Year: | 2023 |
Conference: | Big Ten |
Gender: | men's |
Dates: | March 3–18, 2023 |
Teams: | 7 |
Finalarena: | 3M Arena at Mariucci |
Finalcity: | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Champions: | Michigan |
Titlecount: | 3rd |
Coach: | Brandon Naurato |
Coachcount: | 1st |
Mvp: | Adam Fantilli |
Mvpteam: | Michigan |
Prevseason Year: | 2022 |
Prevseason Link: | 2022 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament |
Nextseason Year: | 2024 |
Nextseason Link: | 2024 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament |
The 2023 Big Ten Conference men's ice hockey tournament was the ninth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 3 and March 18, 2023, on-campus locations. As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.
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 hosted the championship game.[1]
Teams were reseeded for the semifinalsNote: * denotes overtime periods.