2014 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2014 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the first tournament in conference history, and was played between March 20 and March 22, 2014 at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.[1] The winner of the tournament was the Wisconsin Badgers, who earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

All six Big Ten teams participated in the tournament, which was a single-elimination format. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 6 according to the final regular season conference standings. In the quarterfinals on Thursday, No. 3 played No. 6 and No. 4 played No. 5. On Friday, No. 2 played the winner of the first game and No. 1 played the winner of the second game (the teams were not reseeded). The two semifinal winners played each other on Saturday in the final.[2]

Conference Standings

Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against

2013–14 Big Ten ice hockey standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#2 Minnesota201433045593741287614386
#7 Wisconsin*2013610406346372411212095
#16 Michigan2010821336859351813410789
#20 Ohio State2069542753553718145119100
Michigan State20596425425536111877993
Penn State203161010427536826280129
Championship: Wisconsin
indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
March 20
    Semifinals
March 21
    Championship
March 22
                           
        2 Wisconsin 2  
  3 Michigan 1     6 Penn State 1    
  6 Penn State 2**         2 Wisconsin 5*
      4 Ohio State 4
        1 Minnesota 1    
  4 Ohio State 2*     4 Ohio State 3  
  5 Michigan State 1  

Note: * denotes overtime periods

Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC−5).

(3) Michigan vs. (6) Penn State

(4) Ohio State vs. (5) Michigan State

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC−5).

(2) Wisconsin vs. (6) Penn State

(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Ohio State

Championship

All times are local (UTC−5).

(2) Wisconsin vs. (4) Ohio State

Most Outstanding Player

All-Tournament Team

References

  1. "2014 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  2. Jovenitti, Tony; Jashvina Shah (March 19, 2014). "Big Ten Tournament Preview". College Hockey News. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  3. "2014 All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 22, 2014. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
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