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2022 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

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The 2022 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the eighth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 4 and March 19, 2022, on-campus locations. As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

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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 hosted a series. The top-seeded team had a bye to the single-elimination semifinals. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals hosted the championship game.[1]

Conference standings

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Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#5 Minnesota 24 18 6 0 1 2 0 55 90 50 39 26 13 0 138 91
#2 Michigan * 24 16 8 0 0 3 0 51 91 59 42 31 10 1 167 94
#9 Notre Dame 24 17 7 0 5 1 0 47 74 55 40 28 12 0 122 75
#16 Ohio State 24 13 9 2 1 1 1 42 76 59 37 22 13 2 125 87
Penn State 24 6 17 1 1 1 1 20 63 92 38 17 20 1 117 122
Wisconsin 24 6 17 1 1 2 0 20 53 96 37 10 24 3 76 132
Michigan State 24 6 18 0 1 0 0 17 51 87 36 12 23 1 76 119
Championship: March 19, 2022
† indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated April 7, 2022

Bracket

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Teams were reseeded for the semifinals

Quarterfinals
March 4–6[2]
Semifinals
March 12
Championship
March 19
           
1 Minnesota 3
5 Penn State 2
2 Michigan 4 8
7 Michigan State 1 0
1 Minnesota 3
2 Michigan 4
3 Notre Dame 1 3 4
6 Wisconsin 3 2 2
2 Michigan 2
3 Notre Dame 1
4 Ohio State 4 2 1
5 Penn State 3 3 2

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Results

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Quarterfinals

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(2) Michigan vs. (7) Michigan State

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March 4 Michigan State 1 – 4 Michigan Yost Ice Arena Recap  
Dennis Cesana – (Nash Nienhuis, Tanner Tanner)pp – 4:36 First period 8:04 – ppMatty Beniers(Thomas Bordeleau, Nick Blankenburg)
No scoring Second period 3:53 – Luke Hughes(Jacob Truscott, Dylan Duke)
9:31 – Luke Morgan – (Kent Johnson, Nick Blankenburg)
No scoring Third period 3:29 – Mackie Samoskevich(Unassisted)
Drew DeRidder (24 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Erik Portillo (23 saves / 24 shots)
March 5 Michigan State 0 – 8 Michigan Yost Ice Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 0:54 – Thomas Bordeleau(Luke Hughes, Erik Portillo)
4:25 – Michael Pastujov – (Kent Johnson, Thomas Bordeleau)
7:23 – Dylan Duke(Nick Blankenburg, Johnny Beecher)
10:51 – sh – Kent Johnson – (Unassisted)
No scoring Second period 2:12 – Johnny Beecher – (Ethan Edwards, Nick Blankenburg)
13:42 – ppMackie Samoskevich(Luke Hughes, Nick Blankenburg)
14:25 – pp – Johnny Beecher – (Michael Pastujov, Jacob Truscott)
15:07 – pp – Nick Blankenburg – (Luke Hughes, Erik Portillo)
No scoring Third period No scoring
Drew DeRidder (1 save / 4 shots)
Pierce Charleson (32 saves / 37 shots)
Goalie stats Erik Portillo (23 saves / 23 shots)
Jack Leavy (1 save / 1 shot)
Michigan won series 2–0


(3) Notre Dame vs. (6) Wisconsin

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March 4 Wisconsin 3 – 1 Notre Dame Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
Brock Caufield – (Mathieu De St. Phalle, Carson Bantle) – 15:22 First period No scoring
Dominick Mersch – (Tyler Inamoto, Corson Ceulemans) – 14:30 Second period 13:52 – pp – Graham Slaggert – (Nick Leivermann, Ryder Rolston)
Zach Urdahl – (Sam Stange) – 5:57 Third period No scoring
Jared Moe (49 saves / 50 shots) Goalie stats Matthew Galajda (24 saves / 27 shots)
March 5 Wisconsin 2 – 3 Notre Dame Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 1:41 – pp – Graham Slaggert – (Landon Slaggert, Ryder Rolston)
16:07 – Zach Plucinski – (Jake Pivonka, Nick Leivermann)
Roman Ahcan – (Mathieu De St. Phalle, Corson Ceulemans)pp – 9:53 Second period No scoring
Carson Bantle – (Brock Caufield, Mathieu De St. Phalle)pp – 3:23 Third period 19:39 – Trevor Janicke – (Spencer Stastney, Graham Slaggert)
Jared Moe (30 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Matthew Galajda (34 saves / 36 shots)
March 6 Wisconsin 2 – 4 Notre Dame Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
Sam Stange – (Liam Malmquist, Jack Gorniak) – 16:01 First period 11:22 – Jack Adams – (Hunter Strand, Nick Leivermann)
14:14 – pp – Landon Slaggert – (Graham Slaggert, Trevor Janicke)
Daniel Laatsch – (Roman Ahcan, Dominick Mersch) – 15:22 Second period 1:55 – Jake Pivonka – (Jesse Lansdell, Adam Karashik)
No scoring Third period 19:18 – en – Trevor Janicke – (Graham Slaggert)
Jared Moe (29 saves / 32 shots) Goalie stats Matthew Galajda (24 saves / 26 shots)
Notre Dame won series 2–1


