# 2023–24 Big Ten Conference ice hockey season

The 2023–24 Big Ten Conference ice hockey season was the 34th season of play for the Big Ten Conference's men's ice hockey division and took place during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season began on October 7, 2023 and concluded on April 11, 2024.

## Head coaches
### Coaching changes
#### Wisconsin

On March 6, 2023, Wisconsin announced that Tony Granato was fired after seven seasons. On March 30, 2023, Mike Hastings was named as the new head coach for the Badgers.

### Records

| Team | Head coach | Season at school | Record at school | Big Ten record |
| Michigan | Brandon Naurato | 2 | 26–12–3 | 12–10–2 |
| Michigan State | Adam Nightingale | 2 | 18–18–2 | 10–12–2 |
| Minnesota | Bob Motzko | 6 | 113–60–12 | 73–34–11 |
| Notre Dame | Jeff Jackson | 19 | 392–247–71 | 76–53–13 |
| Ohio State | Steve Rohlik | 11 | 183–143–39 | 90–87–20 |
| Penn State | Guy Gadowsky | 13 | 181–154–25 | 88–103–16 |
| Wisconsin | Mike Hastings | 1 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 |

## 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 |||||||||||||||||||

## Non-Conference record

The Big Ten continued to outperform the other conferences. Every single league member had a winning non-conference record with the lowest (Michigan State) being .650. Only Hockey East had a winning record against the Big Ten but that was dwarfed by the overwhelming totals against four other leagues.

### Regular season record

| Team | Atlantic Hockey | CCHA | ECAC Hockey | Hockey East | Independent | NCHC | Total |
| Michigan | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–2–0 | 4–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 7–2–1 |
| Michigan State | 3–1–0 | 3–0–1 | 0–0–0 | 0–2–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 6–3–1 |
| Minnesota | 2–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 3–2–1 | 7–2–1 |
| Notre Dame | 2–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–2–0 | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 6–4–0 |
| Ohio State | 2–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 1–0–1 | 8–0–2 |
| Penn State | 2–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 4–1–0 | 0–0–0 | 8–2–0 |
| Wisconsin | 1–0–0 | 5–0–0 | 0–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 8–2–0 |
| Overall | 12–3–0 | 14–0–1 | 5–1–0 | 4–6–0 | 10–2–1 | 5–3–3 | 50–15–5 |

## Statistics
### Leading scorers

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
| Player | Class | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Gavin Brindley | Sophomore | Michigan | 23 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 16 |
| Rutger McGroarty | Sophomore | Michigan | 21 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 6 |
| Dylan Duke | Junior | Michigan | 24 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 16 |
| Rhett Pitlick | Junior | Minnesota | 23 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 6 |
| Bryce Brodzinski | Graduate | Minnesota | 23 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 14 |
| Artyom Levshunov | Freshman | Michigan State | 24 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 34 |
| Frank Nazar | Sophomore | Michigan | 24 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 10 |
| Cruz Lucius | Sophomore | Wisconsin | 20 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 4 |
| Isaac Howard | Sophomore | Michigan State | 24 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 6 |
| T. J. Hughes | Sophomore | Michigan | 24 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 27 |
| Karsen Dorwart | Sophomore | Michigan State | 24 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 28 |

### Leading goaltenders

Minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played in conference games. GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
| Player | Class | Team | GP | Min | W | L | T | GA | SO | SV% | GAA |
| Kyle McClellan | Senior | Wisconsin | 23 | 1354:23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 52 | 2 | .923 | 2.30 |
| Ryan Bischel | Graduate | Notre Dame | 24 | 1434:34 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 59 | 1 | .931 | 2.47 |
| Justen Close | Senior | Minnesota | 24 | 1391:47 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 58 | 2 | .920 | 2.50 |
| Trey Augustine | Freshman | Michigan State | 24 | 1448:22 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 66 | 3 | .922 | 2.73 |
| Jake Barczewski | Graduate | Michigan | 23 | 1340:54 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 64 | 1 | .911 | 2.86 |

## Ranking
### USCHO

| Team | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | Final |
| Michigan | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Michigan State | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Minnesota | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Notre Dame | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ohio State | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Penn State | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wisconsin | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1 and 13.

