The 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the fifth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 2 and March 17, 2018, on campus locations.[1] The winner of the tournament was the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
| 2018 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 2–17, 2018 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Finals site | Compton Family Ice Arena Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Champions | Notre Dame (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Jeff Jackson (1st title) |
| MVP | Cale Morris (Notre Dame) |
Big Ten men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
Format
editThe 2018 tournament featured a new three-weekend format with all games taking place on the campus of the higher-seeded teams. The tournament opened March 2–4 with three best-of-three quarterfinal series, as the second-, third-and fourth-seeded teams each hosted a series. The top-seeded team had a bye to the single-elimination semifinals, which was played on March 10. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals hosted a championship game on March 17.[2]
Conference standings
editNote: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #2 Notre Dame†* | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 66 | 47 | 40 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 117 | 87 | |
| #3 Ohio State | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 77 | 55 | 41 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 131 | 85 | |
| #4 Michigan | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 70 | 72 | 40 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 136 | 121 | |
| #13 Penn State | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 70 | 72 | 38 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 138 | 120 | |
| #18 Minnesota | 24 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 65 | 69 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 102 | 100 | |
| Wisconsin | 24 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 69 | 83 | 37 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 115 | 124 | |
| Michigan State | 24 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 53 | 77 | 36 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 91 | 117 | |
| Championship: March 17, 2018 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 12, 2018 | |||||||||||||||
Bracket
edit| Quarterfinals March 2–4[3] | Semifinals March 10 | Championship March 17 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Notre Dame | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Penn State | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio State | 6 | 4* | — | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Michigan State | 2 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Notre Dame | 3* | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio State | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Michigan | 6 | 7 | — | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Wisconsin | 5 | 4 | — | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio State | 3* | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Michigan | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Penn State | 5 | 6 | — | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Minnesota | 3 | 5 | — | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime periods.
Quarterfinals
edit(2) Ohio State vs. (7) Michigan State
edit| March 2 | Ohio State | 6 – 2 | Michigan State | Value City Arena | Recap | |||
| (Ege, Jobst) Tanner Laczynski – PP – 18:42 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Laczynski, Ege) Matthew Weis – PP – 16:32 | Second period | 03:12 – Patrick Khodorenko (Hirose, Stevens) | ||||||
| (Parran, Joyaux) Mason Jobst – GW – 01:54 (Stork, McCormick) Sasha Larocque – 06:36 (Kearney, Jobst) John Wiitala – 15:40 (Pooley, Kearney) Christian Lampasso – PP – 19:59 |
Third period | 18:38 – Damian Chrcek (Osburn, Esteves) | ||||||
| ( 18 saves / 20 shots ) Sean Romeo | Goalie stats | John Lethemon ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) / Ed Minney ( 9 saves / 11 shots ) | ||||||
| March 3 | Ohio State | 4 – 3 | OT | Michigan State | Value City Arena | Recap | ||
| (Weis, Ege) Mason Jobst – PP – 11:09 | First period | 19:33 – PP – Cody Milan (Khodorenko) | ||||||
| (Kearney) Mason Jobst – 07:43 (Jobst) John Wiitala – 11:22 |
Second period | 00:29 – Patrick Khodorenko (Hirose, Lewandowski) 08:05 – Tommy Apap (Keefer) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Larocque) Freddy Gerard – GW – 05:53 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 15 saves / 18 shots ) Sean Romeo | Goalie stats | John Lethemon ( 38 saves / 42 shots ) | ||||||
| Ohio State won series 2–0 | |
(3) Michigan vs. (7) Wisconsin
edit| March 2 | Michigan | 6 – 5 | Wisconsin | Yost Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Marody, Cecconi) Tony Calderone – 01:40 (Hughes, Cecconi) Tony Calderone – PP – 13:14 (Piazza, Martin) Jake Slaker – PP – 16:22 (Marody) Quinn Hughes – PP – 18:09 |
First period | 03:58 – Tyler Inamoto (Malone) 06:59 – Matthew Freytag (Malone, Kalynuk) 08:03 – Ryan Wagner (Frederic, Tischke) | ||||||
