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The 2024 Big Ten Conference men's ice hockey tournament was the tenth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 8 and March 23, 2024, on-campus locations. As the tournament winner, Michigan State earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.
| 2024 Big Ten Men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 8–23, 2024 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Finals site | Munn Ice Arena East Lansing, Michigan |
| Champions | Michigan State (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Adam Nightingale (1st title) |
| MVP | Trey Augustine (Michigan State) |
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The tournament featured a format with all games taking place on the campus of the higher-seeded teams. The tournament will open with three best-of-three quarterfinal series, as the second, third and fourth-seeded teams each hosting a series. The top-seeded team will have a bye to the single-elimination semifinals. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals will host the championship game.[1]
| Conference record | Overall record | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | 3/SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | |||
| #5 Michigan State †* | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 92 | 69 | 38 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 147 | 117 | ||
| #11 Wisconsin | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 81 | 57 | 40 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 128 | 81 | ||
| #7 Minnesota | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 80 | 65 | 39 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 135 | 100 | ||
| #4 Michigan | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 85 | 77 | 41 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 169 | 125 | ||
| Notre Dame | 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 66 | 62 | 36 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 101 | 98 | ||
| Penn State | 24 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 62 | 92 | 36 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 113 | 130 | ||
| Ohio State | 24 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 50 | 94 | 38 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 100 | 124 | ||
| Championship: March 23, 2024 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated April 11, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
Teams are reseeded for the semifinals
| Quarterfinals March 8–10[2] | Semifinals March 16 | Championship March 23 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Michigan State | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Ohio State | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Ohio State | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Michigan State | 5* | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Michigan | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Minnesota | 5 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Penn State | 1 | 2 | — | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Minnesota | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Michigan | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Michigan | 5 | 4 | — | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Notre Dame | 4 | 3 | — | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime periods.
Quarterfinals
(2) Wisconsin vs. (7) Ohio State
| March 8 | Ohio State | 3 – 1 | Wisconsin | Kohl Center | Recap | |||
| Brent Johnson – (Danny Dzhaniyev, Dylan Lugris) – 9:08 | First period | 11:40 – William Whitelaw – (Zach Schulz, Christian Fitzgerald) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Max Montes – (Brent Johnson, Damien Carfagna) – pp – 2:21 Max Montes – (Michael Gildon, Stephen Halliday) – en – 18:13 |
Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Logan Terness (28 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Kyle McClellan (21 saves / 23 shots) | ||||||
| March 9 | Ohio State | 2 – 4 | Wisconsin | Kohl Center | Recap | |||
| Thomas Weis – (Brent Johnson, Johnson, Max Montes) – pp – 19:00 | First period | 13:07 – pp – Christian Fitzgerald – (David Silye, Cruz Lucius) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 3:52 – David Silye – (Cruz Lucius, Daniel Laatsch) 7:02 – pp – Anthony Kehrer – (Owen Mehlenbacher, Simon Tassy) | ||||||
| Patrick Guzzo – (Unassisted) – 9:47 | Third period | 17:44 – en – Cruz Lucius – (Simon Tassy) | ||||||
| Logan Terness (33 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Kyle McClellan (37 saves / 39 shots) | ||||||
| March 10 | Ohio State | 3 – 1 | Wisconsin | Kohl Center | Recap |
| Ohio State won series 2–1 | |
(3) Minnesota vs. (6) Penn State
| March 8 | Penn State | 1 – 5 | Minnesota | 3M Arena at Mariucci | Recap | |||
