2022 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2022 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the eighth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 4 and March 19, 2022, on-campus locations. As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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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 hosted a series. The top-seeded team had a bye to the single-elimination semifinals. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals hosted the championship game. [1]

Conference standings

Conference recordOverall record
GPWLTOTWOTL3/SWPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#5 Minnesota 241860120559050392613013891
#2 Michigan *241680030519159423110116794
#9 Notre Dame 241770510477455402812012275
#16 Ohio State 241392111427659372213212587
Penn State 2461711112063923817201117122
Wisconsin 246171120205396371024376132
Michigan State 246180100175187361223176119
Championship: March 19, 2022
† indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated April 7, 2022

Bracket

Teams were reseeded for the semifinals

Quarterfinals
March 4–6 [2]
Semifinals
March 12
Championship
March 19
           
1Minnesota3
5 Penn State 2
2Michigan48
7 Michigan State 1 0
1 Minnesota 3
2Michigan4
3Notre Dame1 34
6 Wisconsin 32 2
2Michigan2
3 Notre Dame 1
4 Ohio State 42 1
5Penn State3 32

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Results

Quarterfinals

(2) Michigan vs. (7) Michigan State

March 4Michigan State1 – 4Michigan Yost Ice Arena Recap  
Dennis Cesana – (Nash Nienhuis, Tanner Tanner)pp – 4:36First period8:04 – ppMatty Beniers(Thomas Bordeleau, Nick Blankenburg)
No scoringSecond period3:53 – Luke Hughes(Jacob Truscott, Dylan Duke)
9:31 – Luke Morgan – (Kent Johnson, Nick Blankenburg)
No scoringThird period3:29 – Mackie Samoskevich(Unassisted)
Drew DeRidder (24 saves / 28 shots)Goalie stats Erik Portillo (23 saves / 24 shots)
March 5Michigan State0 – 8Michigan Yost Ice Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period0:54 – Thomas Bordeleau(Luke Hughes, Erik Portillo)
4:25 – Michael Pastujov – (Kent Johnson, Thomas Bordeleau)
7:23 – Dylan Duke – (Nick Blankenburg, Johnny Beecher)
10:51 – sh – Kent Johnson – (Unassisted)
No scoringSecond period2:12 – Johnny Beecher – (Ethan Edwards, Nick Blankenburg)
13:42 – ppMackie Samoskevich(Luke Hughes, Nick Blankenburg)
14:25 – pp – Johnny Beecher – (Michael Pastujov, Jacob Truscott)
15:07 – pp – Nick Blankenburg – (Luke Hughes, Erik Portillo)
No scoringThird periodNo scoring
Drew DeRidder (1 save / 4 shots)
Pierce Charleson (32 saves / 37 shots)
Goalie stats Erik Portillo (23 saves / 23 shots)
Jack Leavy (1 save / 1 shot)
Michigan won series 2–0

(3) Notre Dame vs. (6) Wisconsin

March 4Wisconsin3 – 1Notre Dame Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
Brock Caufield – (Mathieu De St. Phalle, Carson Bantle) – 15:22First periodNo scoring
Dominick Mersch – (Tyler Inamoto, Corson Ceulemans) – 14:30Second period13:52 – pp – Graham Slaggert – (Nick Leivermann, Ryder Rolston)
Zach Urdahl – (Sam Stange) – 5:57Third periodNo scoring
Jared Moe (49 saves / 50 shots)Goalie statsMatthew Galajda (24 saves / 27 shots)
March 5Wisconsin2 – 3Notre Dame Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period1:41 – pp – Graham Slaggert – (Landon Slaggert, Ryder Rolston)
16:07 – Zach Plucinski – (Jake Pivonka, Nick Leivermann)
Roman Ahcan – (Mathieu De St. Phalle, Corson Ceulemans)pp – 9:53Second periodNo scoring
Carson Bantle – (Brock Caufield, Mathieu De St. Phalle)pp – 3:23Third period19:39 – Trevor Janicke – (Spencer Stastney, Graham Slaggert)
Jared Moe (30 saves / 33 shots)Goalie statsMatthew Galajda (34 saves / 36 shots)
March 6Wisconsin2 – 4Notre Dame Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
Sam Stange – (Liam Malmquist, Jack Gorniak) – 16:01First period11:22 – Jack Adams – (Hunter Strand, Nick Leivermann)
14:14 – pp – Landon Slaggert – (Graham Slaggert, Trevor Janicke)
Daniel Laatsch – (Roman Ahcan, Dominick Mersch) – 15:22Second period1:55 – Jake Pivonka – (Jesse Lansdell, Adam Karashik)
No scoringThird period19:18 – en – Trevor Janicke – (Graham Slaggert)
Jared Moe (29 saves / 32 shots)Goalie statsMatthew Galajda (24 saves / 26 shots)
Notre Dame won series 2–1

