# 2022 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

The 2022 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the eighth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 4 and March 19, 2022, on-campus locations. As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The tournament featured a format with all games taking place on the campus of the higher-seeded teams. The tournament opened with three best-of-three quarterfinal series, as the second, third and fourth-seeded teams each hosted a series. The top-seeded team had a bye to the single-elimination semifinals. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals hosted the championship game.

## Conference standings

2021–22 Big Ten ice hockey Standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | OTW | OTL | 3/SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #5 Minnesota † | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 90 | 50 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 138 | 91 |
| #2 Michigan * | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 51 | 91 | 59 | 42 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 167 | 94 |
| #9 Notre Dame | 24 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 74 | 55 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 122 | 75 |
| #16 Ohio State | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 76 | 59 | 37 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 125 | 87 |
| Penn State | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 63 | 92 | 38 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 117 | 122 |
| Wisconsin | 24 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 53 | 96 | 37 | 10 | 24 | 3 | 76 | 132 |
| Michigan State | 24 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 51 | 87 | 36 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 76 | 119 |
| Championship: March 19, 2022 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated April 7, 2022 |||||||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams were reseeded for the semifinals
| Quarterfinals March 4–6 | Quarterfinals March 4–6 | Quarterfinals March 4–6 | Quarterfinals March 4–6 | Quarterfinals March 4–6 | Semifinals March 12 | Semifinals March 12 | Semifinals March 12 | Championship March 19 | Championship March 19 | Championship March 19 |
| | | | | | 1 | Minnesota | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Penn State | 2 | | | |
| 2 | Michigan | 4 | 8 | — | 5 | Penn State | 2 | | | |
| 7 | Michigan State | 1 | 0 | — | | | | | | |
| 7 | Michigan State | 1 | 0 | — | | | | 1 | Minnesota | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | 2 | Michigan | 4 |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 2 | Michigan | 4 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Michigan | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Notre Dame | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Ohio State | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Notre Dame | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Penn State | 3 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime periods.

## Results
### Quarterfinals
#### (2) Michigan vs. (7) Michigan State

* Michigan won series 2–0

#### (3) Notre Dame vs. (6) Wisconsin

* Notre Dame won series 2–1

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

* Penn State won series 2–1

### Championship
#### (1) Minnesota vs. (2) Michigan
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* G: Erik Portillo * (Michigan)
* D: Jackson LaCombe (Minnesota)
* D: Luke Hughes (Michigan)
* F: Mackie Samoskevich (Michigan)
* F: Brendan Brisson (Michigan)
* F: Matty Beniers (Michigan)
* Most Outstanding Player