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Deutsch2020 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament
| 2020 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 6–21, 2020 |
| Teams | 7 |
Big Ten men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2020 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the seventh tournament in conference history. It was scheduled to be played between March 6 and March 21, 2020, on-campus locations. On March 12, 2020, the Big Ten announced that the tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1]
Format
[edit]The tournament featured a format with all games taking place on the campus of the higher-seeded teams. The tournament opened with three best-of-three quarterfinal series, as the second, third and fourth-seeded teams each hosting a series. The top-seeded team had a bye to the single-elimination semifinals. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals was intended to host the championship game.[2]
Conference standings
[edit]| Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | 3/SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #9 Penn State | 24 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 79 | 70 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 121 | 88 | |
| #10 Ohio State | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 62 | 62 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 91 | 80 | |
| #17 Michigan | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 65 | 52 | 34 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 92 | 72 | |
| #18 Minnesota | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 66 | 62 | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 95 | 94 | |
| Notre Dame | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 59 | 59 | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 90 | 91 | |
| Michigan State | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 54 | 54 | 34 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 80 | 82 | |
| Wisconsin | 24 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 63 | 89 | 34 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 110 | 124 | |
| Championship: March 21, 2020 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 1, 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Bracket
[edit]Teams were reseeded for the semifinals
| Quarterfinals March 6–8[3] | Semifinals March 14 | Championship March 21 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Penn State | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Minnesota | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio State | 9 | 2* | — | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Michigan | 3 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | — | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio State | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Michigan | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Minnesota | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime periods.
Results
[edit]Quarterfinals
[edit](2) Ohio State vs. (7) Wisconsin
[edit]| March 6 | Wisconsin | 1 – 9 | Ohio State | Value City Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 7:41 – Collin Peters – (Carson Meyer, Grant Gabriele) 11:39 – Carson Meyer – (Tanner Laczynski, Tate Singleton) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 1:02 – Carson Meyer – (Tate Singleton) 4:42 – Carson Meyer – (unassisted) 13:54 – pp – Carson Meyer – (unassisted) 17:28 – sh – Quinn Preston – (Ronnie Hine, Matt Miller) | ||||||
| Wyatt Kalnyuk – (Dylan Holloway, Ty Emberson) – 12:25 | Third period | 0:29 – Quinn Preston – (Matt Miller, Austin Pooley) 3:14 – Tanner Laczynski – (Tate Singleton) 12:12 – pp – Wyatt Ege – (Quinn Preston, Austin Pooley) | ||||||
| Jack Berry (10 saves / 14 shots) Daniel Lebedeff (7 saves / 10 shots) Johan Blomquist (6 saves / 8 shots) | Goalie stats | Tommy Nappier (31 saves / 32 shots) | ||||||
| March 7 | Wisconsin | 1 – 2 | OT | Ohio State | Value City Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dylan Holloway – (Wyatt Kalynuk, Ty Pelton-Byce) – pp – 14:01 | Second period | 8:07 – pp – Carson Meyer – (Tanner Laczynski, Quinn Preston) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 1:12 – Jaedon Leslie – (Ronnie Hein, Gustaf Westlund) | ||||||
| Jack Berry (27 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Tommy Nappier (29 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
| Ohio State won series 2–0 | |
(3) Michigan vs. (6) Michigan State
[edit]| March 6 | Michigan State | 0 – 3 | Michigan | Yost Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 9:54 – Jake Slaker – pp – (Will Lockwood, Nick Blankenburg) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 2:52 – Johnny Beecher – (Jacob Hayhurst, Luke Martin) 19:53 – Nick Pastujov – pp – (Jimmy Lambert) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| John Lethemon (17 saves / 20 shots) | Goalie stats | Strauss Mann (25 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| March 7 | Michigan State | 0 – 3 | Michigan | Yost Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 5:20 – Will Lockwood – pp – (Nick Blankenburg, Jake Slaker) 18:28 – Johnny Beecher – (unassisted) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:13 – Jake Slaker – (Nick Pastujov) | ||||||
| John Lethemon (23 saves / 26 shots) | Goalie stats | Strauss Mann (20 saves / 20 shots) | ||||||
| Michigan won series 2–0 | |
(4) Minnesota vs. (5) Notre Dame
[edit]| March 6 | Notre Dame | 1 – 0 | Minnesota | 3M Arena at Mariucci | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Trevor Janicke – (Colin Theisen, Mike O'Leary) – 16:24 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cale Morris (12 saves / 12 shots) | Goalie stats | Jack LaFontaine (25 saves / 26 shots) | ||||||
| March 7 | Notre Dame | 1 – 2 | Minnesota | 3M Arena at Mariucci | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 1:24 – Ryan Zuhlsdorf – (Sammy Walker, Blake McLaughlin) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cam Morrison – (Michael Graham, Alex Steeves) – pp – 10:14 | Third period | 3:27 – Cullen Munson – (Jonny Sorenson, Joey Marooney) | ||||||
| Cale Morris (18 saves / 20 shots) | Goalie stats | Jack LaFontaine (30 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
| March 8 | Notre Dame | 2 – 3 | Minnesota | 3M Arena at Mariucci | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Alex Steeves – (Tory Dello) – 5:25 | Second period | 10:18 – Ben Meyers – pp – (Blake McLaughlin, Robbie Stucker) 11:06 – Sampo Ranta – (Scott Reedy, Brannon McManus) 16:03 – Ben Meyers – pp – (Sammy Walker, Scott Reedy) | ||||||
| Cam Morrison – (Alex Steeves, Spencer Stastney) – pp – 10:36 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Cale Morris (18 saves / 21 shots) | Goalie stats | Jack LaFontaine (23 saves / 25 shots) | ||||||
| Minnesota won series 2–1 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Big Ten Statement on Competitions, Recruiting". Big Ten Conference. March 12, 2020. Archived from the original on March 14, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 29, 2020. Archived from the original on March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ "Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 29, 2020. Archived from the original on March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.