2024 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2024 Big Ten Conference men's ice hockey tournament was the tenth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 8 and March 23, 2024, on-campus locations. As the tournament winner, Michigan State earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2024 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 will open with three best-of-three quarterfinal series, as the second, third and fourth-seeded teams each hosting a series. The top-seeded team will have a bye to the single-elimination semifinals. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals will host the championship game. [1]

Conference standings

2023–24 Big Ten ice hockey Standings
Conference recordOverall record
GPWLTOTWOTL3/SWPTSGFGAGPWLTGFGA
#5 Michigan State †*2416620115292693825103147117
#11 Wisconsin 241671221508157402612212881
#7 Minnesota 2413743104180653923115135100
#4 Michigan 24111121113685774123153169125
Notre Dame 249132011316662361519210198
Penn State 2471430122762923615183113130
Ohio State 2441821021550943814204100124
Championship: March 23, 2024
† indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated April 11, 2024

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals

Quarterfinals
March 8–10 [2] 		Semifinals
March 16 		Championship
March 23
           
1Michigan State2
7 Ohio State 1
2 Wisconsin 1 41
7Ohio State32 3
1Michigan State5*
4 Michigan 4
3Minnesota53—
6 Penn State 1 2 —
3 Minnesota 1
4Michigan2
4Michigan54—
5 Notre Dame 4 3 —

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Results

Quarterfinals

(2) Wisconsin vs. (7) Ohio State

March 8Ohio State3 – 1Wisconsin Kohl Center Recap  
Brent Johnson – (Danny Dzhaniyev, Dylan Lugris) – 9:08First period11:40 – William Whitelaw – (Zach Schulz, Christian Fitzgerald)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Max Montes – (Brent Johnson, Damien Carfagna) – pp – 2:21
Max Montes – (Michael Gildon, Stephen Halliday) – en – 18:13		Third periodNo scoring
Logan Terness (28 saves / 29 shots)Goalie stats Kyle McClellan (21 saves / 23 shots)
March 9Ohio State2 – 4Wisconsin Kohl Center Recap  
Thomas Weis – (Brent Johnson, Johnson, Max Montes) – pp – 19:00First period13:07 – pp – Christian Fitzgerald – (David Silye, Cruz Lucius)
No scoringSecond period3:52 – David Silye – (Cruz Lucius, Daniel Laatsch)
7:02 – pp – Anthony Kehrer – (Owen Mehlenbacher, Simon Tassy)
Patrick Guzzo – (Unassisted) – 9:47Third period17:44 – en – Cruz Lucius – (Simon Tassy)
Logan Terness (33 saves / 36 shots)Goalie stats Kyle McClellan (37 saves / 39 shots)
March 10Ohio State3 – 1Wisconsin Kohl Center Recap
Ohio State won series 2–1

(3) Minnesota vs. (6) Penn State

March 8Penn State1 – 5Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
Jacques Bouquot – (Danny Dzhaniyev, Dylan Lugris) – 10:56First period7:21 – Sam Rinzel – (Unassisted)
No scoringSecond period14:21 – Jimmy Snuggerud – (Jaxon Nelson, Mason Nevers)
No scoringThird period2:18 – Aaron Huglen – (Carl Fish, Brody Lamb)
10:43 – Rhett Pitlick – (Cal Thomas, Luke Mittelstadt)
16:59 – en – Rhett Pitlick – (Carl Fish, Justen Close)
Liam Souliere (22 saves / 26 shots)Goalie statsJusten Close (20 saves / 21 shots)
March 9Penn State2 – 3Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
No scoringFirst period1:38 – Jaxon Nelson – (Mike Koster, Jimmy Snuggerud)
13:10 – pp – Jaxon Nelson – (Luke Mittelstadt, Oliver Moore)
Jimmy Dowd, Jr. – (Jacques Bouquot, Danny Dzhaniyev) – 8:59
Matt DiMarsico – (Aiden Fink, Reese Laubach) – 12:53		Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period18:52 – Aaron Huglen – (Brody Lamb)
Liam Souliere (21 saves / 24 shots)Goalie statsJusten Close (46 saves / 48 shots)
Minnesota won series 2–0

