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)
Big Ten men's Ice Hockey Tournaments ← 2022 2024 →

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]

References

1. "2023 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 25, 2023. Archived from the original on February 22, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
2. "Big Ten Announces Hockey Tournament Bracket". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 25, 2023. Archived from the original on February 26, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
3. "2023 Big Ten Hockey Tournament All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 18, 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.