2020 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
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 cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1]
| 2020 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 6–21, 2020 |
| Teams | 7 |
Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments 2021 → | |
Format
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
| 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
Teams were reseeded for the semifinals
| Quarterfinals March 6–8[3] |
Semifinals March 14 |
Championship March 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Penn State | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio State | 9 | 2* | — | 4 | Minnesota | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Michigan | 3 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio State | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Minnesota | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Michigan | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime periods.
Results
Quarterfinals
(2) Ohio State vs. (7) Wisconsin
| 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
| 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
| 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 | |
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References
- "Big Ten Statement on Competitions, Recruiting". Big Ten Conference. March 12, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- "2020 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 29, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- "Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 29, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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