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

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March 4 Penn State 3 – 4 Ohio State Value City Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
No scoring Second period 16:00 – Georgii Merkulov – (CJ Regula)
17:13 – Eric Cooley – (Patrick Patrick, Cole McWard)
Tyler Paquette – (Xander Lamppa, Carson Dyck) – 7:53
Connor McMenamin – (Christian Sarlo, Kenny Johnson) – 9:56
Kenny Johnson – (Connor MacEachern, Simon Mack) – 17:10
Third period 2:19 – Quinn Preston – (Cam Thiesing)
16:52 – Georgii Merkulov – (Unassisted)
Liam Soulière (27 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Jakub Dobeš (49 saves / 52 shots)
March 5 Penn State 3 – 2 Ohio State Value City Arena Recap  
Dylan Lugris – (Connor McMenamin, Christian Berger) – 19:30 First period No scoring
Kevin Wall – (Ryan Kirwan, Ben Schoen) – 17:12 Second period 13:55 – pp – Michael Gildon – (Travis Treloar, Will Riedell)
Ryan Kirwan – (Christian Berger, Ben Schoen) – 17:19 Third period 9:33 – Cole McWard – (Kamil Sadlocha, Ryan O'Connell)
Liam Soulière (33 saves / 35 shots) Goalie stats Jakub Dobeš (43 saves / 46 shots)
March 6 Penn State 2 – 1 Ohio State Value City Arena  
No scoring First period No scoring
Ryan Kirwan – (Ben Schoen, Adam Pilewicz) – 13:30 Second period 18:52– Tate Singleton – (Jake Wise, James Marooney)
Dylan Lugris – (Paul DeNaples, Connor MacEachern) – 13:30 Third period No scoring
Liam Soulière (23 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Jakub Dobeš (33 saves / 35 shots)
Penn State won series 2–1


Semifinals

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(1) Minnesota vs. (5) Penn State

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March 12 Penn State 2 – 3 Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
No scoring First period 12:04 – Ben Meyers(Ryan Johnson, Brock Faber)
Tyler Paquette – (Ben Meyers, Aaron Huglen) – 14:58
Dylan Lugris – (Connor MacEachern, Ben Schoen)pp – 17:35
Second period 0:27 – ppJackson LaCombe(Ben Meyers, Aaron Huglen)
No scoring Third period 17:21 – Sammy Walker(Blake McLaughlin, Bryce Brodzinski)
Liam Souliere (22 saves / 25 shots) Goalie stats Justen Close (28 saves / 30 shots)


(2) Michigan vs. (3) Notre Dame

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March 12 Notre Dame 1 – 2 Michigan Yost Ice Arena Recap  
No scoring First period No scoring
Jack Adams – (Adam Karashik, Justin Janicke) – 12:04 Second period 3:46 – Matty Beniers(Brendan Brisson, Kent Johnson)
No scoring Third period 3:59 – Brendan Brisson – (Matty Beniers, Jacob Truscott)
Matthew Galajda (29 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Erik Portillo (19 saves / 20 shots)


Championship

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(1) Minnesota vs. (2) Michigan

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March 19 Michigan 4 – 3 Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
Brendan Brisson(Matty Beniers, Luke Hughes) – 1:17
Mackie Samoskevich(John Beecher) – 17:51
First period 0:32 – Jaxon Nelson – (Jackson LaCombe, Grant Cruikshank)
Dylan Duke(Mackie Samoskevich, Thomas Bordeleau) – 2:07
Kent Johnson(Brendan Brisson, Thomas Bordeleau)pp – 7:26
Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 19:02 – ppMatthew Knies(Jackson LaCombe, Blake McLaughlin)
19:54 – pp – Matthew Knies – (Jackson LaCombe, Ben Meyers)
Erik Portillo (25 saves / 28 shots) Goalie stats Justen Close (27 saves / 31 shots)


Tournament awards

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* Most Outstanding Player[3]

References

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  1. ^ "2022 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 26, 2022. Archived from the original on March 2, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  2. ^ "Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 26, 2022. Archived from the original on February 27, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  3. ^ "2022 Big Ten Hockey Tournament All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 20, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 20, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.