2023 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

2023 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 3–18, 2023
Teams7
Finals site3M Arena at Mariucci
Minneapolis, Minnesota
ChampionsMichigan (3rd title)
Winning coachBrandon Naurato (1st title)
MVPAdam Fantilli (Michigan)
Big Ten men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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

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

2022–23 Big Ten ice hockey Standings
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

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

Quarterfinals

(2) Michigan vs. (7) Wisconsin

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

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

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

(1) Minnesota vs. (5) Michigan State

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

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

(1) Minnesota vs. (2) Michigan

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

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player[3]

References

  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.