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

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 – ppT.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 – ppT.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]

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.