2020 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

2020 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 6–21, 2020
Teams7
Big Ten men's Ice Hockey Tournaments

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 canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1]

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

2019–20 Big Ten ice hockey 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
4 Minnesota
2 Ohio State 9 2* —
7 Wisconsin 1 1 —
 
 
3 Michigan 3 3 —
6 Michigan State 0 0 —
2 Ohio State
3 Michigan
4 Minnesota 0 2 3
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


References

  1. ^ "Big Ten Statement on Competitions, Recruiting". Big Ten Conference. March 12, 2020. Archived from the original on March 14, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 29, 2020. Archived from the original on March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  3. ^ "Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 29, 2020. Archived from the original on March 2, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.