2023 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

The 2023 Big Ten Conference men's ice hockey tournament was the ninth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 3 and March 18, 2023, on-campus locations. As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.

Format

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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 hosted the championship game.[1]

Conference standings

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Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#2 Minnesota 24 19 4 1 2 1 0 57 106 50 40 29 10 1 168 90
#3 Michigan * 24 12 10 2 3 3 0 38 82 79 41 26 12 3 171 128
#7 Ohio State 24 11 11 2 0 0 1 36 69 63 40 21 16 3 131 101
Notre Dame 24 10 10 4 2 0 3 35 52 60 37 16 16 5 85 97
#19 Michigan State 24 10 12 2 1 1 2 34 65 80 38 18 18 2 107 115
#8 Penn State 24 10 13 1 0 3 0 34 71 75 39 22 16 1 129 106
Wisconsin 24 6 18 0 0 0 0 18 54 92 36 13 23 0 94 126
Championship: March 18, 2023
† indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

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Teams were reseeded for the semifinals

Quarterfinals
March 3–5[2]
Semifinals
March 11
Championship
March 18
           
1 Minnesota 5
5 Michigan State 1
2 Michigan 6* 7
7 Wisconsin 5 4
1 Minnesota 3
2 Michigan 4
3 Ohio State 5 1 3
6 Penn State 1 2* 1
2 Michigan 7
3 Ohio State 3
4 Notre Dame 1 2 2
5 Michigan State 0 4 4

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Results

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Quarterfinals

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(2) Michigan vs. (7) Wisconsin

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March 3 Wisconsin 5 – 6 OT Michigan Yost Ice Arena Recap  
Sam Stange – (Tyson Jugnauth) – 13:02
Mathieu De St. Phalle – (Sam Stange, Ben Dexheimer) – 11:42
First period 18:31 – Mackie Samoskevich(Dylan Duke, Seamus Casey)
Mathieu De St. Phalle – (Brock Caufield, Corson Ceulemans)pp – 3:16 Second period 9:38 – Seamus Casey – (T.J. Hughes, Dylan Duke)
8:34 – Adam Fantilli(Gavin Brindley, Seamus Casey)
0:18 – pp – Adam Fantilli – (Luke Hughes, Gavin Brindley)
Mathieu De St. Phalle – (Cruz Lucius) – 13:40
Dominick Mersch – (Zach Urdahl) – 13:21
Third period 0:23 – Mackie Samoskevich – (Luke Hughes, Adam Fantilli)
No scoring First overtime period 10:54 – Steven Holtz – (Rutger McGroarty, Jay Keranen)
Kyle McClellan (30 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Erik Portillo (38 saves / 43 shots)
March 4 Wisconsin 4 – 7 Michigan Yost Ice Arena Recap  
Cruz Lucius – (Mathieu De St. Phalle, Corson Ceulemans)pp – 9:11 First period 11:53 – Rutger McGroarty(Mackie Samoskevich, Adam Fantilli)
6:17 – pp – Adam Fantilli – (Luke Hughes, Gavin Brindley)
1:02 – Adam Fantilli – (Steven Holtz, Jay Keranen)
Mathieu De St. Phalle – (Cruz Lucius, Dominick Mersch) – 1:03
Mathieu De St. Phalle – (Brock Caufield, Carson Bantle) – 6:09
Second period 19:29 – Adam Fantilli – (Rutger McGroarty, Keaton Pehrson)
Carson Bantle – (Brock Caufield, Tyson Jugnauth) – 16:51 Third period 2:20 – Nolan Moyle(Frank Nazar, Dylan Duke)
1:27 – T.J. Hughes – (Luke Hughes)
0:54 – Mackie Samoskevich – (Unassisted)
Kyle McClellan (36 saves / 43 shots) Goalie stats Erik Portillo (36 saves / 40 shots)
Michigan won series 2–0


(3) Ohio State vs. (6) Penn State

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March 3 Penn State 1 – 5 Ohio State Value City Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 4:31 – Davis Burnside – (Stephen Halliday, Dominic Vidoli)
Ture Linden – (Ashton Calder, Jimmy Dowd, Jr.)pp – 11:00 Second period 4:34 – Tyler Duke – (Tate Singleton, Stephen Halliday)
5:18 – Cam Thiesing – (Mason Lohrei)
13:58 – pp – Cole McWard – (Jake Wise, Stephen Halliday)
No scoring Third period 12:02 – Stephen Halliday – (Unassisted)
Liam Soulière (34 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Jakub Dobeš (33 saves / 34 shots)
March 4 Penn State 2 – 1 OT Ohio State Value City Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
Ryan Kirwan – (Xander Lamppa) – 16:03 Third period 18:26 – Joe Dunlap – (Tyler Duke, Jake Wise)
Kevin Wall – (Connor MacEachern, Dylan Gratton) – 10:35 First overtime period No scoring
Liam Soulière (55 saves / 56 shots) Goalie stats Jakub Dobeš (30 saves / 32 shots)
March 5 Penn State 1 – 3 Ohio State Value City Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Kevin Wall – (Connor McMenamin, Dylan Gratton) – 6:28 Second period 12:08 – pp – Cole McWard – (Stephen Halliday, Jake Wise)
15:45 – Scooter Brickey – (Dominic Vidoli)
No scoring Third period 18:17 – Tate Singleton – (Mason Lohrei)
Liam Soulière (22 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Jakub Dobeš (30 saves / 31 shots)
Ohio State won series 2–1


