The 2019 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the sixth
tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
in conference history. It was played between March 8 and March 23, 2019, on-campus locations. By Winning the tournament
Notre Dame earned the
Big Ten
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...
's automatic bid to the
2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
Format
The 2019 tournament features a format with all games taking place on the campus of the higher-seeded teams. The tournament opens March 8–10 with three best-of-three quarterfinal series, as the second, third and fourth-seeded teams each hosting a series. The top-seeded team has a bye to the single-elimination semifinals, which is played on March 16. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals hosts the championship game on March 23.
Conference standings
Bracket
Teams are reseeded for the semifinals
Note: * denotes overtime periods.
Quarterfinals
(2) Notre Dame vs. (7) Michigan State
(3) Minnesota vs. (6) Michigan
(4) Penn State vs. (5) Wisconsin
Semifinals
(2) Notre Dame vs. (3) Minnesota
(1) Ohio State vs. (4) Penn State
Championship
(2) Notre Dame vs. (4) Penn State
Tournament awards
All-Tournament Team
* G:
Cale Morris*
(Notre Dame)
* D: Andrew Peeke
(Notre Dame)
* D: Spencer Stastney
(Notre Dame)
* F: Cam Morrison
(Notre Dame)
* F: Liam Folkes
(Penn State)
* F:
Alex Limoges (Penn State)
* Most Outstanding Player
References
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Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament