The 2015 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the second

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in conference history played between March 19 and March 21, 2015 at

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. The winner of the tournament was the

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, who earned the

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's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

Format

All six Big Ten teams participated in the tournament, which was a

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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

* Goaltender: Adam Wilcox

All-Tournament Team

* Goaltender: Adam Wilcox (Minnesota) * Defensemen: Michael Downing (Michigan), Mike Reilly (Minnesota) * Forwards: Zach Hyman (Michigan), Travis Boyd (Minnesota), Kyle Rau (Minnesota)

References

External links

Big Ten Tournament information
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Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament The Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament is the conference tournament for the Big Ten Conference. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. The tournament was first held in 2014, the first year of confere ...

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