2023 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

2023 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament
2023 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament
Dates	March 3–18, 2023
Teams	7
Finals site	3M Arena at Mariucci ; Minneapolis, Minnesota
Champions	Michigan (3rd title)
Winning coach	Brandon Naurato (1st title)
MVP	Adam Fantilli (Michigan)
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Last updated August 25, 2023

The 2023 Big Ten Conference men's ice hockey tournament was the ninth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 3 and March 18, 2023, on-campus locations. As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.

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 hosted the championship game.^[1]

Conference standings

2022–23 Big Ten ice hockey Standings v t e
	Conference record										Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	3/SW	PTS	GF	GA	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#2 Minnesota †	24	19	4	1	2	1	0	57	106	50	40	29	10	1	168	90
#3 Michigan *	24	12	10	2	3	3	0	38	82	79	41	26	12	3	171	128
#7 Ohio State	24	11	11	2	0	0	1	36	69	63	40	21	16	3	131	101
Notre Dame	24	10	10	4	2	0	3	35	52	60	37	16	16	5	85	97
#19 Michigan State	24	10	12	2	1	1	2	34	65	80	38	18	18	2	107	115
#8 Penn State	24	10	13	1	0	3	0	34	71	75	39	22	16	1	129	106
Wisconsin	24	6	18	0	0	0	0	18	54	92	36	13	23	0	94	126
Championship: March 18, 2023 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

Teams were reseeded for the semifinals

Quarterfinals March 3–5^[2]					Semifinals March 11			Championship March 18

					1	Minnesota	5

					5	Michigan State	1
2	Michigan	6*	7	—

7	Wisconsin	5	4	—
								1	Minnesota	3

								2	Michigan	4
3	Ohio State	5	1	3

6	Penn State	1	2*	1
					2	Michigan	7

					3	Ohio State	3
4	Notre Dame	1	2	2

5	Michigan State	0	4	4

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Results

Quarterfinals

(2) Michigan vs. (7) Wisconsin

March 3	Wisconsin		5 – 6	OT	Michigan	Yost Ice Arena	Recap
Sam Stange – (Tyson Jugnauth) – 13:02 Mathieu De St. Phalle – (Sam Stange, Ben Dexheimer) – 11:42		First period			18:31 – Mackie Samoskevich – (Dylan Duke, Seamus Casey)
Mathieu De St. Phalle – (Brock Caufield, Corson Ceulemans) – pp – 3:16		Second period			9:38 – Seamus Casey – (T.J. Hughes, Dylan Duke) 8:34 – Adam Fantilli – (Gavin Brindley, Seamus Casey) 0:18 – pp – Adam Fantilli – (Luke Hughes, Gavin Brindley)
Mathieu De St. Phalle – (Cruz Lucius) – 13:40 Dominick Mersch – (Zach Urdahl) – 13:21		Third period			0:23 – Mackie Samoskevich – (Luke Hughes, Adam Fantilli)
No scoring		First overtime period			10:54 – Steven Holtz – (Rutger McGroarty, Jay Keranen)
Kyle McClellan (30 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats			Erik Portillo (38 saves / 43 shots)

March 4	Wisconsin		4 – 7	Michigan	Yost Ice Arena	Recap
Cruz Lucius – (Mathieu De St. Phalle, Corson Ceulemans) – pp – 9:11		First period		11:53 – Rutger McGroarty – (Mackie Samoskevich, Adam Fantilli) 6:17 – pp – Adam Fantilli – (Luke Hughes, Gavin Brindley) 1:02 – Adam Fantilli – (Steven Holtz, Jay Keranen)
Mathieu De St. Phalle – (Cruz Lucius, Dominick Mersch) – 1:03 Mathieu De St. Phalle – (Brock Caufield, Carson Bantle) – 6:09		Second period		19:29 – Adam Fantilli – (Rutger McGroarty, Keaton Pehrson)
Carson Bantle – (Brock Caufield, Tyson Jugnauth) – 16:51		Third period		2:20 – Nolan Moyle – (Frank Nazar, Dylan Duke) 1:27 – T.J. Hughes – (Luke Hughes) 0:54 – Mackie Samoskevich – (Unassisted)
Kyle McClellan (36 saves / 43 shots)		Goalie stats		Erik Portillo (36 saves / 40 shots)

Michigan won series 2–0

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

March 3	Penn State		1 – 5	Ohio State	Value City Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		4:31 – Davis Burnside – (Stephen Halliday, Dominic Vidoli)
Ture Linden – (Ashton Calder, Jimmy Dowd, Jr.) – pp – 11:00		Second period		4:34 – Tyler Duke – (Tate Singleton, Stephen Halliday) 5:18 – Cam Thiesing – (Mason Lohrei) 13:58 – pp – Cole McWard – (Jake Wise, Stephen Halliday)
No scoring		Third period		12:02 – Stephen Halliday – (Unassisted)
Liam Soulière (34 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats		Jakub Dobeš (33 saves / 34 shots)

March 4	Penn State		2 – 1	OT	Ohio State	Value City Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Ryan Kirwan – (Xander Lamppa) – 16:03		Third period			18:26 – Joe Dunlap – (Tyler Duke, Jake Wise)
Kevin Wall – (Connor MacEachern, Dylan Gratton) – 10:35		First overtime period			No scoring
Liam Soulière (55 saves / 56 shots)		Goalie stats			Jakub Dobeš (30 saves / 32 shots)

