2018 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

2018 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 2–17, 2018
Teams	7
Finals site	Compton Family Ice Arena Notre Dame, Indiana
Champions	Notre Dame (1st title)
Winning coach	Jeff Jackson (1st title)
MVP	Cale Morris (Notre Dame)
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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 v t e
	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
								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

(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) Matthew Weis – PP – 16:32		Second period			03:12 – Patrick Khodorenko (Hirose, Stevens)
(Parran, Joyaux) Mason Jobst – GW – 01:54 (Stork, McCormick) Sasha Larocque – 06:36 (Kearney, Jobst) John Wiitala – 15:40 (Pooley, Kearney) Christian Lampasso – PP – 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 Jobst – PP – 11:09		First period			19:33 – PP – Cody 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 Gerard – GW – 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

March 2	Michigan		6 – 5		Wisconsin	Yost Ice Arena	Recap
(Marody, Cecconi) Tony Calderone – 01:40 (Hughes, Cecconi) Tony Calderone – PP – 13:14 (Piazza, Martin) Jake Slaker – PP – 16:22 (Marody) Quinn Hughes – PP – 18:09		First period			03:58 – Tyler Inamoto (Malone) 06:59 – Matthew Freytag (Malone, Kalynuk) 08:03 – Ryan Wagner (Frederic, Tischke)
(Hughes, Cecconi) Tony Calderone – PP – 03:20		Second period			10:00 – PP – Linus Weissbach (Kalynuk, Wagner)
(Marody, Hughes) Tony Calderone – GW – 11:07		Third period			19:56 – PP – Ryan 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 Dancs – GW – 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 Slaker – EN – 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

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) Denis Smirnov – 18:49 (Hamilton, Jones) Andrew Sturtz – GW – 19:45		Second period			15:13 – Scott Reedy (Pitlick)
(Sturtz) Evan Barratt – EN – 19:30		Third period			15:00 – PP – Casey 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 Barratt – PP – 04:37 (Berger, Sternschein) James Robinson – 17:50		Second period			02:06 – PP – Casey Mittelstadt (unassisted) 19:31 – Jack Ramsey (Norman, Romanko) 12:48 – Rem Pitlick (Reedy) 15:21 – PP – Scott Reedy (Mittelstadt, Lindgren)
(Sucese, Folkes) Brandon Biro – PP – 07:54 (Folkes, Gobetz) Evan Barratt – GW – 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

(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) 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

March 10	Ohio State		3 – 2	OT	Michigan	Nationwide Arena	Recap
(Miller, Joshua) Gordi Myer – 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) Matthew Weis – GW – 14:03		First overtime period			No scoring
( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Sean Romeo		Goalie stats			Hayden Lavigne ( 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) Bo Brauer – 04:09 (Burke, Peeke) Matt Hellickson – PP – 14:30 (Boje) Jordan Himley – PP – 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 Morrison – GW – 09:23		First overtime period			No scoring
( 41 saves / 43 shots ) Cale Morris		Goalie stats			Sean Romeo ( 35 saves / 38 shots )

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

• G Cale Morris* (Notre Dame)
• D Jordan Gross (Notre Dame)
• D Matt Miller (Ohio State)
• F Cam Morrison (Notre Dame)
• F Mason Jobst (Ohio State)
• F Tanner Laczynski (Ohio State)

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

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

External links

• Big Ten Tournament information