2020 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2020 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the seventh tournament in conference history. It was scheduled to be played between March 6 and March 21, 2020, on-campus locations. On March 12, 2020, the Big Ten announced that the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[1]

Format

The tournament featured a format with all games taking place on the campus of the higher-seeded teams. The tournament opened 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 was intended to host the championship game.[2]

Conference standings

2019–20 Big Ten ice hockey Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#9 Penn State2412841417970342010412188
#10 Ohio State241194138626234181159180
#17 Michigan2411103238655234161449272
#18 Minnesota24987438666234141379594
Notre Dame24996437595934141379091
Michigan State2411112035545434151728082
Wisconsin24715222563893414182110124
Championship: March 21, 2020
† indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 1, 2020

Bracket

Teams were reseeded for the semifinals

  Quarterfinals
March 6–8[3]
Semifinals
March 14
Championship
March 21
                               
1 Penn State  
  2 Ohio State 9 2* 4 Minnesota  
7 Wisconsin 1 1
   
3 Michigan 3 3    
6 Michigan State 0 0
2 Ohio State  
  4 Minnesota 0 2 3 3 Michigan  
5 Notre Dame 1 1 2

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Results

(2) Ohio State vs. (7) Wisconsin

Ohio State won series 2–0

(3) Michigan vs. (6) Michigan State

Michigan won series 2–0

(4) Minnesota vs. (5) Notre Dame

Minnesota won series 2–1

References

  1. "Big Ten Statement on Competitions, Recruiting". Big Ten Conference. March 12, 2020. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  2. "2020 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 29, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  3. "Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 29, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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