College ice hockey tournament
| 2014 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 20–22, 2014 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Finals site | Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Champions | Wisconsin (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Mike Eaves (1st title) |
| MVP | Mark Zengerle (Wisconsin) |
| Big Ten men's Ice Hockey Tournaments 2015 → | |
The 2014 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the first tournament in conference history, and was played between March 20 and March 22, 2014 at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The winner of the tournament was the Wisconsin Badgers, who earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format
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 on Thursday, No. 3 played No. 6 and No. 4 played No. 5. On Friday, 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 on Saturday in the final.
Conference standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
| 2013–14 Big Ten ice hockey standings | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||
| GP | W | L | T | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
| #2 Minnesota | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 59 | 37 | 41 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 143 | 86 | |
| #7 Wisconsin* | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 63 | 46 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 120 | 95 | |
| #16 Michigan | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 68 | 59 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 107 | 89 | |
| #20 Ohio State | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 53 | 55 | 37 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 119 | 100 | |
| Michigan State | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 42 | 55 | 36 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 79 | 93 | |
| Penn State | 20 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 42 | 75 | 36 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 80 | 129 | |
| Championship: Wisconsin † indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014 | |||||||||||||||
Bracket
| Quarterfinals March 20 | Semifinals March 21 | Championship March 22 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Wisconsin | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Michigan | 1 | 6 | Penn State | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | Penn State | 2** | 2 | Wisconsin | 5* | |||||||||
| 4 | Ohio State | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Minnesota | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Ohio State | 2* | 4 | Ohio State | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 | Michigan State | 1 | ||||||||||||
Note: * denotes overtime periods
Quarterfinals
All times are local (UTC−5).
(3) Michigan vs. (6) Penn State
| March 20 | Michigan | 1–2 | 2OT | Penn State | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second period | 19:37 - Taylor Holstrom (8) - (Juha, Goodwin) | ||||||
| Phil Di Giuseppe (13) - (Nieves) - 11:06 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Second overtime period | 12:47 - Zach Saar (5) - (Richard) | ||||||
| Zach Nagelvoort (63 saves / 65 shots) | Goalie stats | Matthew Skoff (52 saves / 53 shots) | ||||||
(4) Ohio State vs. (5) Michigan State
| March 20 | Ohio State | 2–1 | OT | Michigan State | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | ||
| No scoring | First period | 4:04 - Greg Wolfe (13) - (Reimer) | ||||||
| Tanner Fritz (7) - (Greco, Gedig) - 16:26 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Drew Brevig (3) - (Fritz, McCormick) - 4:23 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Christian Frey (26 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Jake Hildebrand (32 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
Semifinals
All times are local (UTC−5).
(2) Wisconsin vs. (6) Penn State
| March 21 | Wisconsin | 2–1 | Penn State | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
| Michael Mersch (21) - (Dahl, Zulinick) - 1:27 Michael Mersch (22) - PP - (Zengerle, Kerdiles) - 19:49 |
Second period | 0:55 - Curtis Loik - (Brooks, Glen) | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joel Rumpel (24 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | Matthew Skoff (32 saves / 34 shots) | ||||||
(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Ohio State
| March 21 | Minnesota | 1–3 | Ohio State | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
| No scoring | First period | 15:20 - PP - Nick Schilkey (13) - (Fritz, McCormick) | ||||||
| Kyle Rau (12) - (Cammarata, Boyd) - 4:47 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
| No scoring | Third period | 9:08 - Ryan Dzingel (21) - (Lundey) 19:33 - EN - Anthony Greco (5) - (Brevig) | ||||||
| Adam Wilcox (22 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Christian Frey (30 saves / 31 shots) | ||||||
Championship
All times are local (UTC−5).
(2) Wisconsin vs. (4) Ohio State
| March 22 | Wisconsin | 5–4 | OT | Ohio State | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | ||
| Jake McCabe (8) - (Zengerle, Kerdiles) - PP - 19:37 | First period | 4:51 - Ryan Dzingel (22) - (Oddo, Brevig) 8:56 - Nick Oddo (9) - (Schilkey, Dzingel) | ||||||
| Morgan Zulinick (4) - (Soleway, Simonelli) - PP - 11:24 | Second period | 12:40 - Clark Cristofoli (1) - (McCormick, Oddo) | ||||||
| Jefferson Dahl (4) - (Zulinick, McCabe) - 13:38 Tyler Barnes (13) (Kerdiles, Zengerle) - 13:56 |
Third period | 13:08 - Tanner Fritz (8) - (McCormick, Cristofoli) | ||||||
| Mark Zengerle (10) - (Barnes, Kerdiles) - 7:48 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
| Joel Rumpel (28 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Christian Frey (31 saves / 36 shots) | ||||||
Tournament awards
Most Outstanding Player
- Center: Mark Zengerle
All-Tournament Team
- Goaltender: Christian Frey (Ohio State)
- Defensemen: Drew Brevig (Ohio State), Frankie Simonelli (Wisconsin)
- Forwards: Ryan Dzingel (Ohio State), Michael Mersch (Wisconsin), Mark Zengerle (Wisconsin)
References
- "2014 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
- Jovenitti, Tony; Jashvina Shah (March 19, 2014). "Big Ten Tournament Preview". College Hockey News. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
- "2014 All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 22, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
External links
| Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament | |
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| 2014 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournaments | |
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