| Jacques Bouquot – (Danny Dzhaniyev, Dylan Lugris) – 10:56 | First period | 7:21 – Sam Rinzel – (Unassisted) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 14:21 – Jimmy Snuggerud – (Jaxon Nelson, Mason Nevers) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 2:18 – Aaron Huglen – (Carl Fish, Brody Lamb) 10:43 – Rhett Pitlick – (Cal Thomas, Luke Mittelstadt) 16:59 – en – Rhett Pitlick – (Carl Fish, Justen Close) | ||||||
| Liam Souliere (22 saves / 26 shots) | Goalie stats | Justen Close (20 saves / 21 shots) | ||||||
| March 9 | Penn State | 2 – 3 | Minnesota | 3M Arena at Mariucci | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 1:38 – Jaxon Nelson – (Mike Koster, Jimmy Snuggerud) 13:10 – pp – Jaxon Nelson – (Luke Mittelstadt, Oliver Moore) | ||||||
| Jimmy Dowd, Jr. – (Jacques Bouquot, Danny Dzhaniyev) – 8:59 Matt DiMarsico – (Aiden Fink, Reese Laubach) – 12:53 |
Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:52 – Aaron Huglen – (Brody Lamb) | ||||||
| Liam Souliere (21 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Justen Close (46 saves / 48 shots) | ||||||
| Minnesota won series 2–0 | |
(4) Michigan vs. (5) Notre Dame
| March 8 | Notre Dame | 4 – 5 | Michigan | Yost Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| Landon Slaggert – (Drew Bavaro, Patrick Moynihan) – 5:33 | First period | 11:11 – pp – Nick Moldenhauer – (Garrett Schifsky, Seamus Casey) 12:41 – Rutger McGroarty – (Garrett Schifsky, Gavin Brindley) | ||||||
| Drew Bavaro – (Hunter Strand, Maddox Fleming) – pp – 12:42 Patrick Moynihan – (Cole Knuble) – 15:02 Drew Bavaro – (Jayden Davis) – 16:00 |
Second period | 17:04 – Garrett Schifsky – (Jacob Truscott, Seamus Casey) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 0:11 – pp – T.J. Hughes – (Seamus Casey, Gavin Brindley) 3:04 – pp – Rutger McGroarty – (Seamus Casey, T.J. Hughes) | ||||||
| Ryan Bischel (34 saves / 39 shots) | Goalie stats | Jake Barczewski (20 saves / 24 shots) | ||||||
| March 9 | Notre Dame | 3 – 4 | Michigan | Yost Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| Drew Bavaro – (Patrick Moynihan) – 8:05 | First period | 12:09 – pp – T.J. Hughes – (Seamus Casey, Rutger McGroarty) 19:50 – T.J. Hughes – (Rutger McGroarty, Gavin Brindley) | ||||||
| Landon Slaggert – (Patrick Moynihan, Ryan Siedem) – pp – 7:01 Patrick Moynihan – (Landon Slaggert, Ryan Siedem) – 9:27 |
Second period | 11:57 – Dylan Duke – (Josh Eernisse, Frank Nazar) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 3:54 – Gavin Brindley – (Tyler Duke, Rutger McGroarty) | ||||||
| Ryan Bischel (32 saves / 36 shots) | Goalie stats | Jake Barczewski (25 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
| Michigan won series 2–0 | |
Semifinals
(1) Michigan State vs. (7) Ohio State
| March 16 | Ohio State | 1 – 2 | Michigan State | Munn Ice Arena | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 1:23 – Daniel Russell – (Karsen Dorwart, Isaac Howard) | ||||||
| Max Montes – (Thomas Weis, Jake Dunlap) – 2:16 | Third period | 2:03 – Nash Nienhuis – (Tanner Kelly) | ||||||
| Logan Terness (36 saves / 38 shots) | Goalie stats | Trey Augustine (37 saves / 38 shots) | ||||||
(3) Minnesota vs. (4) Michigan
| March 16 | Michigan | 2 – 1 | Minnesota | 3M Arena at Mariucci | Recap | |||
| Kienan Draper – (Chase Pletzke, Seamus Casey) – 3:12 | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Gavin Brindley – (Marshall Warrenn, Rutger McGroarty) – 18:36 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 18:31 – Jimmy Snuggerud – (Ryan Chesley, Luke Mittelstadt) | ||||||
| Jake Barczewski (23 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Justen Close (29 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
Championship
(4) Michigan vs. (1) Michigan State
| March 23 | Michigan | 4 – 5 | OT | Michigan State | Munn Ice Arena | Recap | ||
| Frank Nazar – (Josh Eernisse, Marshall Warren) – 0:58 | First period | 10:53 – Tanner Kelly – (Tiernan Shoudy) | ||||||
| Dylan Duke – (Rutger McGroarty, Seamus Casey) – pp – 12:50 Marshall Warren – (Philippe Lapointe, Nick Moldenhauer) |
Second period | 10:48 – Daniel Russell – (Isaac Howard, Nash Nienhuis) 18:41 – Jeremy Davidson – (Nicolas Muller, Artyom Levshunov) 19:59 – Matt Basgall – (Tiernan Shoudy, Patrick Geary) | ||||||
| Frank Nazar – (Dylan Duke, Ethan Edwards) – 2:54 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | First overtime period | 13:47 – Patrick Geary – (Reed Lebster, Nicolas Muller) | ||||||
| Jake Barczewski (30 saves / 35 shots) | Goalie stats | Trey Augustine (33 saves / 37 shots) | ||||||
All-Tournament Team
- G: Trey Augustine * (Michigan State)
- D: Seamus Casey (Michigan)
- D: Nash Nienhuis (Michigan State)
- F: Gavin Brindley (Michigan)
- F: Rutger McGroarty (Michigan)
- F: Daniel Russell (Michigan State)
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