2022 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament
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| 2022 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 4–19, 2022 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Finals site | 3M Arena at Mariucci Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Champions | Michigan (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Mel Pearson (1st title) |
| MVP | Erik Portillo (Michigan) |
Big Ten men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
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[edit]
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]
Conference standings[edit]
| Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | 3/SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
| #5 Minnesota † | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 90 | 50 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 138 | 91 | ||
| #2 Michigan * | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 91 | 59 | 42 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 167 | 94 | ||
| #9 Notre Dame | 24 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 74 | 55 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 122 | 75 | ||
| #16 Ohio State | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 76 | 59 | 37 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 125 | 87 | ||
| Penn State | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 63 | 92 | 38 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 117 | 122 | ||
| Wisconsin | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 53 | 96 | 37 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 76 | 132 | ||
| Michigan State | 24 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 51 | 87 | 36 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 76 | 119 | ||
| Championship: March 19, 2022 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated April 7, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bracket[edit]
Teams were reseeded for the semifinals
| Quarterfinals March 4–6[2] | Semifinals March 12 | Championship March 19 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Penn State | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Michigan | 4 | 8 | — | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Michigan State | 1 | 0 | — | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Michigan | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Notre Dame | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Michigan | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Notre Dame | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ohio State | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Penn State | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime periods.
Results[edit]
Quarterfinals[edit]
(2) Michigan vs. (7) Michigan State[edit]
| March 4 | Michigan State | 1 – 4 | Michigan | Yost Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| Dennis Cesana – (Nash Nienhuis, Tanner Tanner) – pp – 4:36 | First period | 8:04 – pp – Matty Beniers – (Thomas Bordeleau, Nick Blankenburg) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 3:53 – Luke Hughes – (Jacob Truscott, Dylan Duke) 9:31 – Luke Morgan – (Kent Johnson, Nick Blankenburg) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 3:29 – Mackie Samoskevich – (Unassisted) | ||||||
| Drew DeRidder (24 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Erik Portillo (23 saves / 24 shots) | ||||||
| March 5 | Michigan State | 0 – 8 | Michigan | Yost Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 0:54 – Thomas Bordeleau – (Luke Hughes, Erik Portillo) 4:25 – Michael Pastujov – (Kent Johnson, Thomas Bordeleau) 7:23 – Dylan Duke – (Nick Blankenburg, Johnny Beecher) 10:51 – sh – Kent Johnson – (Unassisted) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 2:12 – Johnny Beecher – (Ethan Edwards, Nick Blankenburg) 13:42 – pp – Mackie Samoskevich – (Luke Hughes, Nick Blankenburg) 14:25 – pp – Johnny Beecher – (Michael Pastujov, Jacob Truscott) 15:07 – pp – Nick Blankenburg – (Luke Hughes, Erik Portillo) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Drew DeRidder (1 save / 4 shots) Pierce Charleson (32 saves / 37 shots) |
Goalie stats | Erik Portillo (23 saves / 23 shots) Jack Leavy (1 save / 1 shot) | ||||||
| Michigan won series 2–0 | |
(3) Notre Dame vs. (6) Wisconsin[edit]
| March 4 | Wisconsin | 3 – 1 | Notre Dame | Compton Family Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| Brock Caufield – (Mathieu De St. Phalle, Carson Bantle) – 15:22 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Dominick Mersch – (Tyler Inamoto, Corson Ceulemans) – 14:30 | Second period | 13:52 – pp – Graham Slaggert – (Nick Leivermann, Ryder Rolston) | ||||||
| Zach Urdahl – (Sam Stange) – 5:57 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jared Moe (49 saves / 50 shots) | Goalie stats | Matthew Galajda (24 saves / 27 shots) | ||||||
| March 5 | Wisconsin | 2 – 3 | Notre Dame | Compton Family Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 1:41 – pp – Graham Slaggert – (Landon Slaggert, Ryder Rolston) 16:07 – Zach Plucinski – (Jake Pivonka, Nick Leivermann) | ||||||
