2016 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

2016 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament
2016 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 17–19, 2016
Teams	6
Finals site	Xcel Energy Center; Saint Paul, Minnesota
Champions	Michigan (1st title)
Winning coach	Red Berenson (1st title)
MVP	Kyle Connor (Michigan)
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The 2016 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the third tournament in conference history played between March 17 and March 19, 2016 at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.^[1] The winner of the tournament was the Michigan Wolverines, who earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2016 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 are 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

2015–16 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
Minnesota†	20	14	6	0	0	42	76	58	37	20	17	0	121	108
#6 Michigan*	20	12	5	3	2	41	107	68	38	25	8	5	181	115
Penn State	20	10	9	1	1	32	64	72	38	21	13	4	140	122
Ohio State	20	8	8	4	1	29	79	77	36	14	18	4	128	125
Michigan State	20	6	12	2	0	21	47	72	37	10	23	4	93	124
Wisconsin	20	3	13	4	2	15	54	80	35	8	19	8	93	127
Championship: March 18, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 12, 2016

Bracket

Quarterfinals^[2] March 17			Semifinals March 18			Championship March 19

			1	Minnesota	4
4	Ohio State	4*	4	Ohio State	2
5	Michigan State	3				1	Minnesota	3
						2	Michigan	5
			2	Michigan	7
3	Penn State	5	3	Penn State	2
6	Wisconsin	2

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Quarterfinals

All times are local (CT) (UTC−5).

(3) Penn State vs. (6) Wisconsin

March 17	Penn State		5 – 2	Wisconsin	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
Eric Scheid (12) - (Luke Juha, Kevin Kerr) - 12:55 Connor Varley (2) - (Eric Scheid, David Goodwin) - 16:55		First period		No scoring
Ricky DeRosa (6) - (Luke Juha, Tommy Olczyk) - 13:18 Tommy Olczyk (11) - (Ricky DeRosa) - 14:53		Second period		3:49 - Luke Kunin (19) - (Cameron Hughes, Corbin McGuire)
Eric Scheid (13) - en - (David Goodwin, Luke Juha) - 19:16		Third period		3:26 - Grant Besse (11) - (Eddie Wittchow)
Eamon McAdam (35 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats		Matt Jurusik (24 saves / 28 shots)

(4) Ohio State vs. (5) Michigan State

March 17	Ohio State		4 – 3	OT	Michigan State	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
John Wiitala (11) - (Mason Jobst, David Gust) - 0:38 Tommy Parran (2) - (Josh Healey, Kevin Miller) - 18:52		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			5:15 - pp - Joe Cox (11) - (Travis Walsh, Matt DeBlouw) 8:24 - pp - Matt DeBlouw (9) - (Travis Walsh, Villiam Haac) 11:31 - pp - Michael Ferrantino (10) - (Zach Osburn, Mackenzi MacEachern)
Matthew Weis (11) - (Drew Brevig, Josh Healey) - 3:17		Third period			No Scoring
Mason Jobst (12) - (Craig Dalrymple) - 13:47		First overtime period			No scoring
Christian Frey (31 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats			Jake Hildebrand (44 saves / 48 shots)

Semifinals

(2) Michigan vs. (3) Penn State

March 18	Michigan		7 – 2	Penn State	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
Max Shuart (5) - (Michael Downing, Dexter Dancs) - 10:35 Alex Kile (16) - (Tyler Motte, J. T. Compher) - pp - 16:55		First period		No scoring
Kyle Connor (31) - (J. T. Compher) - 0:48 Kyle Connor (32) - (J. T. Compher. Zach Werenski) - pp - 5:29 Kyle Connor (33) - (J. T. Compher) - 9:09		Second period		11:45 - pp - Kevin Kerr - (David Goodwin, David Glen)
Cristoval Nieves (10) - (Nicholas Boka, Zach Werenski) - 0:46 Kyle Connor (34) - (J. T. Compher, Tyler Motte) - pp - 10:52		Third period		1:28 - pp - Luke Juha - (David Goodwin, Kevin Kerr)
Steve Racine (40 saves / 42 shots)		Goalie stats		Eamon McAdam (14 saves / 18 shots) Matthew Skoff (18 saves / 21 shots)

(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Ohio State

March 18	Minnesota		4 – 2	Ohio State	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		13:01 - Kevin Miller (4) - (Janik Möser)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Tyler Sheehy (12) - (Justin Kloos) - 1:36 Vinni Lettieri (7) - (Leon Bristedt, Brent Gates Jr.) - 5:20 Taylor Cammarata (6) - (Tyler Sheehy) - 11:11 Taylor Cammarata (7) - (Tyler Sheehy) - 16:38		Third period		17:44 - David Gust (11) - (Anthony Greco, Matthew Weis)
Eric Schierhorn (27 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Christian Frey (41 saves / 45 shots)

Championship

(1) Minnesota vs. (2) Michigan

March 19	Minnesota		3 – 5	Michigan	Xcel Energy Center	Recap
No scoring		First period		9:33 - pp - Tyler Motte (30) - (Kyle Connor, Zach Werenski)
Leon Bristedt (20) - (Vinni Lettieri, Jack Glover) - 6:35 Jake Bischoff (6) - (Michael Brodzinski, Justin Kloos) - 10:21 Justin Kloos (16) - (Tommy Novak, Justin Kloos) - pp - 16:50		Second period		1:31 - pp - J. T. Compher (14) - Zach Werenski, Kyle Connor)
No scoring		Third period		3:28 - Kyle Connor (35) - (J. T. Compher, Zach Werenski) 15:27 - Zach Wereneski (10) - (J. T. Compher, Kyle Connor) 19:37 - en - Tyler Motte (31) - (Sam Piazza)
Eric Schierhorn (30 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Steve Racine (30 saves / 33 shots)

Tournament awards

Most Outstanding Player

Forward: Kyle Connor (Michigan)

All-Tournament Team

Goaltender: Steve Racine (Michigan)
Defensemen: Zach Werenski (Michigan), Luke Juha (Penn State)
Forwards: J. T. Compher (Michigan), Kyle Connor (Michigan), Tyler Sheehy (Minnesota)^[3]