2018 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

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

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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

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

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

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

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Quarterfinals

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

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March 2 Ohio State 6 – 2 Michigan State Value City Arena Recap  
(Ege, Jobst) Tanner LaczynskiPP – 18:42 First period No scoring
(Laczynski, Ege) Matthew WeisPP – 16:32 Second period 03:12 – Patrick Khodorenko (Hirose, Stevens)
(Parran, Joyaux) Mason JobstGW – 01:54
(Stork, McCormick) Sasha Larocque – 06:36
(Kearney, Jobst) John Wiitala – 15:40
(Pooley, Kearney) Christian LampassoPP – 19:59
Third period 18:38 – Damian Chrcek (Osburn, Esteves)
( 18 saves / 20 shots ) Sean Romeo Goalie stats John Lethemon ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) / Ed Minney ( 9 saves / 11 shots )
March 3 Ohio State 4 – 3 OT Michigan State Value City Arena Recap  
(Weis, Ege) Mason JobstPP – 11:09 First period 19:33 – PPCody Milan (Khodorenko)
(Kearney) Mason Jobst – 07:43
(Jobst) John Wiitala – 11:22
Second period 00:29 – Patrick Khodorenko (Hirose, Lewandowski)
08:05 – Tommy Apap (Keefer)
No scoring Third period No scoring
(Larocque) Freddy GerardGW – 05:53 First overtime period No scoring
( 15 saves / 18 shots ) Sean Romeo Goalie stats John Lethemon ( 38 saves / 42 shots )
Ohio State won series 2–0


(3) Michigan vs. (7) Wisconsin

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March 2 Michigan 6 – 5 Wisconsin Yost Ice Arena Recap  
(Marody, Cecconi) Tony Calderone – 01:40
(Hughes, Cecconi) Tony CalderonePP – 13:14
(Piazza, Martin) Jake SlakerPP – 16:22
(Marody) Quinn HughesPP – 18:09
First period 03:58 – Tyler Inamoto (Malone)
06:59 – Matthew Freytag (Malone, Kalynuk)
08:03 – Ryan Wagner (Frederic, Tischke)
(Hughes, Cecconi) Tony CalderonePP – 03:20 Second period 10:00 – PPLinus Weissbach (Kalynuk, Wagner)
(Marody, Hughes) Tony CalderoneGW – 11:07 Third period 19:56 – PPRyan Wagner (Hughes, Frederic)
( 48 saves / 53 shots ) Hayden Lavigne Goalie stats Kyle Hayton ( 23 saves / 29 shots )
March 3 Michigan 7 – 4 Wisconsin Yost Ice Arena Recap  
(Calderone) Dexter Dancs – 04:18
(Pastujov, Sanchez) Jack Becker – 13:41
First period 00:23 – Trent Frederic (Wagner, Tischke)
(Hughes, Norris) Brendan Warren – 00:53
(Porikos, Cecconi) Dakota Raabe – 06:34
(Calderone) Dexter DancsGW – 19:52
Second period 06:08 – Cameron Hughes (Weissbach, Baker)
09:16 – Trent Frederic (Weissbach, Greenway)
(Boka, Pastujov) Griffin Luce – 02:24
(Cecconi, Norris) Jake SlakerEN – 19:41
Third period 15:18 – Matthew Freytag (Davison)
( 28 saves / 32 shots ) Hayden Lavigne Goalie stats Jack Berry ( 22 saves / 28 shots )
Michigan won series 2–0


(4) Penn State vs. (5) Minnesota

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March 2 Penn State 5 – 3 Minnesota Pegula Ice Arena Recap  
(Smirnov, Limoges) Cole HultsPP – 15:39 First period 11:13 – PPCasey Mittelstadt (Lindgren, Pitlick)
(Myllari, Autio) Nate SucesePP – 02:35
(Murray, Biro) Denis Smirnov – 18:49
(Hamilton, Jones) Andrew SturtzGW – 19:45
Second period 15:13 – Scott Reedy (Pitlick)
(Sturtz) Evan BarrattEN – 19:30 Third period 15:00 – PPCasey Mittelstadt (Pitlick, Reedy)
( 32 saves / 35 shots ) Peyton Jones Goalie stats Mat Robson ( 25 saves / 29 shots )
March 3 Penn State 6 – 5 Minnesota Pegula Ice Arena Recap  
(Berger, Sturtz) Trevor Hamilton – 00:16
(Barratt, Limoges) Liam Folkes – 13:01
First period No scoring
(Limoges, Hamilton) Evan BarrattPP – 04:37
(Berger, Sternschein) James Robinson – 17:50
Second period 02:06 – PPCasey Mittelstadt (unassisted)
19:31 – Jack Ramsey (Norman, Romanko)
12:48 – Rem Pitlick (Reedy)
15:21 – PPScott Reedy (Mittelstadt, Lindgren)
(Sucese, Folkes) Brandon BiroPP – 07:54
(Folkes, Gobetz) Evan BarrattGW – 11:25
Third period 04:00 – Scott Reedy (Mittelstadt, Pitlick)
( 35 saves / 40 shots ) Peyton Jones Goalie stats Eric Schierhorn ( 29 saves / 35 shots )
Penn State won series 2–0


Semifinals

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

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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 PeekePP – 14:03
First period 11:43 – Nate Sucese (Biro, Autio)
15:43 – Brandon Biro (Sucese, Autio)
No scoring Second period No scoring
(Malmquist, Oglevie) Jack Jenkins – 08:01 Third period
( 43 saves / 45 shots ) Cale Morris Goalie stats Peyton Jones ( 44 saves / 47 shots )


(2) Ohio State vs. (3) Michigan

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


Championship

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

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


Tournament awards

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* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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References

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  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 10, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
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