2023 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament explained

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.

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 hosted the championship game.[1]

Bracket

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

Results

Quarterfinals

(4) Notre Dame vs. (5) Michigan State

Semifinals

(2) Michigan vs. (3) Ohio State

Championship

(1) Minnesota vs. (2) Michigan

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* Most Outstanding Player[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament . https://web.archive.org/web/20230222192128/https://bigten.org/sports/2022/11/11/23HKYTournament.aspx . dead . February 22, 2023 . BigTen.org . Big Ten Conference . February 25, 2023 . February 25, 2023.
  2. Web site: 2023 Big Ten Hockey Tournament All-Tournament Team . https://web.archive.org/web/20230319031749/https://bigten.org/documents/2023/3/18//B1G_All_Tournament_Team.pdf?id=7983 . dead . March 19, 2023 . BigTen.org . Big Ten Conference . March 18, 2023 . March 18, 2023.