# 2024 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

The 2024 Big Ten Conference men's ice hockey tournament was the tenth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 8 and March 23, 2024, on-campus locations. As the tournament winner, Michigan State earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2024 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 will open with three best-of-three quarterfinal series, as the second, third and fourth-seeded teams each hosting a series. The top-seeded team will have a bye to the single-elimination semifinals. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals will host the championship game.

## Conference standings

2023–24 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 Michigan State †* | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 92 | 69 | 38 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 147 | 117 |
| #11 Wisconsin | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 81 | 57 | 40 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 128 | 81 |
| #7 Minnesota | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 80 | 65 | 39 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 135 | 100 |
| #4 Michigan | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 85 | 77 | 41 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 169 | 125 |
| Notre Dame | 24 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 66 | 62 | 36 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 101 | 98 |
| Penn State | 24 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 62 | 92 | 36 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 113 | 130 |
| Ohio State | 24 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 50 | 94 | 38 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 100 | 124 |
| Championship: March 23, 2024 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated April 11, 2024 |||||||||||||||||||

## Bracket

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals
| Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Quarterfinals March 8–10 | Semifinals March 16 | Semifinals March 16 | Semifinals March 16 | Championship March 23 | Championship March 23 | Championship March 23 |
| | | | | | 1 | Michigan State | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | 7 | Ohio State | 1 | | | |
| 2 | Wisconsin | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | Ohio State | 1 | | | |
| 7 | Ohio State | 3 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Ohio State | 3 | 2 | 3 | | | | 1 | Michigan State | 5* |
| | | | | | | | | 4 | Michigan | 4 |
| 3 | Minnesota | 5 | 3 | — | | | | | | | 4 | Michigan | 4 |
| 6 | Penn State | 1 | 2 | — | | | | | | |
| 6 | Penn State | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | Minnesota | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Michigan | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Michigan | 5 | 4 | — | 4 | Michigan | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Notre Dame | 4 | 3 | — | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime periods.

## Results
### Quarterfinals
#### (2) Wisconsin vs. (7) Ohio State

* Ohio State won series 2–1

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

* Minnesota won series 2–0

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

* Michigan won series 2–0

### Championship
#### (4) Michigan vs. (1) Michigan State
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* G: Trey Augustine * (Michigan State)
* D: Seamus Casey (Michigan)
* D: Nash Nienhuis (Michigan State)
* F: Gavin Brindley (Michigan)
* F: Rutger McGroarty (Michigan)
* F: Daniel Russell (Michigan State)
* Most Outstanding Player