# 2018 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

The 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the fifth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 2 and March 17, 2018, on campus locations. The winner of the tournament was the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

## Format

The 2018 tournament featured a new three-weekend format with all games taking place on the campus of the higher-seeded teams. The tournament opened March 2–4 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, which was played on March 10. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals hosted a championship game on March 17.

### Conference standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
2017–18 Big Ten ice 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 | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #2 Notre Dame†* | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 66 | 47 | 40 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 117 | 87 |
| #3 Ohio State | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 77 | 55 | 41 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 131 | 85 |
| #4 Michigan | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 70 | 72 | 40 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 136 | 121 |
| #13 Penn State | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 70 | 72 | 38 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 138 | 120 |
| #18 Minnesota | 24 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 65 | 69 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 102 | 100 |
| Wisconsin | 24 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 69 | 83 | 37 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 115 | 124 |
| Michigan State | 24 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 53 | 77 | 36 | 12 | 22 | 2 | 91 | 117 |
| Championship: March 17, 2018 † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 12, 2018 ||||||||||||||||

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals March 2–4 | Quarterfinals March 2–4 | Quarterfinals March 2–4 | Quarterfinals March 2–4 | Quarterfinals March 2–4 | Semifinals March 10 | Semifinals March 10 | Semifinals March 10 | Championship March 17 | Championship March 17 | Championship March 17 |
| | | | | | 1 | Notre Dame | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Penn State | 2 | | | |
| 2 | Ohio State | 6 | 4* | — | 4 | Penn State | 2 | | | |
| 7 | Michigan State | 2 | 3 | — | | | | | | |
| 7 | Michigan State | 2 | 3 | — | | | | 1 | Notre Dame | 3* |
| | | | | | | | | 2 | Ohio State | 2 |
| 3 | Michigan | 6 | 7 | — | | | | | | | 2 | Ohio State | 2 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 5 | 4 | — | | | | | | |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 5 | 4 | — | 2 | Ohio State | 3* | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Michigan | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Penn State | 5 | 6 | — | 3 | Michigan | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Minnesota | 3 | 5 | — | | | | | | |
Note: * denotes overtime periods.

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

* Ohio State won series 2–0

#### (3) Michigan vs. (7) Wisconsin

* Michigan won series 2–0

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

* Penn State won series 2–0

### Championship
#### (1) Notre Dame vs. (2) Ohio State
## Tournament awards
### All-Tournament Team

* G Cale Morris* (Notre Dame)
* D Jordan Gross (Notre Dame)
* D Matt Miller (Ohio State)
* F Cam Morrison (Notre Dame)
* F Mason Jobst (Ohio State)
* F Tanner Laczynski (Ohio State)
* Most Outstanding Player(s)