a series. The top-seeded team had a bye to the single-elimination semifinals, which was played on March 10. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals hosted a championship game on March 17.[2]

Conference Standings[]

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2017–18 Big Ten ice hockey standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#2 Notre Dame†* 24 17 6 1 1 53 66 47 40 28 10 2 117 87
#3 Ohio State 24 14 8 2 1 45 77 55 41 26 10 5 131 85
#4 Michigan 24 11 10 3 2 38 70 72 40 22 15 3 136 121
#13 Penn State 24 9 10 5 2 34 70 72 38 18 15 5 138 120
#18 Minnesota 24 10 12 2 1 33 65 69 38 19 17 2 102 100
Wisconsin 24 8 13 3 1 28 69 83 37 14 19 4 115 124
Michigan State 24 6 16 2 1 21 53 77 36 12 22 2 91 117
Championship: March 17, 2018
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 12, 2018

Bracket[]

  Quarterfinals
March 2–4[3] 		Semifinals
March 10 		Championship
March 17
                               
1 Notre Dame 3  
  2 Ohio State 6 4* — 4 Penn State 2  
7 Michigan State 2 3 —
    1 Notre Dame 3*
3 Michigan 6 7 —     2 Ohio State 2
6 Wisconsin 5 4 —
2 Ohio State 3*
  4 Penn State 5 6 — 3 Michigan 2  
5 Minnesota 3 5 —

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Quarterfinals[]

(2) Ohio State vs. (7) Michigan State[]

March 2 Ohio State 6 – 2 Michigan State Value City Arena Recap  
(Ege, Jobst) Tanner Laczynski – PP – 18:42 First period No scoring
(Laczynski, Ege) – PP – 16:32 Second period 03:12 – (Hirose, Stevens)
(Parran, Joyaux) Mason Jobst – GW – 01:54
(Stork, McCormick) – 06:36
(Kearney, Jobst) – 15:40
(Pooley, Kearney) – PP – 19:59 		Third period 18:38 – (Osburn, Esteves)
( 18 saves / 20 shots ) Goalie stats ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) / ( 9 saves / 11 shots )
March 3 Ohio State 4 – 3 OT Michigan State Value City Arena Recap  
(Weis, Ege) Mason Jobst – PP – 11:09 First period 19:33 – PP – (Khodorenko)
(Kearney) Mason Jobst – 07:43
(Jobst) – 11:22 		Second period 00:29 – (Hirose, Lewandowski)
08:05 – (Keefer)
No scoring Third period No scoring
(Larocque) – GW – 05:53 First overtime period No scoring
( 15 saves / 18 shots ) Goalie stats ( 38 saves / 42 shots )
Ohio State won series 2–0


(3) Michigan vs. (7) Wisconsin[]

March 2 Michigan 6 – 5 Wisconsin Yost Ice Arena Recap  
(Marody, Cecconi) – 01:40
(Hughes, Cecconi) – PP – 13:14
(Piazza, Martin) – PP – 16:22
(Marody) Quinn Hughes – PP – 18:09 		First period 03:58 – (Malone)
06:59 – (Malone, Kalynuk)
08:03 – (Frederic, Tischke)
(Hughes, Cecconi) – PP – 03:20 Second period 10:00 – PP – Linus Weissbach (Kalynuk, Wagner)
(Marody, Hughes) – GW – 11:07 Third period 19:56 – PP – (Hughes, Frederic)
( 48 saves / 53 shots ) Goalie stats Kyle Hayton ( 23 saves / 29 shots )
March 3 Michigan 7 – 4 Wisconsin Yost Ice Arena Recap  
(Calderone) – 04:18
(Pastujov, Sanchez) – 13:41 		First period 00:23 – Trent Frederic (Wagner, Tischke)
(Hughes, Norris) – 00:53
(Porikos, Cecconi) – 06:34
(Calderone) – GW – 19:52 		Second period 06:08 – Cameron Hughes (Weissbach, Baker)
09:16 – Trent Frederic (Weissbach, Greenway)
(Boka, Pastujov) – 02:24
(Cecconi, Norris) – EN – 19:41 		Third period 15:18 – (Davison)
( 28 saves / 32 shots ) Goalie stats ( 22 saves / 28 shots )
Michigan won series 2–0


