2022 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament explained

Year:2022
Conference:Big Ten
Gender:men's
Dates:March 4–19, 2022
Teams:7
Finalarena:3M Arena at Mariucci
Finalcity:Minneapolis, Minnesota
Champions:Michigan
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Mel Pearson
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Erik Portillo
Mvpteam:Michigan
Prevseason Year:2021
Prevseason Link:2021 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament
Nextseason Year:2023
Nextseason Link:2023 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

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

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]

Bracket

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

Results

Quarterfinals

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

Semifinals

(2) Michigan vs. (3) Notre Dame

Championship

(1) Minnesota vs. (2) Michigan

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament . https://web.archive.org/web/20220302175514/https://bigten.org/sports/2022/2/27/22HKYTournament.aspx . dead . March 2, 2022 . BigTen.org . Big Ten Conference . February 26, 2022 . February 26, 2022.
  2. Web site: 2022 Big Ten Hockey Tournament All-Tournament Team . https://web.archive.org/web/20221120020434/https://bigten.org/documents/2022/3/19//Hockey_All_Tournament_Team.pdf?id=7521 . dead . November 20, 2022 . BigTen.org . Big Ten Conference . March 20, 2022 . March 20, 2022.