2016 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament
| 2016 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 17–19, 2016 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Finals site | Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Champions | Michigan (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Red Berenson (1st title) |
| MVP | Kyle Connor (Michigan) |
Big Ten men's Ice Hockey Tournaments | |
The 2016 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the third tournament in conference history played between March 17 and March 19, 2016 at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.[1] The winner of the tournament was the Michigan Wolverines, who earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format
[edit]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 are not reseeded). The two semifinal winners played each other in the Championship Game.
Conference standings
[edit]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 | ||
| Minnesota† | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 76 | 58 | 37 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 121 | 108 | |
| #6 Michigan* | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 107 | 68 | 38 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 181 | 115 | |
| Penn State | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 64 | 72 | 38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 140 | 122 | |
| Ohio State | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 79 | 77 | 36 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 128 | 125 | |
| Michigan State | 20 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 47 | 72 | 37 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 93 | 124 | |
| Wisconsin | 20 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 54 | 80 | 35 | 8 | 19 | 8 | 93 | 127 | |
| Championship: March 18, 2017 † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 12, 2016 | |||||||||||||||
Bracket
[edit]| Quarterfinals[2] March 17 | Semifinals March 18 | Championship March 19 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Ohio State | 4* | 4 | Ohio State | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | Michigan State | 3 | 1 | Minnesota | 3 | |||||||||
| 2 | Michigan | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Michigan | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Penn State | 5 | 3 | Penn State | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 | Wisconsin | 2 | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime periods.
Quarterfinals
[edit]All times are local (CT) (UTC−5).
(3) Penn State vs. (6) Wisconsin
[edit]| March 17 | Penn State | 5 – 2 | Wisconsin | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| Eric Scheid (12) - (Luke Juha, Kevin Kerr) - 12:55 Connor Varley (2) - (Eric Scheid, David Goodwin) - 16:55 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Ricky DeRosa (6) - (Luke Juha, Tommy Olczyk) - 13:18 Tommy Olczyk (11) - (Ricky DeRosa) - 14:53 |
Second period | 3:49 - Luke Kunin (19) - (Cameron Hughes, Corbin McGuire) | ||||||
| Eric Scheid (13) - en - (David Goodwin, Luke Juha) - 19:16 | Third period | 3:26 - Grant Besse (11) - (Eddie Wittchow) | ||||||
| Eamon McAdam (35 saves / 37 shots) | Goalie stats | Matt Jurusik (24 saves / 28 shots) | ||||||
(4) Ohio State vs. (5) Michigan State
[edit]| March 17 | Ohio State | 4 – 3 | OT | Michigan State | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | ||
| John Wiitala (11) - (Mason Jobst, David Gust) - 0:38 Tommy Parran (2) - (Josh Healey, Kevin Miller) - 18:52 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 5:15 - pp - Joe Cox (11) - (Travis Walsh, Matt DeBlouw) 8:24 - pp - Matt DeBlouw (9) - (Travis Walsh, Villiam Haac) 11:31 - pp - Michael Ferrantino (10) - (Zach Osburn, Mackenzi MacEachern) | ||||||
| Matthew Weis (11) - (Drew Brevig, Josh Healey) - 3:17 | Third period | No Scoring | ||||||
| Mason Jobst (12) - (Craig Dalrymple) - 13:47 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Christian Frey (31 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Jake Hildebrand (44 saves / 48 shots) | ||||||
Semifinals
[edit](2) Michigan vs. (3) Penn State
[edit]| March 18 | Michigan | 7 – 2 | Penn State | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| Max Shuart (5) - (Michael Downing, Dexter Dancs) - 10:35 Alex Kile (16) - (Tyler Motte, J. T. Compher) - pp - 16:55 |
First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Kyle Connor (31) - (J. T. Compher) - 0:48 Kyle Connor (32) - (J. T. Compher. Zach Werenski) - pp - 5:29 Kyle Connor (33) - (J. T. Compher) - 9:09 |
Second period | 11:45 - pp - Kevin Kerr - (David Goodwin, David Glen) | ||||||
| Cristoval Nieves (10) - (Nicholas Boka, Zach Werenski) - 0:46 Kyle Connor (34) - (J. T. Compher, Tyler Motte) - pp - 10:52 |
Third period | 1:28 - pp - Luke Juha - (David Goodwin, Kevin Kerr) | ||||||
| Steve Racine (40 saves / 42 shots) | Goalie stats | Eamon McAdam (14 saves / 18 shots) Matthew Skoff (18 saves / 21 shots) | ||||||
(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Ohio State
[edit]| March 18 | Minnesota | 4 – 2 | Ohio State | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 13:01 - Kevin Miller (4) - (Janik Möser) | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| Tyler Sheehy (12) - (Justin Kloos) - 1:36 Vinni Lettieri (7) - (Leon Bristedt, Brent Gates Jr.) - 5:20 Taylor Cammarata (6) - (Tyler Sheehy) - 11:11 Taylor Cammarata (7) - (Tyler Sheehy) - 16:38 |
Third period | 17:44 - David Gust (11) - (Anthony Greco, Matthew Weis) | ||||||
| Eric Schierhorn (27 saves / 29 shots) | Goalie stats | Christian Frey (41 saves / 45 shots) | ||||||
Championship
[edit](1) Minnesota vs. (2) Michigan
[edit]| March 19 | Minnesota | 3 – 5 | Michigan | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 9:33 - pp - Tyler Motte (30) - (Kyle Connor, Zach Werenski) | ||||||
| Leon Bristedt (20) - (Vinni Lettieri, Jack Glover) - 6:35 Jake Bischoff (6) - (Michael Brodzinski, Justin Kloos) - 10:21 Justin Kloos (16) - (Tommy Novak, Justin Kloos) - pp - 16:50 |
Second period | 1:31 - pp - J. T. Compher (14) - Zach Werenski, Kyle Connor) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 3:28 - Kyle Connor (35) - (J. T. Compher, Zach Werenski) 15:27 - Zach Wereneski (10) - (J. T. Compher, Kyle Connor) 19:37 - en - Tyler Motte (31) - (Sam Piazza) | ||||||
| Eric Schierhorn (30 saves / 34 shots) | Goalie stats | Steve Racine (30 saves / 33 shots) | ||||||
Tournament awards
[edit]- Forward: Kyle Connor (Michigan)
- Goaltender: Steve Racine (Michigan)
- Defensemen: Zach Werenski (Michigan), Luke Juha (Penn State)
- Forwards: J. T. Compher (Michigan), Kyle Connor (Michigan), Tyler Sheehy (Minnesota)[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "2016 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 12, 2016. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
- ^ "Big Ten Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 12, 2016. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
- ^ "2016 All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 19, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2016.