# 2023 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

The 2023 Big Ten Conference men's ice hockey tournament was the ninth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 3 and March 18, 2023, on-campus locations. As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2023 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 hosting 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

2022–23 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 |
| #2 Minnesota † | 24 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 106 | 50 | 40 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 168 | 90 |
| #3 Michigan * | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 82 | 79 | 41 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 171 | 128 |
| #7 Ohio State | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 69 | 63 | 40 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 131 | 101 |
| Notre Dame | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 52 | 60 | 37 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 85 | 97 |
| #19 Michigan State | 24 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 65 | 80 | 38 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 107 | 115 |
| #8 Penn State | 24 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 71 | 75 | 39 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 129 | 106 |
| Wisconsin | 24 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 54 | 92 | 36 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 94 | 126 |
| Championship: March 18, 2023 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |||||||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams were reseeded for the semifinals
| Quarterfinals March 3–5 | Quarterfinals March 3–5 | Quarterfinals March 3–5 | Quarterfinals March 3–5 | Quarterfinals March 3–5 | Semifinals March 11 | Semifinals March 11 | Semifinals March 11 | Championship March 18 | Championship March 18 | Championship March 18 |
| | | | | | 1 | Minnesota | 5 | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Michigan State | 1 | | | |
| 2 | Michigan | 6* | 7 | — | 5 | Michigan State | 1 | | | |
| 7 | Wisconsin | 5 | 4 | — | | | | | | |
| 7 | Wisconsin | 5 | 4 | — | | | | 1 | Minnesota | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | 2 | Michigan | 4 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 5 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | 2 | Michigan | 4 |
| 6 | Penn State | 1 | 2* | 1 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Penn State | 1 | 2* | 1 | 2 | Michigan | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Ohio State | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Notre Dame | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Ohio State | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Michigan State | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime periods.

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

* Michigan won series 2–0

#### (3) Ohio State vs. (6) Penn State

* Ohio State won series 2–1

#### (4) Notre Dame vs. (5) Michigan State

* Michigan State won series 2–1

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

* G: Justen Close (Minnesota)
* D: Seamus Casey (Michigan)
* D: Luke Hughes (Michigan)
* F: Logan Cooley (Minnesota)
* F: Adam Fantilli * (Michigan)
* F: Rutger McGroarty (Michigan)
* Most Outstanding Player