| (Hughes, Cecconi) Tony Calderone – PP – 03:20 | Second period | 10:00 – PP – Linus Weissbach (Kalynuk, Wagner) | ||||||
| (Marody, Hughes) Tony Calderone – GW – 11:07 | Third period | 19:56 – PP – Ryan Wagner (Hughes, Frederic) | ||||||
| ( 48 saves / 53 shots ) Hayden Lavigne | Goalie stats | Kyle Hayton ( 23 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| March 3 | Michigan | 7 – 4 | Wisconsin | Yost Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Calderone) Dexter Dancs – 04:18 (Pastujov, Sanchez) Jack Becker – 13:41 |
First period | 00:23 – Trent Frederic (Wagner, Tischke) | ||||||
| (Hughes, Norris) Brendan Warren – 00:53 (Porikos, Cecconi) Dakota Raabe – 06:34 (Calderone) Dexter Dancs – GW – 19:52 |
Second period | 06:08 – Cameron Hughes (Weissbach, Baker) 09:16 – Trent Frederic (Weissbach, Greenway) | ||||||
| (Boka, Pastujov) Griffin Luce – 02:24 (Cecconi, Norris) Jake Slaker – EN – 19:41 |
Third period | 15:18 – Matthew Freytag (Davison) | ||||||
| ( 28 saves / 32 shots ) Hayden Lavigne | Goalie stats | Jack Berry ( 22 saves / 28 shots ) | ||||||
| Michigan won series 2–0 | |
(4) Penn State vs. (5) Minnesota
edit| March 2 | Penn State | 5 – 3 | Minnesota | Pegula Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Smirnov, Limoges) Cole Hults – PP – 15:39 | First period | 11:13 – PP – Casey Mittelstadt (Lindgren, Pitlick) | ||||||
| (Myllari, Autio) Nate Sucese – PP – 02:35 (Murray, Biro) Denis Smirnov – 18:49 (Hamilton, Jones) Andrew Sturtz – GW – 19:45 |
Second period | 15:13 – Scott Reedy (Pitlick) | ||||||
| (Sturtz) Evan Barratt – EN – 19:30 | Third period | 15:00 – PP – Casey Mittelstadt (Pitlick, Reedy) | ||||||
| ( 32 saves / 35 shots ) Peyton Jones | Goalie stats | Mat Robson ( 25 saves / 29 shots ) | ||||||
| March 3 | Penn State | 6 – 5 | Minnesota | Pegula Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Berger, Sturtz) Trevor Hamilton – 00:16 (Barratt, Limoges) Liam Folkes – 13:01 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Limoges, Hamilton) Evan Barratt – PP – 04:37 (Berger, Sternschein) James Robinson – 17:50 |
Second period | 02:06 – PP – Casey Mittelstadt (unassisted) 19:31 – Jack Ramsey (Norman, Romanko) 12:48 – Rem Pitlick (Reedy) 15:21 – PP – Scott Reedy (Mittelstadt, Lindgren) | ||||||
| (Sucese, Folkes) Brandon Biro – PP – 07:54 (Folkes, Gobetz) Evan Barratt – GW – 11:25 |
Third period | 04:00 – Scott Reedy (Mittelstadt, Pitlick) | ||||||
| ( 35 saves / 40 shots ) Peyton Jones | Goalie stats | Eric Schierhorn ( 29 saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
| Penn State won series 2–0 | |
Semifinals
edit(1) Notre Dame vs. (4) Penn State
edit| March 10 | University of Notre Dame | 3 – 2 | Penn State University | Compton Family Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| (Malmquist, Burke) Jordan Gross – 06:18 (Wegwerth, Hellickson) Andrew Peeke – PP – 14:03 |
First period | 11:43 – Nate Sucese (Biro, Autio) 15:43 – Brandon Biro (Sucese, Autio) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| (Malmquist, Oglevie) Jack Jenkins – 08:01 | Third period | |||||||
| ( 43 saves / 45 shots ) Cale Morris | Goalie stats | Peyton Jones ( 44 saves / 47 shots ) | ||||||
(2) Ohio State vs. (3) Michigan
edit| March 10 | Ohio State | 3 – 2 | OT | Michigan | Nationwide Arena | Recap | ||
| (Miller, Joshua) Gordi Myer – PP – 16:02 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 11:16 – Cooper Marody (Hughes, Dancs) | ||||||
| (Wiitala, Miller) Dakota Joshua – PP – 04:01 | Third period | 05:51 – Cooper Marody (Hughes, Calderone) | ||||||
| (Laczynski, Ege) Matthew Weis – GW – 14:03 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 29 saves / 31 shots ) Sean Romeo | Goalie stats | Hayden Lavigne ( 32 saves / 35 shots ) | ||||||
Championship
edit(1) Notre Dame vs. (2) Ohio State
edit| March 17 | Notre Dame | 3 – 2 | OT | Ohio State | Compton Family Ice Arena | Recap | ||
| (Evans, Nardella) Bo Brauer – 04:09 (Burke, Peeke) Matt Hellickson – PP – 14:30 (Boje) Jordan Himley – PP – 15:34 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 06:21 – Brendon Kearney (Miller, Myer) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 01:07 – Matt Miller (Laczynski) | ||||||
| (Evans, Gilbert) Cam Morrison – GW – 09:23 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| ( 41 saves / 43 shots ) Cale Morris | Goalie stats | Sean Romeo ( 35 saves / 38 shots ) | ||||||
Tournament awards
edit- G Cale Morris* (Notre Dame)
- D Jordan Gross (Notre Dame)
- D Matt Miller (Ohio State)
- F Cam Morrison (Notre Dame)
- F Mason Jobst (Ohio State)
- F Tanner Laczynski (Ohio State)
References
edit- ^ "2018 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 18, 2018. Archived from the original on February 19, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
- ^ "Big Ten Weekly Hockey Release". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 14, 2018. Archived from the original on February 18, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
- ^ "Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 24, 2018. Archived from the original on February 25, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
- ^ "2018 All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 18, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 10, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2018.