2017 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the fourth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 16 and March 18, 2017, at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. [1] As tournament champion Penn State was awarded the Big Ten's automatic bid into the 2017 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

2016–17 Big Ten ice hockey standings
Conference recordOverall record
GPWLTSOWPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#7 Minnesota†20145104379583823123141104
#17 Wisconsin 20128003672663620151122118
#14 Ohio State 20118113576623921126154113
#8 Penn State*20109103171633925122160108
Michigan 2061222225375351319392111
Michigan State 203143013477435724484134
Championship: March 18, 2017
† indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 6, 2017

Bracket

Quarterfinals [2]
March 16 		Semifinals
March 17 		Championship
March 18
1 Minnesota 3
4Penn State44Penn State4**
5 Michigan 1 4Penn State2**
2 Wisconsin 1
2Wisconsin2
3Ohio State63 Ohio State 1
6 Michigan State 3

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Quarterfinals

All times are local (EST) (UTC−4).

(3) Ohio State vs. (6) Michigan State

March 16Ohio State6 – 3Michigan State Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Mason Jobst (19) - (Nick Schilkey, Tommy Parran) - 4:09
Nick Schilkey (27) - pp - (Mason Jobst, Dakota Joshua) - 5:44		First period8:58 - Villiam Haag (7) - (Patr Khodorenko)
12:15 - Dylan Pavelek (2) - (Patr Khodorenko, William Haag)
14:20 - pp - Sam Saliba (10) - (Mason Appleton, Carson Gatt)
Brendon Kearney (3) - (Christian Lampas, Drew Brevig) - 13:54Second periodNo scoring
David Gust (17) - pp - (Mason Jobst) - 0:25
David Gust (17) - (Janik Moser) - 1:38
Tanner Laczynski (10) - (Tommy Parran, Matthew Weis) - 3:51		Third periodNo scoring
Matt Tomkins (26 saves / 29 shots)Goalie statsEd Minney (21 saves / 27 shots)
John Lethemon (7 saves / 7 shots)

(4) Penn State vs. (5) Michigan

March 16Penn State4 – 1Michigan Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Liam Folkes (4) - pp - (Brandon Biro, Erik Autio) - 10:50
Nate Sucese (15) - (Denis Smirnov, Ricky DeRosa) - 13:24
David Goodwin (11) - (Alec Marsh, Vince Pedrie) - 19:31		First periodNo scoring
Vince Pedrie (8) - (Nate Sucese) - 1:03Second period10:19 - pp - James Sanchez (6) - (Tony Calderone, Cooper Marody)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Peyton Jones (30 saves / 31 shots)Goalie statsZach Nagelvoort (30 saves / 34 shots)

Semifinals

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Ohio State

March 17Wisconsin2 – 1Ohio State Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Luke Kunin (22) - (JD Greenway, Tim Davison) - 17:18First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period13:48 - pp - Dakota Joshua (12) - (Mason Jobst, Josh Healey)
Will Johnson (10) - (Seamus Malone, Aidan Cavallini) - 1:30Third periodNo scoring
Jack Berry (23 saves / 24 shots)Goalie statsMatt Tomkins (24 saves / 26 shots)

(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Penn State

March 17Minnesota3 – 42OTPenn State Joe Louis Arena Recap  
Rem Pitlick (14) - (Darian Romanko, Ryan Norman) - 7:20
Justin Kloos (18) - pp - (Tyler Sheehy, Rem Pitlick) - 9:55		First period1:05 - Nikita Pavlychev (4) - (Trevor Hamilton, Ricky DeRosa)
No scoringSecond period3:48 - Alec Marsh (6) - (Chase Berger, Andrew Sturtz)
Jack Sadek (4) - (Vinni Lettieri) - 3:42Third period1:00 - pp - Dylan Richard (9) - (Andrew Sturtz, Vince Pedrie)
No scoringSecond overtime period13:33 - pp - Erik Autio (3) - (Denis Smirnov, Andrew Sturtz)
Eric Schierhorn (59 saves / 63 shots)Goalie statsPeyton Jones (37 saves / 40 shots)

Championship

(2) Wisconsin vs. (4) Penn State

March 18Wisconsin1 – 22OTPenn State Joe Louis Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period15:37 - Liam Folkes (5) - (Brandon Biro, Kris Myllari)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Matt Ustaski (6) - pp - (Luke Kunin, Cameron Hughes) - 11:45Third periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond overtime period6:43 - Liam Folkes (6) - (Brandon Biro, David Thompson)
Jack Berry (33 saves / 35 shots)Goalie statsPeyton Jones (51 saves / 52 shots)

Tournament awards

Most Outstanding Player

  • Goaltender: Peyton Jones (Penn State)

All-Tournament Team

  • Goaltender: Peyton Jones (Penn State)
  • Defensemen: Vince Pedrie (Penn State), Erik Autio (Penn State)
  • Forwards: Luke Kunin (Wisconsin), Liam Folkes (Penn State), David Gust (Ohio State) [3]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Big Ten Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 11, 2017. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
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