### USA Hockey

| Team | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | Final |
| Michigan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Michigan State | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Minnesota | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Notre Dame | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ohio State | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Penn State | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wisconsin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

### Pairwise

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | Final |
| Michigan | 25 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Michigan State | 1 | 5 | 14 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Minnesota | 32 | 36 | 8 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Notre Dame | 24 | 33 | 49 | 31 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| Ohio State | 1 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 34 | 29 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 30 | 32 | 35 | 31 | 29 | 26 | 34 | 28 | 28 | 26 |
| Penn State | 1 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.

## Conference tournament

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.

## Awards
### NCAA

| Award | Recipient |
| Mike Richter Award | Kyle McClellan, Wisconsin |
| AHCA All-American Teams ||
| West First Team | Position |
| Seamus Casey, Michigan | D |
| Gavin Brindley, Michigan | F |
| West Second Team | Position |
| Kyle McClellan, Wisconsin | G |
| Artyom Levshunov, Michigan State | D |
| Rutger McGroarty, Michigan | F |

### Big Ten

| Award | Award | Recipient |
| Player of the Year | Player of the Year | Gavin Brindley, Michigan |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Defensive Player of the Year | Artyom Levshunov, Michigan State |
| Goaltender of the Year | Goaltender of the Year | Kyle McClellan, Wisconsin |
| Freshman of the Year | Freshman of the Year | Artyom Levshunov, Michigan State |
| Scoring Champion | Scoring Champion | Gavin Brindley, Michigan |
| Coach of the Year | Coach of the Year | Adam Nightingale, Michigan State |
| Tournament Most Outstanding Player | Tournament Most Outstanding Player | Trey Augustine, Michigan State |
| All-Big Ten Teams |||
| First Team | Position | Second Team |
| Kyle McClellan, Wisconsin | G | Trey Augustine, Michigan State |
| Seamus Casey, Michigan | D | Scooter Brickey, Ohio State |
| Artyom Levshunov, Michigan State | D | Ryan Chesley, Minnesota |
| | D | Sam Rinzel, Minnesota |
| Gavin Brindley, Michigan | F | Dylan Duke, Michigan |
| Rutger McGroarty, Michigan | F | Rhett Pitlick, Minnesota |
| Jimmy Snuggerud, Minnesota | F | Landon Slaggert, Notre Dame |
| Freshman Team | Position | |
| Trey Augustine, Michigan State | G | |
| Artyom Levshunov, Michigan State | D | |
| Sam Rinzel, Minnesota | D | |
| Aiden Fink, Penn State | F | |
| Oliver Moore, Minnesota | F | |
| Garrett Schifsky, Michigan | F | |
| Big Ten All-Tournament Team |||
| Trey Augustine, Michigan State | G |
| Seamus Casey, Michigan | D |
| Nash Nienhuis, Michigan State | D |
| Gavin Brindley, Michigan | F |
| Rutger McGroarty, Michigan | F |
| Daniel Russell, Michigan State | F |

## 2024 NHL Entry Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | College | NHL team |
| 1 | 2 | Artyom Levshunov | Michigan State | Chicago Blackhawks |
| 1 | 21 | Michael Hage $^†$ | Michigan | Montreal Canadiens |
| 1 | 28 | Matvei Gridin $^†$ | Michigan | Calgary Flames |
| 2 | 39 | Gabriel Eliasson $^†$ | Michigan | Ottawa Senators |
| 3 | 71 | Brodie Ziemer $^†$ | Minnesota | Buffalo Sabres |
| 4 | 108 | Luke Osburn $^†$ | Wisconsin | Buffalo Sabres |
| 4 | 112 | Javon Moore $^†$ | Minnesota | Ottawa Senators |
| 4 | 114 | Nicholas Kempf $^†$ | Notre Dame | Washington Capitals |
| 4 | 117 | Blake Montgomery $^†$ | Wisconsin | Ottawa Senators |
| 5 | 144 | John Whipple $^†$ | Minnesota | Detroit Red Wings |
| 5 | 148 | Noah Powell $^†$ | Ohio State | Detroit Red Wings |
| 6 | 172 | Patrick Geary | Michigan State | Buffalo Sabres |
| 7 | 197 | Lucas Van Vliet $^†$ | Michigan State | Vegas Golden Knights |
| 7 | 203 | Austin Baker $^†$ | Michigan State | Detroit Red Wings |
| 7 | 213 | Erik Pahlsson $^†$ | Minnesota | Nashville Predators |
| 7 | 215 | Christian Humphreys $^†$ | Michigan | Colorado Avalanche |
† incoming freshman