2019 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2019 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the sixth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 8 and March 23, 2019, on-campus locations. By Winning the tournament Notre Dame earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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Format

The 2019 tournament features a format with all games taking place on the campus of the higher-seeded teams. The tournament opens March 8–10 with three best-of-three quarterfinal series, as the second, third and fourth-seeded teams each hosting a series. The top-seeded team has a bye to the single-elimination semifinals, which is played on March 16. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals hosts the championship game on March 23. [1]

Conference standings

2018–19 Big Ten Hockey Standings
Conference recordOverall record
GPWLT3/SWPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#12 Ohio State †2413743467952362011510883
#10 Notre Dame *24111122376365402314311291
#20 Minnesota 241110303676753818164117108
#17 Penn State 2411121135101963922152177139
Wisconsin 24910523469813714185113130
Michigan 24910523476753613167110114
Michigan State 2481242306888361219599122
Championship: March 23, 2019
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals

Quarterfinals
March 8–10 [2] 		Semifinals
March 16/17 		Championship
March 23
           
1 Ohio State 1
4Penn State5
2Notre Dame12—
7 Michigan State 0 0 —
4 Penn State 2
2Notre Dame3
3Minnesota3*4—
6 Michigan 2 1 —
2Notre Dame2*
3 Minnesota 1
4Penn State3 64*
5 Wisconsin 42 3

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Quarterfinals

(2) Notre Dame vs. (7) Michigan State

March 8Michigan State0 – 1Notre Dame Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
First periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodMike O'Leary (6) – (Spencer Stastney, Andrew Peeke) – 2:28
John Lethemon (23 saves / 24 shots)Goalie stats Cale Morris (27 saves / 27 shots)
March 9Michigan State0 – 2Notre Dame Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
First periodPierce Crawford (2) – (Jack Jenkins) – 2:01
No scoringSecond periodGraham Slaggert (3) – (Cal Burke) – sh – 10:38
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
John Lethemon (21 saves / 23 shots)Goalie stats Cale Morris (28 saves / 28 shots)
Notre Dame won series 2–0

(3) Minnesota vs. (6) Michigan

March 8Michigan2 – 3OTMinnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
8:28 – Michael Pastujov (9) – (Jake Slaker, Griffin Luce)First periodNo scoring
1:08 – Will Lockwood (16) – (Nick Pastujov, Jack Becker)Second periodTyler Sheehy (12) – (Rem Pitlick, Brent Gates) – 4:42
No scoringThird periodBlake McLaughlin (5) – (Sammy Walker, Sampo Ranta) – 9:06
No scoringFirst overtime periodBrannon McManus (14) – (Rem Pitlick, Tommy Novak) – pp – 10:10
Strauss Mann (28 saves / 31 shots)Goalie statsMat Robson (32 saves / 34 shots)
March 9Michigan1 – 4Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
First periodTommy Novak (4) – (Scott Reedy, Tyler Nanne) – 5:25
Scott Reedy (7) – (unassisted) – 12:42
Rem Pitlick (20) – (Tyler Sheehy) – 15:43
No scoringSecond periodRem Pitlick (20) – (Tyler Sheehy, Brannon McManus) – pp – 17:02
13:39 – Adam Winborg (4) – (Michael Pastujov, Nick Blankenburg)Third periodNo scoring
Strauss Mann (24 saves / 38 shots)Goalie statsMat Robson (22 saves / 23 shots)
Minnesota won series 2–0

