The 2015 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the second
tournament in conference history played between March 19 and March 21, 2015 at
Joe Louis Arena in
Detroit,
Michigan.
The winner of the tournament was the
Minnesota Golden Gophers, who earned the
Big Ten's automatic bid to the
2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2015 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament was the national championship tournament for men's college ice hockey in the United States in 2015. The tournament involved 16 teams in single-elimination play to determine the national champi ...
.
Format
All six Big Ten teams participated in the tournament, which was a
single-elimination format. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 6 according to the final regular season conference standings. In the quarterfinals, No. 3 played No. 6 and No. 4 played No. 5. In the semifinals, 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 in the Championship Game.
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
All times are local ( EST) ( UTC−4).
(4) Penn State vs. (5) Ohio State
(3) Michigan vs. (6) Wisconsin
Semifinals
(1) Minnesota vs. (5) Ohio State
(2) Michigan State vs. (3) Michigan
Championship
(1) Minnesota vs. (3) Michigan
Tournament awards
Most Outstanding Player The term Most Outstanding Player may refer to:
* The recipient of the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award
* The NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player award
* The College World Series Most Outstanding Player in college baseball
* The N ...
* Goaltender:
Adam Wilcox
All-Tournament Team
* Goaltender:
Adam Wilcox (Minnesota)
* Defensemen:
Michael Downing (Michigan),
Mike Reilly (Minnesota)
* Forwards:
Zach Hyman (Michigan),
Travis Boyd
Travis Boyd (born September 14, 1993) is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Arizona Coyotes of the National Hockey League (NHL). Boyd was selected in the 6th round, 177th overall, by the Washington Capitals in the 2011 NHL Entr ...
(Minnesota),
Kyle Rau
Kyle Rau (born October 24, 1992) is an American professional ice hockey forward currently playing with the Abbotsford Canucks in the American Hockey League (AHL). He was selected by the Florida Panthers in the 3rd round (91st overall) of the 201 ...
(Minnesota)
References
External links
Big Ten Tournament information
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