(4) Michigan vs. (5) Notre Dame

March 8Notre Dame4 – 5Michigan Yost Ice Arena Recap  
Landon Slaggert – (Drew Bavaro, Patrick Moynihan) – 5:33First period11:11 – pp – Nick Moldenhauer – (Garrett Schifsky, Seamus Casey)
12:41 – Rutger McGroarty – (Garrett Schifsky, Gavin Brindley)
Drew Bavaro – (Hunter Strand, Maddox Fleming) – pp – 12:42
Patrick Moynihan – (Cole Knuble) – 15:02
Drew Bavaro – (Jayden Davis) – 16:00		Second period17:04 – Garrett Schifsky – (Jacob Truscott, Seamus Casey)
No scoringThird period0:11 – pp – T.J. Hughes – (Seamus Casey, Gavin Brindley)
3:04 – pp – Rutger McGroarty – (Seamus Casey, T.J. Hughes)
Ryan Bischel (34 saves / 39 shots)Goalie statsJake Barczewski (20 saves / 24 shots)
March 9Notre Dame3 – 4Michigan Yost Ice Arena Recap  
Drew Bavaro – (Patrick Moynihan) – 8:05First period12:09 – pp – T.J. Hughes – (Seamus Casey, Rutger McGroarty)
19:50 – T.J. Hughes – (Rutger McGroarty, Gavin Brindley)
Landon Slaggert – (Patrick Moynihan, Ryan Siedem) – pp – 7:01
Patrick Moynihan – (Landon Slaggert, Ryan Siedem) – 9:27		Second period11:57 – Dylan Duke – (Josh Eernisse, Frank Nazar)
No scoringThird period3:54 – Gavin Brindley – (Tyler Duke, Rutger McGroarty)
Ryan Bischel (32 saves / 36 shots)Goalie statsJake Barczewski (25 saves / 28 shots)
Michigan won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Michigan State vs. (7) Ohio State

March 16Ohio State1 – 2Michigan State Munn Ice Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond period1:23 – Daniel Russell – (Karsen Dorwart, Isaac Howard)
Max Montes – (Thomas Weis, Jake Dunlap) – 2:16Third period2:03 – Nash Nienhuis – (Tanner Kelly)
Logan Terness (36 saves / 38 shots)Goalie stats Trey Augustine (37 saves / 38 shots)

(3) Minnesota vs. (4) Michigan

March 16Michigan2 – 1Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
Kienan Draper – (Chase Pletzke, Seamus Casey) – 3:12First periodNo scoring
Gavin Brindley – (Marshall Warrenn, Rutger McGroarty) – 18:36Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period18:31 – Jimmy Snuggerud – (Ryan Chesley, Luke Mittelstadt)
Jake Barczewski (23 saves / 24 shots)Goalie statsJusten Close (29 saves / 31 shots)

Championship

(4) Michigan vs. (1) Michigan State

March 23Michigan4 – 5OTMichigan State Munn Ice Arena Recap  
Frank Nazar – (Josh Eernisse, Marshall Warren) – 0:58First period10:53 – Tanner Kelly – (Tiernan Shoudy)
Dylan Duke – (Rutger McGroarty, Seamus Casey) – pp – 12:50
Marshall Warren – (Philippe Lapointe, Nick Moldenhauer)		Second period10:48 – Daniel Russell – (Isaac Howard, Nash Nienhuis)
18:41 – Jeremy Davidson – (Nicolas Muller, Artyom Levshunov)
19:59 – Matt Basgall – (Tiernan Shoudy, Patrick Geary)
Frank Nazar – (Dylan Duke, Ethan Edwards) – 2:54Third periodNo scoring
No scoringFirst overtime period13:47 – Patrick Geary – (Reed Lebster, Nicolas Muller)
Jake Barczewski (30 saves / 35 shots)Goalie stats Trey Augustine (33 saves / 37 shots)

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "2024 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 2, 2024. Archived from the original on February 29, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Bracket Announced for 2024 Big Ten Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 2, 2024. Archived from the original on March 3, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  3. ↑ "2024 Big Ten Hockey Tournament All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 23, 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 24, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
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