2016 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2016 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the third tournament in conference history played between March 17 and March 19, 2016 at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota. [1] The winner of the tournament was the Michigan Wolverines, who earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2016 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 are 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

2015–16 Big Ten ice hockey standings
Conference recordOverall record
GPWLTSOWPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
Minnesota†20146004276583720170121108
#6 Michigan*20125324110768382585181115
Penn State 20109113264723821134140122
Ohio State 2088412979773614184128125
Michigan State 2061220214772371023493124
Wisconsin 203134215548035819893127
Championship: March 18, 2017
† indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 12, 2016

Bracket

Quarterfinals [2]
March 17 		Semifinals
March 18 		Championship
March 19
1Minnesota4
4Ohio State4*4 Ohio State 2
5 Michigan State 3 1 Minnesota 3
2Michigan5
2Michigan7
3Penn State53 Penn State 2
6 Wisconsin 2

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Quarterfinals

All times are local (CT) (UTC−5).

(3) Penn State vs. (6) Wisconsin

March 17Penn State5 – 2Wisconsin Xcel Energy Center Recap  
Eric Scheid (12) - (Luke Juha, Kevin Kerr) - 12:55
Connor Varley (2) - (Eric Scheid, David Goodwin) - 16:55		First periodNo scoring
Ricky DeRosa (6) - (Luke Juha, Tommy Olczyk) - 13:18
Tommy Olczyk (11) - (Ricky DeRosa) - 14:53		Second period3:49 - Luke Kunin (19) - (Cameron Hughes, Corbin McGuire)
Eric Scheid (13) - en - (David Goodwin, Luke Juha) - 19:16Third period3:26 - Grant Besse (11) - (Eddie Wittchow)
Eamon McAdam (35 saves / 37 shots)Goalie statsMatt Jurusik (24 saves / 28 shots)

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

March 17Ohio State4 – 3OTMichigan State Xcel Energy Center Recap  
John Wiitala (11) - (Mason Jobst, David Gust) - 0:38
Tommy Parran (2) - (Josh Healey, Kevin Miller) - 18:52		First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period5:15 - pp - Joe Cox (11) - (Travis Walsh, Matt DeBlouw)
8:24 - pp - Matt DeBlouw (9) - (Travis Walsh, Villiam Haac)
11:31 - pp - Michael Ferrantino (10) - (Zach Osburn, Mackenzi MacEachern)
Matthew Weis (11) - (Drew Brevig, Josh Healey) - 3:17Third periodNo Scoring
Mason Jobst (12) - (Craig Dalrymple) - 13:47First overtime periodNo scoring
Christian Frey (31 saves / 34 shots)Goalie stats Jake Hildebrand (44 saves / 48 shots)

Semifinals

(2) Michigan vs. (3) Penn State

March 18Michigan7 – 2Penn State Xcel Energy Center Recap  
Max Shuart (5) - (Michael Downing, Dexter Dancs) - 10:35
Alex Kile (16) - (Tyler Motte, J. T. Compher) - pp - 16:55		First periodNo scoring
Kyle Connor (31) - (J. T. Compher) - 0:48
Kyle Connor (32) - (J. T. Compher. Zach Werenski) - pp - 5:29
Kyle Connor (33) - (J. T. Compher) - 9:09		Second period11:45 - pp - Kevin Kerr - (David Goodwin, David Glen)
Cristoval Nieves (10) - (Nicholas Boka, Zach Werenski) - 0:46
Kyle Connor (34) - (J. T. Compher, Tyler Motte) - pp - 10:52		Third period1:28 - pp - Luke Juha - (David Goodwin, Kevin Kerr)
Steve Racine (40 saves / 42 shots)Goalie statsEamon McAdam (14 saves / 18 shots)
Matthew Skoff (18 saves / 21 shots)

(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Ohio State

March 18Minnesota4 – 2Ohio State Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period13:01 - Kevin Miller (4) - (Janik Möser)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Tyler Sheehy (12) - (Justin Kloos) - 1:36
Vinni Lettieri (7) - (Leon Bristedt, Brent Gates Jr.) - 5:20
Taylor Cammarata (6) - (Tyler Sheehy) - 11:11
Taylor Cammarata (7) - (Tyler Sheehy) - 16:38		Third period17:44 - David Gust (11) - (Anthony Greco, Matthew Weis)
Eric Schierhorn (27 saves / 29 shots)Goalie statsChristian Frey (41 saves / 45 shots)

Championship

(1) Minnesota vs. (2) Michigan

March 19Minnesota3 – 5Michigan Xcel Energy Center Recap  
No scoringFirst period9:33 - pp - Tyler Motte (30) - (Kyle Connor, Zach Werenski)
Leon Bristedt (20) - (Vinni Lettieri, Jack Glover) - 6:35
Jake Bischoff (6) - (Michael Brodzinski, Justin Kloos) - 10:21
Justin Kloos (16) - (Tommy Novak, Justin Kloos) - pp - 16:50		Second period1:31 - pp - J. T. Compher (14) - Zach Werenski, Kyle Connor)
No scoringThird period3:28 - Kyle Connor (35) - (J. T. Compher, Zach Werenski)
15:27 - Zach Wereneski (10) - (J. T. Compher, Kyle Connor)
19:37 - en - Tyler Motte (31) - (Sam Piazza)
Eric Schierhorn (30 saves / 34 shots)Goalie statsSteve Racine (30 saves / 33 shots)

Tournament awards

Most Outstanding Player

All-Tournament Team

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References

  1. ↑ "2016 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 12, 2016. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Big Ten Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 12, 2016. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ "2016 All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 19, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
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