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
==Bracket==
Note: * denotes overtime periods.
===Quarterfinals===
====(2) Ohio State vs. (7) Michigan State====
====(3) Michigan vs. (7) Wisconsin====
====(4) Penn State vs. (5) Minnesota====
===Semifinals===
====(1) Notre Dame vs. (4) Penn State====
====(2) Ohio State vs. (3) Michigan====
===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)
==References==
==External links==
* Big Ten Tournament information
Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
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