2019 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

The 2019 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the sixth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 8 and March 23, 2019, on-campus locations. By Winning the tournament Notre Dame earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

The 2019 tournament features a format with all games taking place on the campus of the higher-seeded teams. The tournament opens March 8–10 with three best-of-three quarterfinal series, as the second, third and fourth-seeded teams each hosting a series. The top-seeded team has a bye to the single-elimination semifinals, which is played on March 16. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals hosts the championship game on March 23.[1]

Conference standings

Conference record Overall record
GP W L T 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#12 Ohio State2413743467952362011510883
#10 Notre Dame *24111122376365402314311291
#20 Minnesota241110303676753818164117108
#17 Penn State2411121135101963922152177139
Wisconsin24910523469813714185113130
Michigan24910523476753613167110114
Michigan State2481242306888361219599122
Championship: March 23, 2019
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals

Quarterfinals
March 8–10[2]
Semifinals
March 16/17
Championship
March 23
           
1 Ohio State 1
4 Penn State 5
2 Notre Dame 1 2
7 Michigan State 0 0
4 Penn State 2
2 Notre Dame 3
3 Minnesota 3* 4
6 Michigan 2 1
2 Notre Dame 2*
3 Minnesota 1
4 Penn State 3 6 4*
5 Wisconsin 4 2 3

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

(2) Notre Dame vs. (7) Michigan State

March 8 Michigan State 0 – 1 Notre Dame Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period Mike O'Leary (6) – (Spencer Stastney, Andrew Peeke) – 2:28
John Lethemon (23 saves / 24 shots) Goalie stats Cale Morris (27 saves / 27 shots)
March 9 Michigan State 0 – 2 Notre Dame Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
First period Pierce Crawford (2) – (Jack Jenkins) – 2:01
No scoring Second period Graham Slaggert (3) – (Cal Burke)sh – 10:38
No scoring Third period No scoring
John Lethemon (21 saves / 23 shots) Goalie stats Cale Morris (28 saves / 28 shots)
Notre Dame won series 2–0

(3) Minnesota vs. (6) Michigan

March 8 Michigan 2 – 3 OT Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
8:28 – Michael Pastujov (9) – (Jake Slaker, Griffin Luce) First period No scoring
1:08 – Will Lockwood (16) – (Nick Pastujov, Jack Becker) Second period Tyler Sheehy (12) – (Rem Pitlick, Brent Gates) – 4:42
No scoring Third period Blake McLaughlin (5) – (Sammy Walker, Sampo Ranta) – 9:06
No scoring First overtime period Brannon McManus (14) – (Rem Pitlick, Tommy Novak)pp – 10:10
Strauss Mann (28 saves / 31 shots) Goalie stats Mat Robson (32 saves / 34 shots)
March 9 Michigan 1 – 4 Minnesota 3M Arena at Mariucci Recap  
First period Tommy Novak (4) – (Scott Reedy, Tyler Nanne) – 5:25
Scott Reedy (7) – (unassisted) – 12:42
Rem Pitlick (20) – (Tyler Sheehy) – 15:43
No scoring Second period Rem Pitlick (20) – (Tyler Sheehy, Brannon McManus)pp – 17:02
13:39 – Adam Winborg (4) – (Michael Pastujov, Nick Blankenburg) Third period No scoring
Strauss Mann (24 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Mat Robson (22 saves / 23 shots)
Minnesota won series 2–0

