2016 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2016 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 17 and March 19, 2016 at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.[1]

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

Conference record Overall record
GP W L T SOW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#20 Minnesotadagger 20 14 6 0 0 42 76 58 37 20 17 0 121 108
#7 Michigan* 20 12 5 3 2 41 107 68 38 25 8 5 181 115
#19 Penn State 20 10 9 1 1 32 64 72 38 21 13 4 140 122
Ohio State 20 8 8 4 1 29 79 77 36 14 18 4 128 125
Michigan State 20 6 12 2 0 21 47 72 37 10 23 4 93 124
Wisconsin 20 3 13 4 2 15 54 80 35 8 19 8 93 127
Championship: March 19, 2016
dagger 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

Semifinals

(2) Michigan vs. (3) Penn State

(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Ohio State

Championship

(1) Minnesota vs. (2) Michigan

Tournament awards

Most Outstanding Player

All-Tournament Team

References

  1. "2016 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 12, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  2. "Big Ten Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 12, 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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