2025 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2025 Big Ten Conference men's ice hockey tournament was the eleventh tournament in conference history. It was played between March 7 and March 22, 2025, on-campus locations. As the tournament winner, Michigan State earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2025 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 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
#1 Michigan State †*24155421250926037267412977
#5 Minnesota 2415631305087624025114154101
#9 Ohio State 2414913204272624024142127106
#17 Michigan 24121025123676833618153112118
#12 Penn State 2491142133378883720134130114
Wisconsin 2471611602764773713213108110
Notre Dame 2441912211460973812251102127
Championship: March 22, 2025
† indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 27, 2025

Bracket

Teams were reseeded for the semifinals

Quarterfinals
March 7–9 [2]
Semifinals
March 15
Championship
March 22
           
1Michigan State1
7 Notre Dame 0
2 Minnesota 2 41
7Notre Dame32 4
1Michigan State4**
3 Ohio State 3
3Ohio State1 3*3
6 Wisconsin 42 2
3Ohio State4*
5 Penn State 3
4 Michigan 5 2
5Penn State6*5

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Results

Quarterfinals

(2) Minnesota vs. (7) Notre Dame

March 7Notre Dame3 – 2Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
Axel Kumlin – (Cole Knuble) – 1:30
Michael Mastrodomenico – (Carter Slaggert, Ian Murphy) – 15:07
First period19:54 – ppMatthew Wood(Sam Rinzel, Jimmy Snuggerud)
Brennan Ali – (Unassisted) – 1:18Second periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period8:16 – Sam Rinzel – (Mason Nevers, Jimmy Snuggerud)
Owen Say (30 saves / 32 shots)Goalie statsLiam Souliere (8 saves / 11 shots)
Nathan Airey (13 saves / 13 shots)
March 8Notre Dame2 – 4Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
Hunter Strand – (Jack Larrigan, Paul Fischer) – 2:40Second period12:30 – ppOliver Moore(Brodie Ziemer, Jimmy Snuggerud)
Henry Nelson – (Carter Slaggert, Hunter Strand) – 9:42Third period4:16 – Connor Kurth – (Jimmy Clark)
7:18 – Matthew Wood(Connor Kurth, Ryan Chesley)
19:31 – Brodie Ziemer – (Jimmy Snuggerud, Sam Rinzel)
Owen Say (31 saves / 35 shots)Goalie statsNathan Airey (21 saves / 23 shots)
March 9Notre Dame4 – 1Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
Jayden Davis – (Jack Larrigan, Zach Plucinski) – 17:25First periodNo scoring
Grant Silianoff – (Blake Biondi, Axel Kumlin) – 3:44Second periodNo scoring
Cole Knuble – (Justin Janicke, Michael Mastrodomenico) – 12:09
Hunter Strand – (Carter Slaggert)en – 17:40
Third period8:07 – ppMatthew Wood(Sam Rinzel, Oliver Moore)
Owen Say (38 saves / 39 shots)Goalie statsNathan Airey (17 saves / 21 shots)
Notre Dame won series 2–1

(3) Ohio State vs. (6) Wisconsin

March 7Wisconsin4 – 1Ohio State Nationwide Arena Recap  
Ryland Mosley – (Quinn Finley) – 18:51First periodNo scoring
Owen Mehlenbacher – (Adam Pietila, Tyon Dyck) – 3:04
Simon Tassy – (Zach Schulz, Christian Fitzgerald) – 9:09
Second periodNo scoring
Kyle Kukkonen – (Christian Fitzgerald) – 18:14Third period4:19 – Brent Johnson – (Thomas Weis)
Tommy Scarfone (28 saves / 29 shots)Goalie statsLogan Terness (30 saves / 34 shots)
March 8Wisconsin2 – 3OTOhio State Nationwide Arena Recap  
Joe Palodichuk – (Owen Mehlenbacher, Ben Dexheimer)pp – 16:09First periodNo scoring
Kyle Kukkonen – (Cody Laskosky, Joe Palodichuk) – 16:09Second period16:57 – Jake Rozzi – (Ryan Gordon, Sam Deckhut)
No scoringThird period18:31 – Gunnarwolfe Fontaine(Davis Burnside, Damien Carfagna)
No scoringFirst overtime period7:30 – Riley Thompson – (Aiden Hansen-Bukata, Gunnarwolfe Fontaine)
Tommy Scarfone (38 saves / 41 shots)Goalie statsLogan Terness (31 saves / 33 shots)
March 9Wisconsin2 – 3Ohio State Nationwide Arena Recap  
Quinn Finley(Cody Laskosky, Gavin Morrissey)pp – 7:01First period6:02 – Jake Rozzi – (Ryan Gordon)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Ryland Mosley – (Quinn Finley, Anthony Kehrer) – 17:18Third period9:37 – pp – Davis Burnside – (Gunnarwolfe Fontaine, Damien Carfagna)
12:43 – Max Montes – (Unassisted)
Tommy Scarfone (25 saves / 28 shots)Goalie statsLogan Terness (29 saves / 31 shots)
Ohio State won series 2–1

