The All-Big Ten Teams are composed of players at all positions from teams that are members of the
Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Fa ...
, an
NCAA Division I
NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest division of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athlet ...
conference
A conference is a meeting, often lasting a few days, which is organized on a particular subject, or to bring together people who have a common interest. Conferences can be used as a form of group decision-making, although discussion, not always d ...
. Each year, beginning in
2013–14, at the conclusion of the Big Ten regular season a media panel and the
head coach
A head coach, senior coach, or manager is a professional responsible for training and developing athletes within a sports team. This role often has a higher public profile and salary than other coaching positions. In some sports, such as associat ...
es of each member team vote for players to be placed on the all-conference teams. The all-Big Ten teams are a successor to the
All-CCHA Teams which were discontinued after the conference dissolved due to the
2013–14 NCAA conference realignment.
The all-conference teams are composed of one
goaltender
In ice hockey, the goaltender (commonly referred to as goalie or netminder) is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their own team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring. The goaltender mostly plays ...
, two
defensemen and three
forwards. Players may only appear once per year on any of the first or second teams but freshman may appear on both the rookie team and one of the other all-conference teams.
All-conference teams
First Team
2010s
2020s
First Team players by school
Multiple appearances
Second Team
2010s
2020s
Second Team players by school
Multiple appearances
Freshman Team
2010s
2020s
All-Freshman Team players by school
See also
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Big Ten Awards
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All-CCHA Teams
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All-WCHA Teams
References
External links
{{Big Ten Conference men's ice hockey navbox
College ice hockey trophies and awards in the United States