2021 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

The 2021 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the eighth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 14 and March 16, 2021, at Compton Family Ice Arena in Notre Dame, Indiana.[1] By winning the tournament, Minnesota earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

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All seven Big Ten teams will participate in the tournament, which will return to a single-elimination format for the first time since 2017.[2] Due to the number of games postponed this season and the limited number of windows remaining to reschedule contests, the Big Ten Tournament seeding will be determined using the protocol for unbalanced schedules approved prior to the start of the season. Teams will be seeded No. 1 through No. 7 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the team that finishes first in the conference standings receiving a first-round bye.[3]

Conference standings

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Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL 3/SW PTS PT% GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#8 Wisconsin 24 17 6 1 1 1 0 52 .722 92 52 31 20 10 1 118 80
#7 Minnesota * 22 16 6 0 0 0 0 48 .727 69 44 31 24 7 0 117 64
#9 Michigan 20 11 9 0 1 0 0 32 .550 69 45 26 15 10 1 91 51
#17 Notre Dame 24 12 10 2 1 2 2 41 .542 65 53 29 14 13 2 84 78
Penn State 18 7 11 0 2 1 0 20 .389 48 68 22 10 12 0 65 81
Ohio State 22 6 16 0 0 2 0 20 .273 39 82 27 7 19 1 53 101
Michigan State 22 5 16 1 2 0 0 15 .250 32 70 27 7 18 2 40 77
Championship: March 16, 2021
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
March 14[4]
Semifinals
March 15
Championship
March 16
         
1 Wisconsin 4*
5 Penn State 3
4 Notre Dame 3
5 Penn State 6
1 Wisconsin 4
2 Minnesota 6
2 Minnesota 2*
7 Michigan State 1
2 Minnesota 3*
3 Michigan 2
3 Michigan 4
6 Ohio State 0

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Results

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Quarterfinals

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(4) Notre Dame vs. (5) Penn State

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March 14 Penn State 6 – 3 Notre Dame Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
Christian Sarlo – (Alex Limoges) – 18:52 First period 2:10 – pp – Colin Theisen – (Alex Steeves, Landon Slaggert)
2:41 – Jesse Lansdell – (Matt Hellickson, Max Ellis)
Connor McMenamin – (Kevin Wall) – 3:19
Connor McMenamin – (Kevin Wall) – 10:10
Tim Doherty – (Alex Limoges, Connor MacEachern)pp – 14:55
Second period No scoring
Chase McLane – (Mason Snell, Connor MacEachern) – 8:20
Chase McLane – (Jarred Westcott) – 19:28
Third period 12:56 – pp – Ryder Rolston – (Jake Pivonka)
Oskar Autio (30 saves / 33 shots) Goalie stats Dylan St. Cyr (28 saves / 33 shots)


(2) Minnesota vs. (7) Michigan State

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March 14 Michigan State 1 – 2 OT Minnesota Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
Dennis Cesana – (Mitch Lewandowski, Charlie Combs)pp – 10:39 First period No scoring
No scoring Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 15:01 – Bryce Brodzinski – (Mike Koster, Matt Staudacher)
No scoring First overtime period 10:35 – Sampo Ranta(Jaxon Nelson)
Pierce Charleson (48 saves / 50 shots) Goalie stats Jack LaFontaine (22 saves / 23 shots)


(3) Michigan vs. (6) Ohio State

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March 14 Ohio State 0 – 4 Michigan Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 19:23 – ppBrendan Brisson(Cam York, Thomas Bordeleau)
No scoring Second period 11:21 – Cam York – (Luke Morgan, Kent Johnson)
No scoring Third period 2:53 – Eric Ciccolini – (Nick Granowicz, Jimmy Lambert)
15:07 – Brendan Brisson – (unassisted)
Tommy Nappier (35 saves / 38 shots) Goalie stats Strauss Mann (26 saves / 26 shots)


Semifinals

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(1) Wisconsin vs. (5) Penn State

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March 15 Penn State 3 – 4 OT Wisconsin Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
No scoring First period 18:55 – Sam Stange – (Dominick Mersch, Tarek Baker)
Alex Limoges – (Jimmy Dowd Jr., Christian Sarlo) – 9:21 Second period No scoring
Tim Doherty – (Christian Sarlo, Alex Limoges) – 1:44
Tim Doherty – (Alex Limoges) – 11:50
Third period 9:45 – Ty Emberson – (Dominick Mersch, Tarek Baker)
14:07 – ppCole Caufield(Linus Weissbach)
No scoring First overtime period 6:50 – Cole Caufield – (Ty Emberson, Owen Lindmark)
Oskar Autio (41 saves / 45 shots) Goalie stats Robbie Beydoun (43 saves / 46 shots)


(2) Minnesota vs. (3) Michigan

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March 15 Michigan 2 – 3 OT Minnesota Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
Kent Johnson – (Jack Becker, Matty Beniers)pp – 3:44 First period No scoring
Garrett Van Wyhe – (Dakota Raabe, Jack Summers) – 14:38 Second period No scoring
No scoring Third period 4:07 – Nathan Burke – (Jack Perbix)
15:34 – Sampo Ranta(Jaxon Nelson, Ryan Johnson)
No scoring First overtime period 6:00 – Sammy Walker(Ben Brinkman)
Strauss Mann (37 saves / 40 shots) Goalie stats Jack LaFontaine (35 saves / 37 shots)


Championship

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(1) Wisconsin vs. (2) Minnesota

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March 16 Minnesota 6 – 4 Wisconsin Compton Family Ice Arena Recap  
Blake McLaughlin – (Scott Reedy, Jackson LaCombe) – 10:32 First period No scoring
Mike Koster – (Blake McLaughlin, Sammy Walker) – 1:47
Brannon McManus – (Sampo Ranta, Jaxon Nelson) – 15:24
Scott Reedy – (Sammy Walker, Blake McLaughlin) – 16:49
Jaxon Nelson – (Brannon McManus, Jackson LaCombe) – 18:06
Second period 12:54 – Roman Ahcan – (Ty Emberson)
Blake McLaughlin – (Ben Meyers, Ryan Johnson)en – 19:36 Third period 4:08 – Mike Vorlicky – (Owen Lindmark, Josh Ess)
5:34 – Roman Ahcan – (Linus Weissbach, Ty Pelton-Byce)
17:49 – Cole Caufield(Owen Lindmark)
Jack LaFontaine (46 saves / 50 shots) Goalie stats Cameron Rowe (19 saves / 24 shots)
Robbie Beydoun (9 saves / 9 shots)


Tournament awards

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* Most Outstanding Player

References

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  1. ^ Crawford, Kirkland (January 28, 2021). "2021 Big Ten hockey tournament: March 18-20 at Notre Dame, single-elimination". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  2. ^ "Big Ten Weekly Hockey Release". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. January 28, 2021. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  3. ^ "Statement on Date Change of the 2021 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. February 25, 2021. Archived from the original on March 1, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  4. ^ "Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament Bracket Announced". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 6, 2021. Archived from the original on March 9, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.