| Roman Ahcan – (Mathieu De St. Phalle, Corson Ceulemans) – pp – 9:53 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Carson Bantle – (Brock Caufield, Mathieu De St. Phalle) – pp – 3:23 | Third period | 19:39 – Trevor Janicke – (Spencer Stastney, Graham Slaggert) | ||||||
| Jared Moe (30 saves / 33 shots) | Goalie stats | Matthew Galajda (34 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
| March 6 | Wisconsin | 2 – 4 | Notre Dame | Compton Family Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| Sam Stange – (Liam Malmquist, Jack Gorniak) – 16:01 | First period | 11:22 – Jack Adams – (Hunter Strand, Nick Leivermann) 14:14 – pp – Landon Slaggert – (Graham Slaggert, Trevor Janicke) | ||||||
| Daniel Laatsch – (Roman Ahcan, Dominick Mersch) – 15:22 | Second period | 1:55 – Jake Pivonka – (Jesse Lansdell, Adam Karashik) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:18 – en – Trevor Janicke – (Graham Slaggert) | ||||||
| Jared Moe (29 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Matthew Galajda (24 saves / 26 shots) | ||||||
| Notre Dame won series 2–1 | |
(4) Ohio State vs. (5) Penn State[edit]
| March 4 | Penn State | 3 – 4 | Ohio State | Value City Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 16:00 – Georgii Merkulov – (CJ Regula) 17:13 – Eric Cooley – (Patrick Patrick, Cole McWard) | ||||||
| Tyler Paquette – (Xander Lamppa, Carson Dyck) – 7:53 Connor McMenamin – (Christian Sarlo, Kenny Johnson) – 9:56 Kenny Johnson – (Connor MacEachern, Simon Mack) – 17:10 |
Third period | 2:19 – Quinn Preston – (Cam Thiesing) 16:52 – Georgii Merkulov – (Unassisted) | ||||||
| Liam Soulière (27 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Jakub Dobeš (49 saves / 52 shots) | ||||||
| March 5 | Penn State | 3 – 2 | Ohio State | Value City Arena | Recap | |||
| Dylan Lugris – (Connor McMenamin, Christian Berger) – 19:30 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kevin Wall – (Ryan Kirwan, Ben Schoen) – 17:12 | Second period | 13:55 – pp – Michael Gildon – (Travis Treloar, Will Riedell) | ||||||
| Ryan Kirwan – (Christian Berger, Ben Schoen) – 17:19 | Third period | 9:33 – Cole McWard – (Kamil Sadlocha, Ryan O'Connell) | ||||||
| Liam Soulière (33 saves / 35 shots) | Goalie stats | Jakub Dobeš (43 saves / 46 shots) | ||||||
| March 6 | Penn State | 2 – 1 | Ohio State | Value City Arena | ||||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ryan Kirwan – (Ben Schoen, Adam Pilewicz) – 13:30 | Second period | 18:52– Tate Singleton – (Jake Wise, James Marooney) | ||||||
| Dylan Lugris – (Paul DeNaples, Connor MacEachern) – 13:30 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Liam Soulière (23 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Jakub Dobeš (33 saves / 35 shots) | ||||||
| Penn State won series 2–1 | |
Semifinals[edit]
(1) Minnesota vs. (5) Penn State[edit]
| March 12 | Penn State | 2 – 3 | Minnesota | 3M Arena at Mariucci | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 12:04 – Ben Meyers – (Ryan Johnson, Brock Faber) | ||||||
| Tyler Paquette – (Ben Meyers, Aaron Huglen) – 14:58 Dylan Lugris – (Connor MacEachern, Ben Schoen) – pp – 17:35 |
Second period | 0:27 – pp – Jackson LaCombe – (Ben Meyers, Aaron Huglen) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 17:21 – Sammy Walker – (Blake McLaughlin, Bryce Brodzinski) | ||||||
| Liam Souliere (22 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | Justen Close (28 saves / 30 shots) | ||||||
(2) Michigan vs. (3) Notre Dame[edit]
| March 12 | Notre Dame | 1 – 2 | Michigan | Yost Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jack Adams – (Adam Karashik, Justin Janicke) – 12:04 | Second period | 3:46 – Matty Beniers – (Brendan Brisson, Kent Johnson) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 3:59 – Brendan Brisson – (Matty Beniers, Jacob Truscott) | ||||||
| Matthew Galajda (29 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Erik Portillo (19 saves / 20 shots) | ||||||
Championship[edit]
(1) Minnesota vs. (2) Michigan[edit]
| March 19 | Michigan | 4 – 3 | Minnesota | 3M Arena at Mariucci | Recap | |||
| Brendan Brisson – (Matty Beniers, Luke Hughes) – 1:17 Mackie Samoskevich – (John Beecher) – 17:51 |
First period | 0:32 – Jaxon Nelson – (Jackson LaCombe, Grant Cruikshank) | ||||||
| Dylan Duke – (Mackie Samoskevich, Thomas Bordeleau) – 2:07 Kent Johnson – (Brendan Brisson, Thomas Bordeleau) – pp – 7:26 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 19:02 – pp – Matthew Knies – (Jackson LaCombe, Blake McLaughlin) 19:54 – pp – Matthew Knies – (Jackson LaCombe, Ben Meyers) | ||||||
| Erik Portillo (25 saves / 28 shots) | Goalie stats | Justen Close (27 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
Tournament awards[edit]
All-Tournament Team[edit]
- G: Erik Portillo * (Michigan)
- D: Jackson LaCombe (Minnesota)
- D: Luke Hughes (Michigan)
- F: Mackie Samoskevich (Michigan)
- F: Brendan Brisson (Michigan)
- F: Matty Beniers (Michigan)
References[edit]
- ^ "2022 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 26, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
- ^ "Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 26, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
- ^ "2022 Big Ten Hockey Tournament All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 20, 2022. Retrieved March 20, 2022.