(4) Notre Dame vs. (5) Michigan State

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March 3 Michigan State 0 – 1 Notre Dame Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 3:47 – Grant Silianoff – (Trevor Janicke, Jack Adams)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Dylan St. Cyr (20 saves / 21 shots) Goalie stats Ryan Bischel (36 saves / 36 shots)
March 4 Michigan State 4 – 2 Notre Dame Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 17:13 – Solag Bakich – (Trevor Janicke, Ben Brinkman)
Jeremy Davidson – (Nicolas Muller, David Gucciardi)pp – 8:38
Matt Basgall – (Tiernan Shoudy, Daniel Russell) – 16:37
Second period No scoring
Nash Nienhuis – (Jeremy Davidson, Nicolas Muller) – 3:27
Karsen Dorwart – (Daniel Russell, Jagger Joshua) – 5:34
Third period 13:34 – pp – Jack Adams – (Drew Bavaro, Hunter Strand)
Dylan St. Cyr (31 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Ryan Bischel (28 saves / 32 shots)
March 5 Michigan State 4 – 2 Notre Dame Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
Nicolas Muller – (Erik Middendorf, Jeremy Davidson) – 8:33 First period 15:05 – pp – Justin Janicke – (Landon Slaggert, Chayse Primeau)
Jeremy Davidson – (Nicolas Muller) – 8:59 Second period No scoring
Tiernan Shoudy – (Nash Nienhuis, Miroslav Mucha) – 13:18
Nicolas Muller – (Unassisted)en – 1:43
Third period 3:23 – pp – Hunter Strand – (Solag Bakich, Nick Leivermann)
Dylan St. Cyr (37 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Ryan Bischel (24 saves / 27 shots)
Michigan State won series 2–1


Semifinals

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(1) Minnesota vs. (5) Michigan State

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March 11 Michigan State 1 – 5 Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
Jeremy Davidson – (Miroslav Mucha, Nash Nienhuis)pp – 15:13 First period 6:21 – pp – Jaxon Nelson – (Matthew Knies, Mike Koster)
2:09 – John Mittelstadt – (Ryan Chesley, Ryan Johnson)
No scoring Second period 18:00 – Aaron Huglen – (Cal Thomas, Rhett Pitlick)
No scoring Third period 11:36 – Logan Cooley(Brock Faber, Mike Koster)
4:01 – en – Logan Cooley – (Jimmy Snuggerud, Ryan Chesley)
Dylan St. Cyr (19 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Justen Close (29 saves / 30 shots)


(2) Michigan vs. (3) Ohio State

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March 11 Ohio State 3 – 7 Michigan Yost Ice Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 19:37 – Gavin Brindley(Adam Fantilli, Luke Hughes)
15:12 – Seamus Casey(Ethan Edwards)
9:33 – Mackie Samoskevich(Keaton Pehrson, Luke Hughes)
Jake Wise – (Travis Treloar, Cole McWard)pp – 8:17 Second period 2:55 – Adam Fantilli – (Rutger McGroarty, Gavin Brindley)
Travis Treloar – (Mason Lohrei)pp – 18:28
Cam Thiesing – (Stephen Halliday, Jake Wise) – 4:26
Third period 13:40 – Jackson Hallum – (Frank Nazar)
2:50 – en – Adam Fantilli – (Keaton Pehrson)
1:14 – en – Rutger McGroarty – (Adam Fantilli)
Jakub Dobeš (38 saves / 43 shots) Goalie stats Erik Portillo (35 saves / 38 shots)


Championship

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(1) Minnesota vs. (2) Michigan

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March 18 Michigan 4 – 3 Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
No scoring First period 13:08 – Brody Lamb – (Logan Cooley)
Rutger McGroarty(Ethan Edwards, Gavin Brindley) – 16:48
Rutger McGroarty – (Keaton Pehrson, Adam Fantilli) – 16:14
Second period 9:11 – Logan Cooley – (Jimmy Snuggerud, Matthew Knies)
Seamus Casey(Gavin Brindley, Rutger McGroarty) – 14:30
Dylan Duke(T.J. Hughes, Gavin Brindley) – 8:14
Third period 18:03 – Rhett Pitlick – (Bryce Brodzinski, Jackson LaCombe)
Erik Portillo (22 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Justen Close (27 saves / 31 shots)


Tournament awards

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* Most Outstanding Player[3]

References

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  1. ^ "2023 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 25, 2023. Archived from the original on February 22, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "Big Ten Announces Hockey Tournament Bracket". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 25, 2023. Archived from the original on February 26, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "2023 Big Ten Hockey Tournament All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 18, 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.