2020 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

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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 canceled 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

Conference record Overall record
GP W L T 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#9 Penn State 24 12 8 4 1 41 79 70 34 20 10 4 121 88
#10 Ohio State 24 11 9 4 1 38 62 62 34 18 11 5 91 80
#17 Michigan 24 11 10 3 2 38 65 52 34 16 14 4 92 72
#18 Minnesota 24 9 8 7 4 38 66 62 34 14 13 7 95 94
Notre Dame 24 9 9 6 4 37 59 59 34 14 13 7 90 91
Michigan State 24 11 11 2 0 35 54 54 34 15 17 2 80 82
Wisconsin 24 7 15 2 2 25 63 89 34 14 18 2 110 124
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
4 Minnesota
2 Ohio State 9 2*
7 Wisconsin 1 1
 
 
3 Michigan 3 3
6 Michigan State 0 0
2 Ohio State
3 Michigan
4 Minnesota 0 2 3
5 Notre Dame 1 1 2

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Results

Quarterfinals

(2) Ohio State vs. (7) Wisconsin

March 6 Wisconsin 1 – 9 Ohio State Value City Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 7:41 – Collin Peters – (Carson Meyer, Grant Gabriele)
11:39 – Carson Meyer – (Tanner Laczynski, Tate Singleton)
No scoring Second period 1:02 – Carson Meyer – (Tate Singleton)
4:42 – Carson Meyer – (unassisted)
13:54 – pp – Carson Meyer – (unassisted)
17:28 – sh – Quinn Preston – (Ronnie Hine, Matt Miller)
Wyatt Kalnyuk – (Dylan Holloway, Ty Emberson) – 12:25 Third period 0:29 – Quinn Preston – (Matt Miller, Austin Pooley)
3:14 – Tanner Laczynski – (Tate Singleton)
12:12 – pp – Wyatt Ege – (Quinn Preston, Austin Pooley)
Jack Berry (10 saves / 14 shots)
Daniel Lebedeff (7 saves / 10 shots)
Johan Blomquist (6 saves / 8 shots)
Goalie stats Tommy Nappier (31 saves / 32 shots)
March 7 Wisconsin 1 – 2 OT Ohio State Value City Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Dylan Holloway – (Wyatt Kalynuk, Ty Pelton-Byce)pp – 14:01 Second period 8:07 – pp – Carson Meyer – (Tanner Laczynski, Quinn Preston)
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period 1:12 – Jaedon Leslie – (Ronnie Hein, Gustaf Westlund)
Jack Berry (27 saves / 29 shots) Goalie stats Tommy Nappier (29 saves / 30 shots)
Ohio State won series 2–0


(3) Michigan vs. (6) Michigan State

March 6 Michigan State 0 – 3 Michigan Yost Ice Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 9:54 – Jake Slaker – pp(Will Lockwood, Nick Blankenburg)
No scoring Second period 2:52 – Johnny Beecher(Jacob Hayhurst, Luke Martin)
19:53 – Nick Pastujov – pp(Jimmy Lambert)
No scoring Third period No scoring
John Lethemon (17 saves / 20 shots) Goalie stats Strauss Mann (25 saves / 25 shots)
March 7 Michigan State 0 – 3 Michigan Yost Ice Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 5:20 – Will Lockwood – pp(Nick Blankenburg, Jake Slaker)
18:28 – Johnny Beecher – (unassisted)
No scoring Third period 19:13 – Jake Slaker – (Nick Pastujov)
John Lethemon (23 saves / 26 shots) Goalie stats Strauss Mann (20 saves / 20 shots)
Michigan won series 2–0


(4) Minnesota vs. (5) Notre Dame

March 6 Notre Dame 1 – 0 Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Trevor Janicke – (Colin Theisen, Mike O'Leary) – 16:24 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
Cale Morris (12 saves / 12 shots) Goalie stats Jack LaFontaine (25 saves / 26 shots)
March 7 Notre Dame 1 – 2 Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
No scoring First period 1:24 – Ryan Zuhlsdorf – (Sammy Walker, Blake McLaughlin)
No scoring Second period No scoring
Cam Morrison – (Michael Graham, Alex Steeves)pp – 10:14 Third period 3:27 – Cullen Munson – (Jonny Sorenson, Joey Marooney)
Cale Morris (18 saves / 20 shots) Goalie stats Jack LaFontaine (30 saves / 31 shots)
March 8 Notre Dame 2 – 3 Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Alex Steeves – (Tory Dello) – 5:25 Second period 10:18 – Ben Meyers – pp(Blake McLaughlin, Robbie Stucker)
11:06 – Sampo Ranta – (Scott Reedy, Brannon McManus)
16:03 – Ben Meyers – pp(Sammy Walker, Scott Reedy)
Cam Morrison – (Alex Steeves, Spencer Stastney)pp – 10:36 Third period No scoring
Cale Morris (18 saves / 21 shots) Goalie stats Jack LaFontaine (23 saves / 25 shots)
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.