2015 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament

The 2015 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the second tournament in conference history played between March 19 and March 21, 2015 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.[1] The winner of the tournament was the Minnesota Golden Gophers, who earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

2015 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Dates	March 19–21, 2015
Teams	6
Finals site	Joe Louis Arena Detroit, Michigan
Champions	Minnesota (1st title)
Winning coach	Don Lucia (1st title)
MVP	Adam Wilcox (Minnesota)
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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

2014–15 Big Ten ice hockey standings
	Conference record									Overall record
	GP	W	L	T	SOW	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#12 Minnesota^*	20	12	5	3	0	39	81	54		39	23	13	3	137	982
Michigan State	20	11	7	2	2	37	47	42		35	17	16	2	83	80
#20 Michigan	20	12	8	0	0	36	88	60		37	22	15	0	143	107
Penn State	20	10	9	1	0	31	62	66		37	18	15	4	119	113
Ohio State	20	8	11	1	0	26	56	71		36	14	19	3	98	117
Wisconsin	20	2	15	3	2	11	34	75		35	4	26	5	59	129
Championship: March 21, 2015 indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 14, 2015

Bracket

	Quarterfinals[2] March 19					Semifinals March 20					Championship March 21
						1	Minnesota	3
	4	Penn State	1			5	Ohio State	0
	5	Ohio State	3								1	Minnesota	4
											3	Michigan	2
						2	Michigan State	1
	3	Michigan	5			3	Michigan	4
	6	Wisconsin	1

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Quarterfinals

All times are local (EST) (UTC−4).

(4) Penn State vs. (5) Ohio State

March 19	Penn State		1 – 3		Ohio State	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			8:01 - Nick Schilkey (10) - (Gust) 14:13 - Justin DaSilva (2) - (Fritz, Christofoli)
Max Gardiner (5) - (Olczyk) - 9:38		Second period			19:00 - David Gust (3) - (Jardine)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Eamon McAdam (26 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			Christian Frey (31 saves / 32 shots)

(3) Michigan vs. (6) Wisconsin

March 19	Michigan		5 – 1		Wisconsin	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
Zach Hyman (20) - (Larkin, Werenski) - PP - 14:45		First period			No scoring
Andrew Sinelli (1) - (Nieves, Dancs) - 2:05 Zach Hyman (21) - (Martin, Larkin) - 4:48		Second period			No scoring
Dylan Larkin (15) - (Sinelli, Selman) - 14:23 Justin Selman (11) - (Larkin, Hyman) - 17:39		Third period			9:14 - Jedd Soleway (7) - (Hughes)
Steve Racine (28 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats			Joel Rumpel (23 saves / 28 shots)

(1) Minnesota vs. (5) Ohio State

March 20	Minnesota		3 – 0		Ohio State	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Sam Warning (12) - (Boyd) - 7:51		Second period			No scoring
Vinni Lettieri (9) - (Marshall, Cammarata) - 10:45 Travis Boyd (17) - (unassisted) - EN SH - 15:40		Third period			No scoring
Adam Wilcox ( 39 saves / 39 shots )		Goalie stats			Christian Frey ( 21 saves / 23 shots )

(2) Michigan State vs. (3) Michigan

March 20	Michigan State		1 – 4		Michigan	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			12:59 - PP - Michael Downing (6) - (Copp, Motte)
Matt Berry (12) - (MacEachern, Jacobs) - PP - 8:41		Second period			11:36 - J. T. Compher (12) - (Kile)
No scoring		Third period			9:14 - Cristoval Nieves (7) - (Dancs, Motte) 13:40 - Alex Kile (12) - (Nieves)
Jake Hildebrand (45 saves / 49 shots)		Goalie stats			Steve Racine (26 saves / 27 shots)

(1) Minnesota vs. (3) Michigan

March 21	Minnesota		4 – 2		Michigan	Joe Louis Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Travis Boyd (18) - (Rau, Cammarata) - PP - 2:30 Kyle Rau (20) - (Fasching, Bristedt) - 10:34		Second period			3:56 - PP - Zach Hyman (22) (unassisted) 6:14 - PP - Alex Kile (13) - (Nieves, Hyman)
Justin Kloos (13) - (Fasching, Bristedt) - PP - 9:29 Travis Boyd (19) (unassisted) - EN - 19:38		Third period			No scoring
Adam Wilcox (24 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Steve Racine (28 saves / 31 shots)

Most Outstanding Player

• Goaltender: Adam Wilcox

All-Tournament Team

• Goaltender: Adam Wilcox (Minnesota)
• Defensemen: Michael Downing (Michigan), Mike Reilly (Minnesota)
• Forwards: Zach Hyman (Michigan), Travis Boyd (Minnesota), Kyle Rau (Minnesota)[3]

References

1. "2015 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 11, 2015. Archived from the original on March 12, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
2. "Big Ten Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 14, 2015. Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
3. "2015 All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 22, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.

External links

• Big Ten Tournament information