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.

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

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

Conference record Overall record
GP W L T SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#2 Notre Dame†*2417611536647402810211787
#3 Ohio State2414821457755412610513185
#4 Michigan241110323870724022153136121
#13 Penn State24910523470723818155138120
#18 Minnesota241012213365693819172102100
Wisconsin24813312869833714194115124
Michigan State2461621215377361222291117
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
Ohio State won series 2–0

(3) Michigan vs. (7) Wisconsin
Michigan won series 2–0

(4) Penn State vs. (5) Minnesota
Penn State won series 2–0

Semifinals

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

(2) Ohio State vs. (3) Michigan

Championship

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

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. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
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