2017 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

2017 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 16–18, 2017
Teams6
Finals siteJoe Louis Arena
Detroit, Michigan
ChampionsPenn State (1st title)
Winning coachGuy Gadowsky (1st title)
MVPPeyton Jones (Penn State)
Big Ten men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

The 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the fourth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 16 and March 18, 2017, at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.[1] As tournament champion Penn State was awarded the Big Ten's automatic bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

All six Big Ten teams participated in the tournament, which was a single-elimination format. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 6 according to the final regular season conference standings. In the quarterfinals, No. 3 played No. 6 and No. 4 played No. 5. In the semifinals, No. 2 played the winner of the first game and No. 1 played the winner of the second game (the teams were not reseeded). The two semifinal winners played each other in the Championship Game.

Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2016–17 Big Ten ice hockey standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#7 Minnesota† 20 14 5 1 0 43 79 58 38 23 12 3 141 104
#17 Wisconsin 20 12 8 0 0 36 72 66 36 20 15 1 122 118
#14 Ohio State 20 11 8 1 1 35 76 62 39 21 12 6 154 113
#8 Penn State* 20 10 9 1 0 31 71 63 39 25 12 2 160 108
Michigan 20 6 12 2 2 22 53 75 35 13 19 3 92 111
Michigan State 20 3 14 3 0 13 47 74 35 7 24 4 84 134
Championship: March 18, 2017
† indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 6, 2017

Bracket

Quarterfinals[2]
March 16 		Semifinals
March 17 		Championship
March 18
1 Minnesota 3
4 Penn State 4 4 Penn State 4**
5 Michigan 1 4 Penn State 2**
2 Wisconsin 1
2 Wisconsin 2
3 Ohio State 6 3 Ohio State 1
6 Michigan State 3

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Quarterfinals

All times are local (EST) (UTC−4).

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

March 16 Ohio State 6 – 3 Michigan State Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Mason Jobst (19) - (Nick Schilkey, Tommy Parran) - 4:09
Nick Schilkey (27) - pp - (Mason Jobst, Dakota Joshua) - 5:44 		First period 8:58 - Villiam Haag (7) - (Patr Khodorenko)
12:15 - Dylan Pavelek (2) - (Patr Khodorenko, William Haag)
14:20 - pp - Sam Saliba (10) - (Mason Appleton, Carson Gatt)
Brendon Kearney (3) - (Christian Lampas, Drew Brevig) - 13:54 Second period No scoring
David Gust (17) - pp - (Mason Jobst) - 0:25
David Gust (17) - (Janik Moser) - 1:38
Tanner Laczynski (10) - (Tommy Parran, Matthew Weis) - 3:51 		Third period No scoring
Matt Tomkins (26 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Ed Minney (21 saves / 27 shots)
John Lethemon (7 saves / 7 shots)


(4) Penn State vs. (5) Michigan

March 16 Penn State 4 – 1 Michigan Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Liam Folkes (4) - pp - (Brandon Biro, Erik Autio) - 10:50
Nate Sucese (15) - (Denis Smirnov, Ricky DeRosa) - 13:24
David Goodwin (11) - (Alec Marsh, Vince Pedrie) - 19:31 		First period No scoring
Vince Pedrie (8) - (Nate Sucese) - 1:03 Second period 10:19 - pp - James Sanchez (6) - (Tony Calderone, Cooper Marody)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Peyton Jones (30 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Zach Nagelvoort (30 saves / 34 shots)


Semifinals

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Ohio State

March 17 Wisconsin 2 – 1 Ohio State Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Luke Kunin (22) - (JD Greenway, Tim Davison) - 17:18 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 13:48 - pp - Dakota Joshua (12) - (Mason Jobst, Josh Healey)
Will Johnson (10) - (Seamus Malone, Aidan Cavallini) - 1:30 Third period No scoring
Jack Berry (23 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Matt Tomkins (24 saves / 26 shots)


(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Penn State

March 17 Minnesota 3 – 4 2OT Penn State Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Rem Pitlick (14) - (Darian Romanko, Ryan Norman) - 7:20
Justin Kloos (18) - pp - (Tyler Sheehy, Rem Pitlick) - 9:55 		First period 1:05 - Nikita Pavlychev (4) - (Trevor Hamilton, Ricky DeRosa)
No scoring Second period 3:48 - Alec Marsh (6) - (Chase Berger, Andrew Sturtz)
Jack Sadek (4) - (Vinni Lettieri) - 3:42 Third period 1:00 - pp - Dylan Richard (9) - (Andrew Sturtz, Vince Pedrie)
No scoring Second overtime period 13:33 - pp - Erik Autio (3) - (Denis Smirnov, Andrew Sturtz)
Eric Schierhorn (59 saves / 63 shots) Goalie stats Peyton Jones (37 saves / 40 shots)


Championship

(2) Wisconsin vs. (4) Penn State

March 18 Wisconsin 1 – 2 2OT Penn State Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 15:37 - Liam Folkes (5) - (Brandon Biro, Kris Myllari)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Matt Ustaski (6) - pp - (Luke Kunin, Cameron Hughes) - 11:45 Third period No scoring
No scoring Second overtime period 6:43 - Liam Folkes (6) - (Brandon Biro, David Thompson)
Jack Berry (33 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Peyton Jones (51 saves / 52 shots)


Tournament awards

Most Outstanding Player

  • Goaltender: Peyton Jones (Penn State)

All-Tournament Team

  • Goaltender: Peyton Jones (Penn State)
  • Defensemen: Vince Pedrie (Penn State), Erik Autio (Penn State)
  • Forwards: Luke Kunin (Wisconsin), Liam Folkes (Penn State), David Gust (Ohio State)[3]

References

  1. ^ "2017 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 10, 2017. Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  2. ^ "Big Ten Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 11, 2017. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  3. ^ "2017 All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 19, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017.