March 5	Penn State		1 – 3	Ohio State	Value City Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Kevin Wall – (Connor McMenamin, Dylan Gratton) – 6:28		Second period		12:08 – pp – Cole McWard – (Stephen Halliday, Jake Wise) 15:45 – Scooter Brickey – (Dominic Vidoli)
No scoring		Third period		18:17 – Tate Singleton – (Mason Lohrei)
Liam Soulière (22 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Jakub Dobeš (30 saves / 31 shots)

Ohio State won series 2–1

(4) Notre Dame vs. (5) Michigan State

March 3	Michigan State		0 – 1	Notre Dame	Compton Family Ice Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		3:47 – Grant Silianoff – (Trevor Janicke, Jack Adams)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Dylan St. Cyr (20 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats		Ryan Bischel (36 saves / 36 shots)

March 4	Michigan State		4 – 2	Notre Dame	Compton Family Ice Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		17:13 – Solag Bakich – (Trevor Janicke, Ben Brinkman)
Jeremy Davidson – (Nicolas Muller, David Gucciardi) – pp – 8:38 Matt Basgall – (Tiernan Shoudy, Daniel Russell) – 16:37		Second period		No scoring
Nash Nienhuis – (Jeremy Davidson, Nicolas Muller) – 3:27 Karsen Dorwart – (Daniel Russell, Jagger Joshua) – 5:34		Third period		13:34 – pp – Jack Adams – (Drew Bavaro, Hunter Strand)
Dylan St. Cyr (31 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Ryan Bischel (28 saves / 32 shots)

March 5	Michigan State		4 – 2	Notre Dame	Compton Family Ice Arena	Recap
Nicolas Muller – (Erik Middendorf, Jeremy Davidson) – 8:33		First period		15:05 – pp – Justin Janicke – (Landon Slaggert, Chayse Primeau)
Jeremy Davidson – (Nicolas Muller) – 8:59		Second period		No scoring
Tiernan Shoudy – (Nash Nienhuis, Miroslav Mucha) – 13:18 Nicolas Muller – (Unassisted) – en – 1:43		Third period		3:23 – pp – Hunter Strand – (Solag Bakich, Nick Leivermann)
Dylan St. Cyr (37 saves / 39 shots)		Goalie stats		Ryan Bischel (24 saves / 27 shots)

Michigan State won series 2–1

Semifinals

(1) Minnesota vs. (5) Michigan State

March 11	Michigan State		1 – 5	Minnesota	3M Arena at Mariucci	Recap
Jeremy Davidson – (Miroslav Mucha, Nash Nienhuis) – pp – 15:13		First period		6:21 – pp – Jaxon Nelson – (Matthew Knies, Mike Koster) 2:09 – John Mittelstadt – (Ryan Chesley, Ryan Johnson)
No scoring		Second period		18:00 – Aaron Huglen – (Cal Thomas, Rhett Pitlick)
No scoring		Third period		11:36 – Logan Cooley – (Brock Faber, Mike Koster) 4:01 – en – Logan Cooley – (Jimmy Snuggerud, Ryan Chesley)
Dylan St. Cyr (19 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats		Justen Close (29 saves / 30 shots)

(2) Michigan vs. (3) Ohio State

March 11	Ohio State		3 – 7	Michigan	Yost Ice Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		19:37 – Gavin Brindley – (Adam Fantilli, Luke Hughes) 15:12 – Seamus Casey – (Ethan Edwards) 9:33 – Mackie Samoskevich – (Keaton Pehrson, Luke Hughes)
Jake Wise – (Travis Treloar, Cole McWard) – pp – 8:17		Second period		2:55 – Adam Fantilli – (Rutger McGroarty, Gavin Brindley)
Travis Treloar – (Mason Lohrei) – pp – 18:28 Cam Thiesing – (Stephen Halliday, Jake Wise) – 4:26		Third period		13:40 – Jackson Hallum – (Frank Nazar) 2:50 – en – Adam Fantilli – (Keaton Pehrson) 1:14 – en – Rutger McGroarty – (Adam Fantilli)
Jakub Dobeš (38 saves / 43 shots)		Goalie stats		Erik Portillo (35 saves / 38 shots)

Championship

(1) Minnesota vs. (2) Michigan

March 18	Michigan		4 – 3	Minnesota	3M Arena at Mariucci	Recap
No scoring		First period		13:08 – Brody Lamb – (Logan Cooley)
Rutger McGroarty – (Ethan Edwards, Gavin Brindley) – 16:48 Rutger McGroarty – (Keaton Pehrson, Adam Fantilli) – 16:14		Second period		9:11 – Logan Cooley – (Jimmy Snuggerud, Matthew Knies)
Seamus Casey – (Gavin Brindley, Rutger McGroarty) – 14:30 Dylan Duke – (T.J. Hughes, Gavin Brindley) – 8:14		Third period		18:03 – Rhett Pitlick – (Bryce Brodzinski, Jackson LaCombe)
Erik Portillo (22 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Justen Close (27 saves / 31 shots)

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

G: Justen Close (Minnesota)
D: Seamus Casey (Michigan)
D: Luke Hughes (Michigan)
F: Logan Cooley (Minnesota)
F: Adam Fantilli * (Michigan)
F: Rutger McGroarty (Michigan)

* Most Outstanding Player ^[3]

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References

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↑ "Big Ten Announces Hockey Tournament Bracket". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
↑ "2023 Big Ten Hockey Tournament All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 18, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.

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[2] "Big Ten Announces Hockey Tournament Bracket". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 25, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

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