2018 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2018
Conference:Big Ten
Gender:men's
Dates:March 2–17, 2018
Teams:7
Finalarena:Compton Family Ice Arena
Finalcity:Notre Dame, Indiana
Champions:Notre Dame
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Jeff Jackson
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Cale Morris
Mvpteam:Notre Dame
Prevseason Year:2017
Prevseason Link:2017 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament
Nextseason Year:2019
Nextseason Link:2019 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

The 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the fifth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 2 and March 17, 2018, on campus locations.[1] The winner of the tournament was the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The 2018 tournament featured a new three-weekend format with all games taking place on the campus of the higher-seeded teams. The tournament opened March 2–4 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, which was played on March 10. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals hosted a championship game on March 17.[2]

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

(4) Penn State vs. (5) Minnesota

Semifinals

(2) Ohio State vs. (3) Michigan

Championship

(1) Notre Dame vs. (2) Ohio State

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player(s)

[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 18, 2018. February 18, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180219025433/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/big10-m-hockey-tournament-18.html. February 19, 2018. dead.
  2. Web site: Big Ten Weekly Hockey Release. BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 14, 2018. February 18, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180218061130/http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-hockey/spec-rel/021418aaa.html. February 18, 2018. dead.
  3. Web site: 2018 All-Tournament Team. BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 18, 2018. March 18, 2018. July 10, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180710195452/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-hockey/auto_pdf/2017-18/misc_non_event/HockeyAllTournamentTeam.pdf. dead.