Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Conference Hockey Championship
Sport Ice hockey
Conference Big Ten Conference
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium Xcel Energy Center
Joe Louis Arena
Current location Saint Paul, Minnesota
Detroit, Michigan
Last contest 2015 Big Ten Tournament
Current champion Minnesota
Most championships Wisconsin, Minnesota (1)
TV partner(s) Big Ten Network
Official website www.bigten.org

The Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament is the conference tournament for the Big Ten Conference. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.

The tournament was first held in 2014, the first year of conference play. For the first four tournaments hosting duties are split between the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota (2014 and 2016) and Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan (2015 and 2017).[1]

Format

2014–present

All six Big Ten teams participate in the single-elimination tournament, which is held over three days at one host site.[2] Teams are seeded No. 1 through No. 6 according to the final regular season conference standings. In the quarterfinals on Thursday, No. 3 plays No. 6 and No. 4 plays No. 5. On Friday, No. 2 plays the winner of the first game and No. 1 plays the winner of the second game (the teams are not reseeded). The two semifinal winners play each other on Saturday in the final.[3]

Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions

Year Winning team Coach Losing team Coach Score Location Venue Reference
2014 Wisconsin Eaves, MikeMike Eaves Ohio State Rohlik, SteveSteve Rohlik 5–4 (OT) Saint Paul, Minnesota Xcel Energy Center [4]
2015 Minnesota Lucia, DonDon Lucia Michigan Berenson, RedRed Berenson 4–2 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena [5]

Championship appearances

By school

No. School Record Pct
1 Minnesota 1–0 1.000
1 Wisconsin 1–0 1.000
1 Michigan 0–1 .000
1 Ohio State 0–1 .000

By coach

No. Coach Record Pct
1 Mike Eaves 1–0 1.000
1 Don Lucia 1–0 1.000
1 Red Berenson 0–1 .000
1 Steve Rohlik 0–1 .000

References

  1. ↑ "Big Ten announces tournament sites" (Press release). Park Ridge, Illinois: NCAA. April 19, 2012. Archived from the original on July 27, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Big Ten Announces Conference Schedule for Inaugural Season of Men's Ice Hockey" (Press release). Big Ten Conference. May 8, 2013. Archived from the original on December 22, 2013. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ Jovenitti, Tony; Jashvina Shah (19 March 2014). "Big Ten Tournament Preview". College Hockey News. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Wisconsin Wins Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament" (Press release). Saint Paul, Minnesota: Big Ten Conference. March 22, 2014. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Minnesota claims Big Ten Tournament title" (Press release). Detroit, Michigan: Big Ten Conference. March 21, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2015.

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