(4) Penn State vs. (5) Wisconsin

March 8 Wisconsin 4 – 3 Penn State Pegula Ice Arena Recap  
11:07 – Tarek Baker (7) – (unassisted)
17:12 – pp – Sean Dhooghe (13) – (Wyatt Kalynuk, Linus Weissbach)
First period Alex Limoges (18) – (Liam Folkes, Cole Hults) – 18:20
7:28 – Sean Dhooghe (14) – (Max Zimmer, Tarek Baker) Second period
18:10 – Sean Dhooghe (15) – (Roman Ahcan, Seamus Malone) Third period Paul DeNaples (2) – (Liam Folkes, Evan Barratt) – 3:43
Alex Limoges (19) – (Evan Barratt, Liam Folkes)pp – 7:48
Daniel Lebedeff (37 saves / 40 shots) Goalie stats Peyton Jones (38 saves / 42 shots)
March 9 Wisconsin 2 – 6 Penn State Pegula Ice Arena Recap  
3:27 – Linus Weissbach (8) – (Jack Gorniak) First period Alex Limoges (20) – (Adam Pilewicz, Alex Stevens) – 8:49
No scoring Second period Liam Folkes (15) – (Adam Pilewicz, Alex Limoges) – 2:43
Brandon Biro (15) – (Chase Berger) – 8:48
Nate Sucese (17) – (Ludvig Larsson, Paul DeNaples) – 11:40
Evan Bell (1) – (Brandon Biro, Liam Folkes)pp – 16:06
8:01 – Matthew Freytag (7) – (Seamus Malone) Third period Alex Limoges (21) – (Liam Folkes, James Gobetz) – 15:37
Daniel Lebedeff (34 saves / 39 shots)
Jack Berry (11 saves / 12 shots)
Goalie stats Peyton Jones (24 saves / 25 shots)
March 10 Wisconsin 3 – 4 OT Penn State Pegula Ice Arena Recap  
5:24 – Brock Caufield (6) – (Wyatt Kalynuk, Dominick Mersch) First period Liam Folkes (16) – (Denis Smirnov) – 1:18
9:46 – pp – Max Zimmer (4) – (Sean Dhooghe, Seamus Malone)
10:10 – Josh Ess – (Max Zimmer)
Second period Cole Hults (5) – (Ludvig Larsson) pp – 4:09
Alex Limoges (16) – (Liam Folkes, Paul DeNaples) – 18:54
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period Liam Folkes (17) – (Alex Limoges, Evan Barratt) – 10:50
Daniel Lebedeff (46 saves/ 50 shots) Goalie stats Peyton Jones (36 saves/ 39 shots)
Penn State won series 2–1

(2) Notre Dame vs. (3) Minnesota

March 16 Minnesota 1 – 2 OT Notre Dame Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
5:44 – Sampo Ranta (6) – (Ben Brinkman, Sammy Walker) First period Cam Morrison (9) – (Mike O'Leary, Michael Graham) – 2:00
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period No scoring
No scoring First overtime period Michael Graham (12) – (Andrew Peeke, Mike O'Leary)pp – 0:53
Mat Robson (35 saves/ 37 shots) Goalie stats Cale Morris (25 saves/ 26 shots)

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

March 17 Penn State 5 – 1 Ohio State Value City Arena Recap  
11:23 – Liam Folkes (18) – (Alex Limoges)
19:59 – Alex Limoges (23) – (Evan Barratt, Evan Bell)
First period No scoring
14:52 – ppBrandon Biro (16) – (Kris Myllari, Chase Berger) Second period No scoring
2:22 – Nate Sucese (18) – (unassisted)
19:13 – sh, en – Nate Sucese (19) – (Ludvig Larsson, Evan Bell)
Third period John Wiitala (9) – (Gordi Myer) – 15:38
Peyton Jones (31 saves/ 32 shots) Goalie stats Tommy Nappier (31 saves/ 35 shots)

(2) Notre Dame vs. (4) Penn State

March 23 Penn State 2 – 3 Notre Dame Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
8:04 – Sam Sternschein (9) – (Nikita Pavlychev, Evan Bell)
16:53 – Alec Marsh (7) – (Brandon Biro, Chase Berger)
First period Spencer Stastney (1) – (Graham Slaggert) – 3:43
Cal Burke (12) – (Colin Theisen, Andrew Peeke) – 16:19
No scoring Second period Cam Morrison (10) – (Mike O'Leary, Bobby Nardella) – 18:24
No scoring Third period No scoring
Peyton Jones (26 saves/ 29 shots) Goalie stats Cale Morris (46 saves/ 48 shots)

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

  • G: Cale Morris* (Notre Dame)
  • D: Andrew Peeke (Notre Dame)
  • D: Spencer Stastney (Notre Dame)
  • F: Cam Morrison (Notre Dame)
  • F: Liam Folkes (Penn State)
  • F: Alex Limoges (Penn State)

* Most Outstanding Player[3]

References

  1. "2019 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 2, 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  2. "Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  3. "2019 All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 24, 2019. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
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