(4) Penn State vs. (5) Minnesota[]

March 2 Penn State 5 – 3 Minnesota Pegula Ice Arena Recap  
(Smirnov, Limoges) Cole Hults – PP – 15:39 First period 11:13 – PP – Casey Mittelstadt (Lindgren, Pitlick)
(Myllari, Autio) Nate Sucese – PP – 02:35
(Murray, Biro) – 18:49
(Hamilton, Jones) – GW – 19:45 		Second period 15:13 – Scott Reedy (Pitlick)
(Sturtz) – EN – 19:30 Third period 15:00 – PP – Casey Mittelstadt (Pitlick, Reedy)
( 32 saves / 35 shots ) Goalie stats ( 25 saves / 29 shots )
March 3 Penn State 6 – 5 Minnesota Pegula Ice Arena Recap  
(Berger, Sturtz) – 00:16
(Barratt, Limoges) – 13:01 		First period No scoring
(Limoges, Hamilton) – PP – 04:37
(Berger, Sternschein) – 17:50 		Second period 02:06 – PP – Casey Mittelstadt (unassisted)
19:31 – (Norman, Romanko)
12:48 – Rem Pitlick (Reedy)
15:21 – PP – Scott Reedy (Mittelstadt, Lindgren)
(Sucese, Folkes) Brandon Biro – PP – 07:54
(Folkes, Gobetz) – GW – 11:25 		Third period 04:00 – Scott Reedy (Mittelstadt, Pitlick)
( 35 saves / 40 shots ) Goalie stats ( 29 saves / 35 shots )
Penn State won series 2–0


Semifinals[]

(1) Notre Dame vs. (4) Penn State[]

March 10 University of Notre Dame 3 – 2 Penn State University Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
(Malmquist, Burke) Jordan Gross – 06:18
(Wegwerth, Hellickson) Andrew Peeke – PP – 14:03 		First period 11:43 – Nate Sucese (Biro, Autio)
15:43 – Brandon Biro (Sucese, Autio)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Malmquist, Oglevie) – 08:01 Third period
( 43 saves / 45 shots ) Cale Morris Goalie stats ( 44 saves / 47 shots )


(2) Ohio State vs. (3) Michigan[]

March 10 Ohio State 3 – 2 OT Michigan Nationwide Arena Recap  
(Miller, Joshua) – PP – 16:02 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 11:16 – Cooper Marody (Hughes, Dancs)
(Wiitala, Miller) Dakota Joshua – PP – 04:01 Third period 05:51 – Cooper Marody (Hughes, Calderone)
(Laczynski, Ege) – GW – 14:03 First overtime period No scoring
( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Goalie stats ( 32 saves / 35 shots )


Championship[]

(1) Notre Dame vs. (2) Ohio State[]

March 17 Notre Dame 3 – 2 OT Ohio State Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
(Evans, Nardella) – 04:09
(Burke, Peeke) Matt Hellickson – PP – 14:30
(Boje) – PP – 15:34 		First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 06:21 – (Miller, Myer)
No scoring Third period 01:07 – (Laczynski)
(Evans, Gilbert) – GW – 09:23 First overtime period No scoring
( 41 saves / 43 shots ) Cale Morris Goalie stats ( 35 saves / 38 shots )


Tournament awards[]

All-Tournament Team[]

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "2018 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 18, 2018. Archived from the original on February 19, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  2. ^ "Big Ten Weekly Hockey Release". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 14, 2018. Archived from the original on February 18, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  3. ^ "Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 24, 2018. Archived from the original on February 25, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  4. ^ "2018 All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 18, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2018.

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