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2016 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

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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

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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 are 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
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

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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

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All times are local (CT) (UTC−5).

(3) Penn State vs. (6) Wisconsin

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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

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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

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(2) Michigan vs. (3) Penn State

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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

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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

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(1) Minnesota vs. (2) Michigan

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
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