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2015 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

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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.

Format

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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

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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
#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

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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

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All times are local (EST) (UTC−4).

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

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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

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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)


Semifinals

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(1) Minnesota vs. (5) Ohio State

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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

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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)


Championship

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(1) Minnesota vs. (3) Michigan

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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)


Tournament awards

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References

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  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
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