2015 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2015 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the second tournament in conference history played between March 19 and March 21, 2015 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.[1] The winner of the tournament was the Minnesota Golden Gophers, who earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2015 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, No. 3 played No. 6 and No. 4 played No. 5. In the semifinals, 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 in the Championship Game.

Conference Standings

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

2014–15 Big Ten ice hockey standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#12 Minnesota*20125303981543923133137982
Michigan State201172237474235171628380
#20 Michigan20128003688603722150143107
Penn State20109103162663718154119113
Ohio State2081110265671361419398117
Wisconsin202153211347535426559129
Championship: March 21, 2015
indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 14, 2015

Bracket

  Quarterfinals[2]
March 19
    Semifinals
March 20
    Championship
March 21
                           
        1 Minnesota 3  
  4 Penn State 1     5 Ohio State 0    
  5 Ohio State 3         1 Minnesota 4
      3 Michigan 2
        2 Michigan State 1    
  3 Michigan 5     3 Michigan 4  
  6 Wisconsin 1  

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Quarterfinals

All times are local (EST) (UTC−4).

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

(3) Michigan vs. (6) Wisconsin

(1) Minnesota vs. (5) Ohio State

(2) Michigan State vs. (3) Michigan

(1) Minnesota vs. (3) Michigan

Most Outstanding Player

All-Tournament Team

References

  1. "2015 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 11, 2015. Archived from the original on March 12, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  2. "Big Ten Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 14, 2015. Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
  3. "2015 All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 22, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
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