The 2022 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the eighth

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in conference history. It was played between March 4 and March 19, 2022, on-campus locations. As the tournament winner,

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earned the

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's automatic bid to the

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Format

The tournament featured a format with all games taking place on the campus of the higher-seeded teams. The tournament opened 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. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals hosted the championship game.

Conference standings

Bracket

Teams were reseeded for the semifinals Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Results

Quarterfinals

(2) Michigan vs. (7) Michigan State

(3) Notre Dame vs. (6) Wisconsin

(4) Ohio State vs. (5) Penn State

Semifinals

(1) Minnesota vs. (5) Penn State

(2) Michigan vs. (3) Notre Dame

Championship

(1) Minnesota vs. (2) Michigan

Tournament awards

All-Tournament Team

* G: Erik Portillo * (Michigan) * D:

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(Minnesota) * D: Luke Hughes (Michigan) * F:

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(Michigan) * F:

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(Michigan) * F:

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(Michigan) * Most Outstanding Player

References

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