# 2019 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

The 2019 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the sixth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 8 and March 23, 2019, on-campus locations. By Winning the tournament Notre Dame earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The 2019 tournament features a format with all games taking place on the campus of the higher-seeded teams. The tournament opens March 8–10 with three best-of-three quarterfinal series, as the second, third and fourth-seeded teams each hosting a series. The top-seeded team has a bye to the single-elimination semifinals, which is played on March 16. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals hosts the championship game on March 23.

### Conference standings

2018–19 Big Ten Hockey Standingsvte :
| | 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 | 3/SW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #12 Ohio State † | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 79 | 52 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 108 | 83 |
| #10 Notre Dame * | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 63 | 65 | 40 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 112 | 91 |
| #20 Minnesota | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 76 | 75 | 38 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 117 | 108 |
| #17 Penn State | 24 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 101 | 96 | 39 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 177 | 139 |
| Wisconsin | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 69 | 81 | 37 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 113 | 130 |
| Michigan | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 76 | 75 | 36 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 110 | 114 |
| Michigan State | 24 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 68 | 88 | 36 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 99 | 122 |
| Championship: March 23, 2019 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll ||||||||||||||||

## 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 16/17 | Semifinals March 16/17 | Semifinals March 16/17 | Championship March 23 | Championship March 23 | Championship March 23 |
| | | | | | 1 | Ohio State | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Penn State | 5 | | | |
| 2 | Notre Dame | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | Penn State | 5 | | | |
| 7 | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | — | | | | | | |
| 7 | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | — | | | | 4 | Penn State | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | 2 | Notre Dame | 3 |
| 3 | Minnesota | 3* | 4 | — | | | | | | | 2 | Notre Dame | 3 |
| 6 | Michigan | 2 | 1 | — | | | | | | |
| 6 | Michigan | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | Notre Dame | 2* | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Minnesota | 1 | | | |
| 4 | Penn State | 3 | 6 | 4* | 3 | Minnesota | 1 | | | |
| 5 | Wisconsin | 4 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime periods.

### Quarterfinals
#### (2) Notre Dame vs. (7) Michigan State

* Notre Dame won series 2–0

#### (3) Minnesota vs. (6) Michigan

* Minnesota won series 2–0

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

* Penn State won series 2–1

### Championship
#### (2) Notre Dame vs. (4) Penn State
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* G: Cale Morris* (Notre Dame)
* D: Andrew Peeke (Notre Dame)
* D: Spencer Stastney (Notre Dame)
* F: Cam Morrison (Notre Dame)
* F: Liam Folkes (Penn State)
* F: Alex Limoges (Penn State)
* Most Outstanding Player