2020 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2020 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the seventh tournament in conference history. It was scheduled to be played between March 6 and March 21, 2020, on-campus locations. On March 12, 2020, the Big Ten announced that the tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. [1]

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Format

The tournament featured a format with all games taking place on the campus of the higher-seeded teams. The tournament opened with three best-of-three quarterfinal series, as the second, third and fourth-seeded teams each hosting a series. The top-seeded team had a bye to the single-elimination semifinals. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals was intended to host the championship game. [2]

Conference standings

2019–20 Big Ten ice hockey Standings
Conference recordOverall record
GPWLT3/SWPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#9 Penn State 2412841417970342010412188
#10 Ohio State 241194138626234181159180
#17 Michigan 2411103238655234161449272
#18 Minnesota 24987438666234141379594
Notre Dame 24996437595934141379091
Michigan State 2411112035545434151728082
Wisconsin 24715222563893414182110124
Championship: March 21, 2020
† indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 1, 2020

Bracket

Teams were reseeded for the semifinals

Quarterfinals
March 6–8 [3] 		Semifinals
March 14 		Championship
March 21
           
1 Penn State
4 Minnesota
2Ohio State92* —
7 Wisconsin 1 1 —
 
 
3Michigan33—
6 Michigan State 0 0 —
2 Ohio State
3 Michigan
4Minnesota0 23
5 Notre Dame 11 2

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Results

Quarterfinals

(2) Ohio State vs. (7) Wisconsin

March 6Wisconsin1 – 9Ohio State Value City Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period7:41 – Collin Peters – (Carson Meyer, Grant Gabriele)
11:39 – Carson Meyer – (Tanner Laczynski, Tate Singleton)
No scoringSecond period1:02 – Carson Meyer – (Tate Singleton)
4:42 – Carson Meyer – (unassisted)
13:54 – pp – Carson Meyer – (unassisted)
17:28 – sh – Quinn Preston – (Ronnie Hine, Matt Miller)
Wyatt Kalnyuk – (Dylan Holloway, Ty Emberson) – 12:25Third period0:29 – Quinn Preston – (Matt Miller, Austin Pooley)
3:14 – Tanner Laczynski – (Tate Singleton)
12:12 – pp – Wyatt Ege – (Quinn Preston, Austin Pooley)
Jack Berry (10 saves / 14 shots)
Daniel Lebedeff (7 saves / 10 shots)
Johan Blomquist (6 saves / 8 shots)		Goalie statsTommy Nappier (31 saves / 32 shots)
March 7Wisconsin1 – 2OTOhio State Value City Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Dylan Holloway – (Wyatt Kalynuk, Ty Pelton-Byce) – pp – 14:01Second period8:07 – pp – Carson Meyer – (Tanner Laczynski, Quinn Preston)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period1:12 – Jaedon Leslie – (Ronnie Hein, Gustaf Westlund)
Jack Berry (27 saves / 29 shots)Goalie statsTommy Nappier (29 saves / 30 shots)
Ohio State won series 2–0

(3) Michigan vs. (6) Michigan State

March 6Michigan State0 – 3Michigan Yost Ice Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period9:54 – Jake Slaker – pp – (Will Lockwood, Nick Blankenburg)
No scoringSecond period2:52 – Johnny Beecher – (Jacob Hayhurst, Luke Martin)
19:53 – Nick Pastujov – pp – (Jimmy Lambert)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
John Lethemon (17 saves / 20 shots)Goalie stats Strauss Mann (25 saves / 25 shots)
March 7Michigan State0 – 3Michigan Yost Ice Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period5:20 – Will Lockwood – pp – (Nick Blankenburg, Jake Slaker)
18:28 – Johnny Beecher – (unassisted)
No scoringThird period19:13 – Jake Slaker – (Nick Pastujov)
John Lethemon (23 saves / 26 shots)Goalie stats Strauss Mann (20 saves / 20 shots)
Michigan won series 2–0

(4) Minnesota vs. (5) Notre Dame

March 6Notre Dame1 – 0Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Trevor Janicke – (Colin Theisen, Mike O'Leary) – 16:24Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Cale Morris (12 saves / 12 shots)Goalie statsJack LaFontaine (25 saves / 26 shots)
March 7Notre Dame1 – 2Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
No scoringFirst period1:24 – Ryan Zuhlsdorf – (Sammy Walker, Blake McLaughlin)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Cam Morrison – (Michael Graham, Alex Steeves) – pp – 10:14Third period3:27 – Cullen Munson – (Jonny Sorenson, Joey Marooney)
Cale Morris (18 saves / 20 shots)Goalie statsJack LaFontaine (30 saves / 31 shots)
March 8Notre Dame2 – 3Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Alex Steeves – (Tory Dello) – 5:25Second period10:18 – Ben Meyers – pp – (Blake McLaughlin, Robbie Stucker)
11:06 – Sampo Ranta – (Scott Reedy, Brannon McManus)
16:03 – Ben Meyers – pp – (Sammy Walker, Scott Reedy)
Cam Morrison – (Alex Steeves, Spencer Stastney) – pp – 10:36Third periodNo scoring
Cale Morris (18 saves / 21 shots)Goalie statsJack LaFontaine (23 saves / 25 shots)
Minnesota won series 2–1

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References

  1. ↑ "Big Ten Statement on Competitions, Recruiting". Big Ten Conference. March 12, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  2. ↑ "2020 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 29, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 29, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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