Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

The Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament is the conference tournament for the Big Ten Conference. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.
The tournament was first held in 2014, the first year of conference play; the first four tournaments alternated between Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota and Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Due to the addition of Notre Dame to conference play, a new playoff format was introduced for the 2018 tournament, utilizing campus sites instead.
==Format==
===2014–2017===
From 2014 through 2017, all six Big Ten teams participated in a single-elimination tournament held over three days at one neutral host site. These four tournaments alternated between Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota and Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
Teams were seeded by the regular-season conference standings. In the quarterfinals on Thursday of the tournament weekend, No. 3 played No. 6 and No. 4 played No. 5. On Friday, No. 2 played the winner of the first game and No. 1 played the winner of the second game (the teams were not reseeded). The two semifinal winners played each other on Saturday in the final.
===2018–2020===
Due to poor attendance at the neutral site tournaments, and the addition of Notre Dame as a seventh Big Ten team in hockey, a new format was introduced in 2018. The No. 1 team in the regular-season conference standings automatically advances to the conference semifinals, while the remaining teams are seeded into best-of-three quarterfinals to determine the three remaining teams. The remainder of the playoff is single-elimination.
All games are held at the home arena of the team with the higher seed, rather than a neutral site. In order to reduce the likelihood of scheduling conflicts at team venues, the semifinals and championship are played as single games (in contrast to other conference tournaments). The 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
===2021–present===
The 2021 tournament will return to a single-elimination tournament held over three days at one neutral host site for the first time since 2017.
== Members ==
There are currently seven member schools, with all seven participating in the men's division.
			1817	Public 	44,718
			1855	Public 	55,543
			1851	Public 	48,231
			1842	Private	12,292
			1870	Public 	59,873
			1855	Public 	46,606
			1848	Public 	43,820
==Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament champions==
2014	Wisconsin 	 	Ohio State 	 	5–4 (OT) 	Saint Paul, Minnesota 	Xcel Energy Center 	
2015	Minnesota 	 	Michigan 	 	4–2 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena 	
2016	Michigan 	 	Minnesota 	 	5–3 	Saint Paul, Minnesota 	Xcel Energy Center 	
2017	Penn State 	 	Wisconsin 	 	2–1 (2OT) 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena 	
2018	Notre Dame 	 	Ohio State 	 	3–2 (OT) 	Notre Dame, Indiana 	Compton Family Ice Arena 	
2019	Notre Dame 	 	Penn State 	 	3–2 	Notre Dame, Indiana 	Compton Family Ice Arena 	
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	
2021	Minnesota 	 	Wisconsin 	 	6–4 	Notre Dame, Indiana 	Compton Family Ice Arena 	
2022	Michigan 	 	Minnesota 	 	4–3 	Minneapolis, Minnesota 	3M Arena at Mariucci 	
2023	Michigan 	 	Minnesota 	 	4–3 	Minneapolis, Minnesota 	3M Arena at Mariucci 	
==Championship records==
===By school===
1 	Michigan 	3–1	
2 	Notre Dame	2–0	
T3	Minnesota 	2–2	
T3	Penn State	1–1	
5 	Wisconsin 	1–2	
6 	Ohio State	0–2	
===By coach===
1 	Jeff Jackson 	2–0	
T2	Mike Eaves 	1–0	
T2	Brandon Naurato	1–0	
T2	Mel Pearson 	1–0	
T3	Red Berenson 	1–1	
T3	Guy Gadowski 	1–1	
T3	Don Lucia 	1–1	
T3	Bob Motzko 	1–1	
T7	Tony Granato 	0–2	
T7	Steve Rohlik 	0–2	
==References==
==External links==
*Big Ten Conference
*Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament