2015 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2015 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the second tournament in conference history played between March 19 and March 21, 2015 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. [1] The winner of the tournament was the Minnesota Golden Gophers, who earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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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 were 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

2014–15 Big Ten ice hockey standings
Conference recordOverall record
GPWLTSOWPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#12 Minnesota †*20125303981543923133137982
Michigan State 201172237474235171628380
#20 Michigan 20128003688603722150143107
Penn State 20109103162663718154119113
Ohio State 2081110265671361419398117
Wisconsin 202153211347535426559129
Championship: March 21, 2015
† indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 14, 2015

Bracket

Quarterfinals [2]
March 19 		Semifinals
March 20 		Championship
March 21
1Minnesota3
4 Penn State 1 5 Ohio State 0
5Ohio State31Minnesota4
3 Michigan 2
2 Michigan State 1
3Michigan53Michigan4
6 Wisconsin 1

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Quarterfinals

All times are local (EST) (UTC−4).

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

March 19Penn State1 – 3Ohio State Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period8:01 - Nick Schilkey (10) - (Gust)
14:13 - Justin DaSilva (2) - (Fritz, Christofoli)
Max Gardiner (5) - (Olczyk) - 9:38Second period19:00 - David Gust (3) - (Jardine)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Eamon McAdam (26 saves / 29 shots)Goalie statsChristian Frey (31 saves / 32 shots)

(3) Michigan vs. (6) Wisconsin

March 19Michigan5 – 1Wisconsin Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Zach Hyman (20) - (Larkin, Werenski) - PP - 14:45First periodNo scoring
Andrew Sinelli (1) - (Nieves, Dancs) - 2:05
Zach Hyman (21) - (Martin, Larkin) - 4:48		Second periodNo scoring
Dylan Larkin (15) - (Sinelli, Selman) - 14:23
Justin Selman (11) - (Larkin, Hyman) - 17:39		Third period9:14 - Jedd Soleway (7) - (Hughes)
Steve Racine (28 saves / 29 shots)Goalie statsJoel Rumpel (23 saves / 28 shots)

Semifinals

(1) Minnesota vs. (5) Ohio State

March 20Minnesota3 – 0Ohio State Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Sam Warning (12) - (Boyd) - 7:51Second periodNo scoring
Vinni Lettieri (9) - (Marshall, Cammarata) - 10:45
Travis Boyd (17) - (unassisted) - ENSH - 15:40		Third periodNo scoring
Adam Wilcox ( 39 saves / 39 shots )Goalie statsChristian Frey ( 21 saves / 23 shots )

(2) Michigan State vs. (3) Michigan

March 20Michigan State1 – 4Michigan Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period12:59 - PP - Michael Downing (6) - (Copp, Motte)
Matt Berry (12) - (MacEachern, Jacobs) - PP - 8:41Second period11:36 - J. T. Compher (12) - (Kile)
No scoringThird period9:14 - Cristoval Nieves (7) - (Dancs, Motte)
13:40 - Alex Kile (12) - (Nieves)
Jake Hildebrand (45 saves / 49 shots)Goalie statsSteve Racine (26 saves / 27 shots)

Championship

(1) Minnesota vs. (3) Michigan

March 21Minnesota4 – 2Michigan Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Travis Boyd (18) - (Rau, Cammarata) - PP - 2:30
Kyle Rau (20) - (Fasching, Bristedt) - 10:34		Second period3:56 - PP - Zach Hyman (22) (unassisted)
6:14 - PP - Alex Kile (13) - (Nieves, Hyman)
Justin Kloos (13) - (Fasching, Bristedt) - PP - 9:29
Travis Boyd (19) (unassisted) - EN - 19:38		Third periodNo scoring
Adam Wilcox (24 saves / 26 shots)Goalie statsSteve Racine (28 saves / 31 shots)

Tournament awards

Most Outstanding Player

All-Tournament Team

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  2. ↑ "Big Ten Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 14, 2015. Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ "2015 All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 22, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
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