2020 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:	2020
Conference:	Big Ten
Gender:	men's
Dates:	March 6–21, 2020
Teams:	7
Prevseason Year:	2019
Prevseason Link:	2019 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament
Nextseason Year:	2021
Nextseason Link:	2021 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

The 2020 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the seventh tournament in conference history. It was scheduled to be played between March 6 and March 21, 2020, on-campus locations. On March 12, 2020, the Big Ten announced that the tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[1]

Format

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 hosting a series. The top-seeded team had a bye to the single-elimination semifinals. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals was intended to host the championship game.^[2]

Bracket

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

Results

Quarterfinals

(4) Minnesota vs. (5) Notre Dame

Notes and References

1. Web site: Big Ten Statement on Competitions, Recruiting. https://web.archive.org/web/20200314133943/https://bigten.org/news/2020/3/12/big-ten-statement.aspx. dead. March 14, 2020. Big Ten Conference. March 12, 2020. April 19, 2020.
2. Web site: 2020 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. https://web.archive.org/web/20200302014845/https://bigten.org/sports/2019/12/20/2020HKYTournament.aspx. dead. March 2, 2020. BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 29, 2020. March 1, 2020.