2017 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2017
Conference:Big Ten
Gender:men's
Dates:March 16–18, 2017
Teams:6
Finalarena:Joe Louis Arena
Finalcity:Detroit, Michigan
Champions:Penn State
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Guy Gadowsky
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Peyton Jones
Mvpteam:Penn State
Prevseason Year:2016
Prevseason Link:2016 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament
Nextseason Year:2018
Nextseason Link:2018 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

Bracket

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Quarterfinals

All times are local (EST) (UTC−4).

(4) Penn State vs. (5) Michigan

Semifinals

(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Penn State

Championship

(2) Wisconsin vs. (4) Penn State

Tournament awards

Most Outstanding Player

All-Tournament Team

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 10, 2017. March 10, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170312065836/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/big10-m-hockey-tournament-17.html. March 12, 2017. dead.
  2. Web site: 2017 All-Tournament Team. BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 19, 2017. March 19, 2017. March 19, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170319195833/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-hockey/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/alltourney17.pdf. dead.