2024 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

2024 Big Ten Men's ice hockey tournament
DatesMarch 8–23, 2024
Teams7
Finals siteMunn Ice Arena
East Lansing, Michigan
ChampionsMichigan State (1st title)
Winning coachAdam Nightingale (1st title)
MVPTrey Augustine (Michigan State)
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The 2024 Big Ten Conference men's ice hockey tournament was the tenth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 8 and March 23, 2024, on-campus locations. As the tournament winner, Michigan State earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2024 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 will open with three best-of-three quarterfinal series, as the second, third and fourth-seeded teams each hosting a series. The top-seeded team will have a bye to the single-elimination semifinals. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals will host the championship game.[1]

Conference standings

2023–24 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
#5 Michigan State †* 24 16 6 2 0 1 1 52 92 69 38 25 10 3 147 117
#11 Wisconsin 24 16 7 1 2 2 1 50 81 57 40 26 12 2 128 81
#7 Minnesota 24 13 7 4 3 1 0 41 80 65 39 23 11 5 135 100
#4 Michigan 24 11 11 2 1 1 1 36 85 77 41 23 15 3 169 125
Notre Dame 24 9 13 2 0 1 1 31 66 62 36 15 19 2 101 98
Penn State 24 7 14 3 0 1 2 27 62 92 36 15 18 3 113 130
Ohio State 24 4 18 2 1 0 2 15 50 94 38 14 20 4 100 124
Championship: March 23, 2024
† indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated April 11, 2024

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals

Quarterfinals
March 8–10[2] 		Semifinals
March 16 		Championship
March 23
           
1 Michigan State 2
7 Ohio State 1
2 Wisconsin 1 4 1
7 Ohio State 3 2 3
1 Michigan State 5*
4 Michigan 4
3 Minnesota 5 3 —
6 Penn State 1 2 —
3 Minnesota 1
4 Michigan 2
4 Michigan 5 4 —
5 Notre Dame 4 3 —

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Results

Quarterfinals

(2) Wisconsin vs. (7) Ohio State

March 8 Ohio State 3 – 1 Wisconsin Kohl Center Recap  
Brent Johnson – (Danny Dzhaniyev, Dylan Lugris) – 9:08 First period 11:40 – William Whitelaw – (Zach Schulz, Christian Fitzgerald)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Max Montes – (Brent Johnson, Damien Carfagna) – pp – 2:21
Max Montes – (Michael Gildon, Stephen Halliday) – en – 18:13 		Third period No scoring
Logan Terness (28 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Kyle McClellan (21 saves / 23 shots)
March 9 Ohio State 2 – 4 Wisconsin Kohl Center Recap  
Thomas Weis – (Brent Johnson, Johnson, Max Montes) – pp – 19:00 First period 13:07 – pp – Christian Fitzgerald – (David Silye, Cruz Lucius)
No scoring Second period 3:52 – David Silye – (Cruz Lucius, Daniel Laatsch)
7:02 – pp – Anthony Kehrer – (Owen Mehlenbacher, Simon Tassy)
Patrick Guzzo – (Unassisted) – 9:47 Third period 17:44 – en – Cruz Lucius – (Simon Tassy)
Logan Terness (33 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Kyle McClellan (37 saves / 39 shots)
March 10 Ohio State 3 – 1 Wisconsin Kohl Center Recap
Ohio State won series 2–1


(3) Minnesota vs. (6) Penn State

March 8 Penn State 1 – 5 Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
Jacques Bouquot – (Danny Dzhaniyev, Dylan Lugris) – 10:56 First period 7:21 – Sam Rinzel – (Unassisted)
No scoring Second period 14:21 – Jimmy Snuggerud – (Jaxon Nelson, Mason Nevers)
No scoring Third period 2:18 – Aaron Huglen – (Carl Fish, Brody Lamb)
10:43 – Rhett Pitlick – (Cal Thomas, Luke Mittelstadt)
16:59 – en – Rhett Pitlick – (Carl Fish, Justen Close)
Liam Souliere (22 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Justen Close (20 saves / 21 shots)
March 9 Penn State 2 – 3 Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
No scoring First period 1:38 – Jaxon Nelson – (Mike Koster, Jimmy Snuggerud)
13:10 – pp – Jaxon Nelson – (Luke Mittelstadt, Oliver Moore)
Jimmy Dowd, Jr. – (Jacques Bouquot, Danny Dzhaniyev) – 8:59
Matt DiMarsico – (Aiden Fink, Reese Laubach) – 12:53 		Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 18:52 – Aaron Huglen – (Brody Lamb)
Liam Souliere (21 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Justen Close (46 saves / 48 shots)
Minnesota won series 2–0