(4) Michigan vs. (5) Penn State

March 7Penn State6 – 5OTMichigan Yost Ice Arena Recap  
Ben Schoen – (Danny Dzhaniyev, Aiden Fink) – 5:26
Matt DiMarsico – (Charlie Cerrato, JJ Wiebusch) – 8:05
Danny Dzhaniyev – (Ben Schoen, Aiden Fink) – 19:02
First period5:42 – Mark Estapa – (William Whitelaw)
No scoringSecond period13:19 – Jackson Hallum – (Tyler Duke)
JJ Wiebusch – (Aiden Fink, Jimmy Dowd Jr.)pp – 6:57
JJ Wiebusch – (Matt DiMarsico, Carter Schade) – 8:57
Third period1:47 – ppWill Horcoff(T. J. Hughes, Jacob Truscott)
9:06 – Nick Moldenhauer – (Will Horcoff, Tyler Duke)
15:32 – Jackson Hallum – (Ethan Edwards, Hunter Hady)
JJ Wiebusch – (Charlie Cerrato, Aiden Fink)pp – 5:00First overtime periodNo scoring
Arsenii Sergeev (21 saves / 26 shots)Goalie statsLogan Stein (30 saves / 36 shots)
March 8Penn State5 – 2Michigan Yost Ice Arena Recap  
Nicholas DeGraves – (Ben Schoen, Dylan Lugris) – 1:37
Ben Schoen – (Reese Laubach, Simon Mack)pp – 18:07
First period1:23 – Nick Moldenhauer – (Unassisted)
Carson Dyck – (Nicholas DeGraves, Dylan Lugris) – 10:45
JJ Wiebusch – (Carter Schade, Charlie Cerrato) – 17:33
Second period11:42 – pp – William Whitelaw – (T. J. Hughes, Michael Hage)
Charlie Cerrato – (Unassisted)pn – 17:07Third periodNo scoring
Arsenii Sergeev (31 saves / 33 shots)Goalie statsLogan Stein (32 saves / 37 shots)
Penn State won series 2–0

Semifinals

(1) Michigan State vs. (7) Notre Dame

March 15Notre Dame0 – 1Michigan State Munn Ice Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst periodNo scoring
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
No scoringThird period0:19 – ppIsaac Howard(Karsen Dorwart, Matt Basgall)
Owen Say (45 saves / 46 shots)Goalie stats Trey Augustine (18 saves / 18 shots)

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

March 15Penn State3 – 4OTOhio State Value City Arena Recap  
No scoringFirst period10:37 – Gunnarwolfe Fontaine(Aiden Hansen-Bukata, Damien Carfagna)
Ben Schoen – (Dylan Lugris) – 2:08
JJ Wiebusch – (Aiden Fink, Matt DiMarsico)pp – 9:05
Second periodNo scoring
Matt DiMarsico – (Carter Schade, Charlie Cerrato) – 14:05Third period9:19 – Nathan Lewis – (Max Montes, James Hong)
11:36 – Patrick Guzzo – (Jake Dunlap, Joe Dunlap)
No scoringFirst overtime period14:31 – Gunnarwolfe Fontaine – (Riley Thompson, Davis Burnside)
Arsenii Sergeev (38 saves / 42 shots)Goalie statsLogan Terness (31 saves / 34 shots)

Championship

(1) Michigan State vs. (3) Ohio State

March 22Ohio State3 – 42OTMichigan State Munn Ice Arena Recap  
Joe Dunlap – (Damien Carfagna, Aiden Hansen-Bukata) – 17:51First period7:39 – ppKarsen Dorwart(Isaac Howard, Nicklas Andrews)
11:41 – pp – Isaac Howard – (Karsen Dorwart)
No scoringSecond periodNo scoring
Damien Carfagna – (Joe Dunlap, Aiden Hansen-Bukata) – 12:46
Gunnarwolfe Fontaine(Riley Thompson, Aiden Hansen-Bukata) – 17:39
Third period0:42 – Tanner Kelly – (Isaac Howard, David Gucciardi)
No scoringSecond overtime period15:09 – Isaac Howard – (Charlie Stramel, Daniel Russell)
Logan Terness (47 saves / 51 shots)Goalie stats Trey Augustine (38 saves / 41 shots)

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player [3]

References

  1. "2025 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 2, 2025. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
  2. "Bracket Announced for 2025 Big Ten Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 2, 2025. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
  3. "Michigan State Wins the Big Ten Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 23, 2025. Retrieved March 23, 2025.