2019 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2019
Conference:Big Ten
Gender:men's
Dates:March 8–23, 2019
Teams:7
Finalarena:Compton Family Ice Arena
Finalcity:Notre Dame, Indiana
Champions:Notre Dame
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Jeff Jackson
Coachcount:2nd
Mvp:Cale Morris
Mvpteam:Notre Dame
Prevseason Year:2018
Prevseason Link:2018 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament
Nextseason Year:2020
Nextseason Link:2020 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

The 2019 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the sixth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 8 and March 23, 2019, on-campus locations. By Winning the tournament Notre Dame earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The 2019 tournament features a format with all games taking place on the campus of the higher-seeded teams. The tournament opens March 8–10 with three best-of-three quarterfinal series, as the second, third and fourth-seeded teams each hosting a series. The top-seeded team has a bye to the single-elimination semifinals, which is played on March 16. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals hosts the championship game on March 23.[1]

Conference standings

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the semifinalsNote: * denotes overtime periods.

Quarterfinals

(4) Penn State vs. (5) Wisconsin

Semifinals

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

Championship

(2) Notre Dame vs. (4) Penn State

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. https://web.archive.org/web/20190225224004/https://bigten.org/sports/2019/2/5/2019_HKY_Tournament.aspx. dead. February 25, 2019. BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 2, 2019. March 2, 2019.
  2. Web site: 2019 All-Tournament Team. https://web.archive.org/web/20190827121914/https://bigten.org/documents/2019/3/24//Hockey_All_Tournament_Team.pdf?id=6411. dead. August 27, 2019. BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 24, 2019 . March 24, 2019.