(4) Michigan vs. (5) Notre Dame

March 8 Notre Dame 4 – 5 Michigan Yost Ice Arena Recap  
Landon Slaggert – (Drew Bavaro, Patrick Moynihan) – 5:33 First period 11:11 – pp – Nick Moldenhauer – (Garrett Schifsky, Seamus Casey)
12:41 – Rutger McGroarty – (Garrett Schifsky, Gavin Brindley)
Drew Bavaro – (Hunter Strand, Maddox Fleming) – pp – 12:42
Patrick Moynihan – (Cole Knuble) – 15:02
Drew Bavaro – (Jayden Davis) – 16:00 		Second period 17:04 – Garrett Schifsky – (Jacob Truscott, Seamus Casey)
No scoring Third period 0:11 – pp – T.J. Hughes – (Seamus Casey, Gavin Brindley)
3:04 – pp – Rutger McGroarty – (Seamus Casey, T.J. Hughes)
Ryan Bischel (34 saves / 39 shots) Goalie stats Jake Barczewski (20 saves / 24 shots)
March 9 Notre Dame 3 – 4 Michigan Yost Ice Arena Recap  
Drew Bavaro – (Patrick Moynihan) – 8:05 First period 12:09 – pp – T.J. Hughes – (Seamus Casey, Rutger McGroarty)
19:50 – T.J. Hughes – (Rutger McGroarty, Gavin Brindley)
Landon Slaggert – (Patrick Moynihan, Ryan Siedem) – pp – 7:01
Patrick Moynihan – (Landon Slaggert, Ryan Siedem) – 9:27 		Second period 11:57 – Dylan Duke – (Josh Eernisse, Frank Nazar)
No scoring Third period 3:54 – Gavin Brindley – (Tyler Duke, Rutger McGroarty)
Ryan Bischel (32 saves / 36 shots) Goalie stats Jake Barczewski (25 saves / 28 shots)
Michigan won series 2–0


Semifinals

(1) Michigan State vs. (7) Ohio State

March 16 Ohio State 1 – 2 Michigan State Munn Ice Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 1:23 – Daniel Russell – (Karsen Dorwart, Isaac Howard)
Max Montes – (Thomas Weis, Jake Dunlap) – 2:16 Third period 2:03 – Nash Nienhuis – (Tanner Kelly)
Logan Terness (36 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Trey Augustine (37 saves / 38 shots)


(3) Minnesota vs. (4) Michigan

March 16 Michigan 2 – 1 Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
Kienan Draper – (Chase Pletzke, Seamus Casey) – 3:12 First period No scoring
Gavin Brindley – (Marshall Warrenn, Rutger McGroarty) – 18:36 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 18:31 – Jimmy Snuggerud – (Ryan Chesley, Luke Mittelstadt)
Jake Barczewski (23 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Justen Close (29 saves / 31 shots)


Championship

(4) Michigan vs. (1) Michigan State

March 23 Michigan 4 – 5 OT Michigan State Munn Ice Arena Recap  
Frank Nazar – (Josh Eernisse, Marshall Warren) – 0:58 First period 10:53 – Tanner Kelly – (Tiernan Shoudy)
Dylan Duke – (Rutger McGroarty, Seamus Casey) – pp – 12:50
Marshall Warren – (Philippe Lapointe, Nick Moldenhauer) 		Second period 10:48 – Daniel Russell – (Isaac Howard, Nash Nienhuis)
18:41 – Jeremy Davidson – (Nicolas Muller, Artyom Levshunov)
19:59 – Matt Basgall – (Tiernan Shoudy, Patrick Geary)
Frank Nazar – (Dylan Duke, Ethan Edwards) – 2:54 Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 13:47 – Patrick Geary – (Reed Lebster, Nicolas Muller)
Jake Barczewski (30 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Trey Augustine (33 saves / 37 shots)


Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player[3]

References

  1. ^ "2024 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 2, 2024. Archived from the original on February 29, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  2. ^ "Bracket Announced for 2024 Big Ten Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 2, 2024. Archived from the original on March 3, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  3. ^ "2024 Big Ten Hockey Tournament All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 23, 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 24, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.