| 2017 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 16–18, 2017 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Finals site | Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan |
| Champions | Penn State (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Guy Gadowsky (1st title) |
| MVP | Peyton Jones (Penn State) |
Big Ten men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2017 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the fourth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 16 and March 18, 2017, at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.[1] As tournament champion Penn State was awarded the Big Ten's automatic bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format
All six Big Ten teams participated in the tournament, which was a single-elimination format. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 6 according to the final regular season conference standings. In the quarterfinals, No. 3 played No. 6 and No. 4 played No. 5. In the semifinals, No. 2 played the winner of the first game and No. 1 played the winner of the second game (the teams were not reseeded). The two semifinal winners played each other in the Championship Game.
Conference standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #7 Minnesota† | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 79 | 58 | 38 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 141 | 104 | |
| #17 Wisconsin | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 72 | 66 | 36 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 122 | 118 | |
| #14 Ohio State | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 76 | 62 | 39 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 154 | 113 | |
| #8 Penn State* | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 71 | 63 | 39 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 160 | 108 | |
| Michigan | 20 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 53 | 75 | 35 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 92 | 111 | |
| Michigan State | 20 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 47 | 74 | 35 | 7 | 24 | 4 | 84 | 134 | |
| Championship: March 18, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 6, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
Bracket
| Quarterfinals[2] March 16 | Semifinals March 17 | Championship March 18 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Penn State | 4 | 4 | Penn State | 4** | |||||||||
| 5 | Michigan | 1 | 4 | Penn State | 2** | |||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Ohio State | 6 | 3 | Ohio State | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | Michigan State | 3 | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime periods.
Quarterfinals
All times are local (EST) (UTC−4).
(3) Ohio State vs. (6) Michigan State
| March 16 | Ohio State | 6 – 3 | Michigan State | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Mason Jobst (19) - (Nick Schilkey, Tommy Parran) - 4:09 Nick Schilkey (27) - pp - (Mason Jobst, Dakota Joshua) - 5:44 |
First period | 8:58 - Villiam Haag (7) - (Patr Khodorenko) 12:15 - Dylan Pavelek (2) - (Patr Khodorenko, William Haag) 14:20 - pp - Sam Saliba (10) - (Mason Appleton, Carson Gatt) | ||||||
| Brendon Kearney (3) - (Christian Lampas, Drew Brevig) - 13:54 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| David Gust (17) - pp - (Mason Jobst) - 0:25 David Gust (17) - (Janik Moser) - 1:38 Tanner Laczynski (10) - (Tommy Parran, Matthew Weis) - 3:51 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Tomkins (26 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Ed Minney (21 saves / 27 shots) John Lethemon (7 saves / 7 shots) | ||||||
(4) Penn State vs. (5) Michigan
| March 16 | Penn State | 4 – 1 | Michigan | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Liam Folkes (4) - pp - (Brandon Biro, Erik Autio) - 10:50 Nate Sucese (15) - (Denis Smirnov, Ricky DeRosa) - 13:24 David Goodwin (11) - (Alec Marsh, Vince Pedrie) - 19:31 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Vince Pedrie (8) - (Nate Sucese) - 1:03 | Second period | 10:19 - pp - James Sanchez (6) - (Tony Calderone, Cooper Marody) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Peyton Jones (30 saves / 31 shots) | Goalie stats | Zach Nagelvoort (30 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
Semifinals
(2) Wisconsin vs. (3) Ohio State
| March 17 | Wisconsin | 2 – 1 | Ohio State | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | |||
| Luke Kunin (22) - (JD Greenway, Tim Davison) - 17:18 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 13:48 - pp - Dakota Joshua (12) - (Mason Jobst, Josh Healey) | ||||||
| Will Johnson (10) - (Seamus Malone, Aidan Cavallini) - 1:30 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Jack Berry (23 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Matt Tomkins (24 saves / 26 shots) | ||||||
(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Penn State
| March 17 | Minnesota | 3 – 4 | 2OT | Penn State | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | ||
| Rem Pitlick (14) - (Darian Romanko, Ryan Norman) - 7:20 Justin Kloos (18) - pp - (Tyler Sheehy, Rem Pitlick) - 9:55 |
First period | 1:05 - Nikita Pavlychev (4) - (Trevor Hamilton, Ricky DeRosa) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 3:48 - Alec Marsh (6) - (Chase Berger, Andrew Sturtz) | ||||||
| Jack Sadek (4) - (Vinni Lettieri) - 3:42 | Third period | 1:00 - pp - Dylan Richard (9) - (Andrew Sturtz, Vince Pedrie) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 13:33 - pp - Erik Autio (3) - (Denis Smirnov, Andrew Sturtz) | ||||||
| Eric Schierhorn (59 saves / 63 shots) | Goalie stats | Peyton Jones (37 saves / 40 shots) | ||||||
Championship
(2) Wisconsin vs. (4) Penn State
| March 18 | Wisconsin | 1 – 2 | 2OT | Penn State | Joe Louis Arena | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 15:37 - Liam Folkes (5) - (Brandon Biro, Kris Myllari) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Matt Ustaski (6) - pp - (Luke Kunin, Cameron Hughes) - 11:45 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 6:43 - Liam Folkes (6) - (Brandon Biro, David Thompson) | ||||||
| Jack Berry (33 saves / 35 shots) | Goalie stats | Peyton Jones (51 saves / 52 shots) | ||||||
Tournament awards
Most Outstanding Player
- Goaltender: Peyton Jones (Penn State)
All-Tournament Team
- Goaltender: Peyton Jones (Penn State)
- Defensemen: Vince Pedrie (Penn State), Erik Autio (Penn State)
- Forwards: Luke Kunin (Wisconsin), Liam Folkes (Penn State), David Gust (Ohio State)[3]
References
- ↑ "2017 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 10, 2017. Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ↑ "Big Ten Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 11, 2017. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
- ↑ "2017 All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 19, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 19, 2017. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
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