(4) Penn State vs. (5) Wisconsin

March 8Wisconsin4 – 3Penn State Pegula Ice Arena Recap  
11:07 – Tarek Baker (7) – (unassisted)
17:12 – pp – Sean Dhooghe (13) – (Wyatt Kalynuk, Linus Weissbach)		First periodAlex Limoges (18) – (Liam Folkes, Cole Hults) – 18:20
7:28 – Sean Dhooghe (14) – (Max Zimmer, Tarek Baker)Second period
18:10 – Sean Dhooghe (15) – (Roman Ahcan, Seamus Malone)Third periodPaul DeNaples (2) – (Liam Folkes, Evan Barratt) – 3:43
Alex Limoges (19) – (Evan Barratt, Liam Folkes) – pp – 7:48
Daniel Lebedeff (37 saves / 40 shots)Goalie statsPeyton Jones (38 saves / 42 shots)
March 9Wisconsin2 – 6Penn State Pegula Ice Arena Recap  
3:27 – Linus Weissbach (8) – (Jack Gorniak)First periodAlex Limoges (20) – (Adam Pilewicz, Alex Stevens) – 8:49
No scoringSecond periodLiam Folkes (15) – (Adam Pilewicz, Alex Limoges) – 2:43
Brandon Biro (15) – (Chase Berger) – 8:48
Nate Sucese (17) – (Ludvig Larsson, Paul DeNaples) – 11:40
Evan Bell (1) – (Brandon Biro, Liam Folkes) – pp – 16:06
8:01 – Matthew Freytag (7) – (Seamus Malone)Third periodAlex Limoges (21) – (Liam Folkes, James Gobetz) – 15:37
Daniel Lebedeff (34 saves / 39 shots)
Jack Berry (11 saves / 12 shots)		Goalie statsPeyton Jones (24 saves / 25 shots)
March 10Wisconsin3 – 4OTPenn State Pegula Ice Arena Recap  
5:24 – Brock Caufield (6) – (Wyatt Kalynuk, Dominick Mersch)First periodLiam Folkes (16) – (Denis Smirnov) – 1:18
9:46 – pp – Max Zimmer (4) – (Sean Dhooghe, Seamus Malone)
10:10 – Josh Ess – (Max Zimmer)		Second periodCole Hults (5) – (Ludvig Larsson) – pp – 4:09
Alex Limoges (16) – (Liam Folkes, Paul DeNaples) – 18:54
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime periodLiam Folkes (17) – (Alex Limoges, Evan Barratt) – 10:50
Daniel Lebedeff (46 saves/ 50 shots)Goalie statsPeyton Jones (36 saves/ 39 shots)
Penn State won series 2–1

Semifinals

(2) Notre Dame vs. (3) Minnesota

March 16Minnesota1 – 2OTNotre Dame Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
5:44 – Sampo Ranta (6) – (Ben Brinkman, Sammy Walker)First periodCam Morrison (9) – (Mike O'Leary, Michael Graham) – 2:00
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime periodMichael Graham (12) – (Andrew Peeke, Mike O'Leary) – pp – 0:53
Mat Robson (35 saves/ 37 shots)Goalie stats Cale Morris (25 saves/ 26 shots)

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

March 17Penn State5 – 1Ohio State Value City Arena Recap  
11:23 – Liam Folkes (18) – (Alex Limoges)
19:59 – Alex Limoges (23) – (Evan Barratt, Evan Bell)		First periodNo scoring
14:52 – pp – Brandon Biro (16) – (Kris Myllari, Chase Berger)Second periodNo scoring
2:22 – Nate Sucese (18) – (unassisted)
19:13 – sh, en – Nate Sucese (19) – (Ludvig Larsson, Evan Bell)		Third periodJohn Wiitala (9) – (Gordi Myer) – 15:38
Peyton Jones (31 saves/ 32 shots)Goalie statsTommy Nappier (31 saves/ 35 shots)

Championship

(2) Notre Dame vs. (4) Penn State

March 23Penn State2 – 3Notre Dame Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
8:04 – Sam Sternschein (9) – (Nikita Pavlychev, Evan Bell)
16:53 – Alec Marsh (7) – (Brandon Biro, Chase Berger)		First period Spencer Stastney (1) – (Graham Slaggert) – 3:43
Cal Burke (12) – (Colin Theisen, Andrew Peeke) – 16:19
No scoringSecond periodCam Morrison (10) – (Mike O'Leary, Bobby Nardella) – 18:24
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Peyton Jones (26 saves/ 29 shots)Goalie stats Cale Morris (46 saves/ 48 shots)

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "2019 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 2, 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  3. ↑ "2019 All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 24, 2019. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
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