2016 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2016 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the third tournament in conference history played between March 17 and March 19, 2016 at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.[1] The winner of the tournament was the Michigan Wolverines, who earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2016 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 are 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

2015–16 Big Ten ice hockey standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
Minnesota20146004276583720170121108
#6 Michigan*20125324110768382585181115
Penn State20109113264723821134140122
Ohio State2088412979773614184128125
Michigan State2061220214772371023493124
Wisconsin203134215548035819893127
Championship: March 18, 2017
† indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 12, 2016

Bracket

  Quarterfinals[2]
March 17
    Semifinals
March 18
    Championship
March 19
                           
        1 Minnesota 4  
  4 Ohio State 4*     4 Ohio State 2    
  5 Michigan State 3         1 Minnesota 3
      2 Michigan 5
        2 Michigan 7    
  3 Penn State 5     3 Penn State 2  
  6 Wisconsin 2  

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Quarterfinals

All times are local (CT) (UTC−5).

(3) Penn State vs. (6) Wisconsin

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

(2) Michigan vs. (3) Penn State

(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Ohio State

(1) Minnesota vs. (2) Michigan

Most Outstanding Player

All-Tournament Team

References

  1. "2016 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 12, 2016. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  2. "Big Ten Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 12, 2016. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  3. "2016 All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 19, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
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