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

March 4Penn State3 – 4Ohio State Value City Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period16:00 – Georgii Merkulov – (CJ Regula)
17:13 – Eric Cooley – (Patrick Patrick, Cole McWard)
Tyler Paquette – (Xander Lamppa, Carson Dyck) – 7:53
Connor McMenamin – (Christian Sarlo, Kenny Johnson) – 9:56
Kenny Johnson – (Connor MacEachern, Simon Mack) – 17:10
Third period2:19 – Quinn Preston – (Cam Thiesing)
16:52 – Georgii Merkulov – (Unassisted)
Liam Soulière (27 saves / 31 shots)Goalie statsJakub Dobeš (49 saves / 52 shots)
March 5Penn State3 – 2Ohio State Value City Arena Recap  
Dylan Lugris – (Connor McMenamin, Christian Berger) – 19:30First periodNo scoring
Kevin Wall – (Ryan Kirwan, Ben Schoen) – 17:12Second period13:55 – pp – Michael Gildon – (Travis Treloar, Will Riedell)
Ryan Kirwan – (Christian Berger, Ben Schoen) – 17:19Third period9:33 – Cole McWard – (Kamil Sadlocha, Ryan O'Connell)
Liam Soulière (33 saves / 35 shots)Goalie statsJakub Dobeš (43 saves / 46 shots)
March 6Penn State2 – 1Ohio State Value City Arena  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Ryan Kirwan – (Ben Schoen, Adam Pilewicz) – 13:30Second period18:52– Tate Singleton – (Jake Wise, James Marooney)
Dylan Lugris – (Paul DeNaples, Connor MacEachern) – 13:30Third periodNo scoring
Liam Soulière (23 saves / 24 shots)Goalie statsJakub Dobeš (33 saves / 35 shots)
Penn State won series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Minnesota vs. (5) Penn State

March 12Penn State2 – 3Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
No scoringFirst period12:04 – Ben Meyers(Ryan Johnson, Brock Faber)
Tyler Paquette – (Ben Meyers, Aaron Huglen) – 14:58
Dylan Lugris – (Connor MacEachern, Ben Schoen)pp – 17:35
Second period0:27 – ppJackson LaCombe(Ben Meyers, Aaron Huglen)
No scoringThird period17:21 – Sammy Walker(Blake McLaughlin, Bryce Brodzinski)
Liam Souliere (22 saves / 25 shots)Goalie statsJusten Close (28 saves / 30 shots)

(2) Michigan vs. (3) Notre Dame

March 12Notre Dame1 – 2Michigan Yost Ice Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Jack Adams – (Adam Karashik, Justin Janicke) – 12:04Second period3:46 – Matty Beniers(Brendan Brisson, Kent Johnson)
No scoringThird period3:59 – Brendan Brisson – (Matty Beniers, Jacob Truscott)
Matthew Galajda (29 saves / 31 shots)Goalie stats Erik Portillo (19 saves / 20 shots)

Championship

(1) Minnesota vs. (2) Michigan

March 19Michigan4 – 3Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
Brendan Brisson(Matty Beniers, Luke Hughes) – 1:17
Mackie Samoskevich(John Beecher) – 17:51
First period0:32 – Jaxon Nelson – (Jackson LaCombe, Grant Cruikshank)
Dylan Duke – (Mackie Samoskevich, Thomas Bordeleau) – 2:07
Kent Johnson(Brendan Brisson, Thomas Bordeleau)pp – 7:26
Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period19:02 – ppMatthew Knies(Jackson LaCombe, Blake McLaughlin)
19:54 – pp – Matthew Knies – (Jackson LaCombe, Ben Meyers)
Erik Portillo (25 saves / 28 shots)Goalie statsJusten Close (27 saves / 31 shots)

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player [3]

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