2017 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the fourth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 16 and March 18, 2017 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.[1] As tournament champion Penn State was awarded the Big Ten's automatic bid into the 2017 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

2016–17 Big Ten ice hockey standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#7 Minnesota20145104379583823123141104
#17 Wisconsin20128003672663620151122118
#14 Ohio State20118113576623921126154113
#8 Penn State*20109103171633925122160108
Michigan2061222225375351319392111
Michigan State203143013477435724484134
Championship: March 18, 2017
† indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 6, 2017

Bracket

  Quarterfinals[2]
March 16
    Semifinals
March 17
    Championship
March 18
                           
        1 Minnesota 3  
  4 Penn State 4     4 Penn State 4**    
  5 Michigan 1         4 Penn State 2**
      2 Wisconsin 1
        2 Wisconsin 2    
  3 Ohio State 6     3 Ohio State 1  
  6 Michigan State 3  

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Quarterfinals

All times are local (EST) (UTC−4).

(3) Ohio State vs. (6) Michigan State

(4) Penn State vs. (5) Michigan

(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Ohio State

(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Penn State

(2) Wisconsin vs. (4) Penn State

Most Outstanding Player

  • Goaltender: Peyton Jones (Penn State)

All-Tournament Team

  • Goaltender: Peyton Jones (Penn State)
  • Defensemen: Vince Pedrie (Penn State), Erik Autio (Penn State)
  • Forwards: Luke Kunin (Wisconsin), Liam Folkes (Penn State), David Gust (Ohio State)[3]

References

  1. "2017 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 10, 2017. Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  2. "Big Ten Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 11, 2017. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  3. "2017 All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 19, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
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