2014 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
2014 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament | |
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Dates | March 20–22, 2014 |
Teams | 6 |
Finals site |
Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul, Minnesota |
Champions | Wisconsin (1st title) |
Winning coach | Mike Eaves (1st title) |
MVP | Mark Zengerle (Wisconsin) |
Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournaments |
The 2014 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 20 and March 22, 2014 at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.[1]
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 on Thursday, No. 3 played No. 6 and No. 4 played No. 5. On Friday, 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 on Saturday in the final.[2]
Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
2013–14 Big Ten ice hockey standings | |||||||||||||||
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Conference record | Overall record | ||||||||||||||
GP | W | L | T | SOW | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | ||
#2 Minnesota | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 59 | 37 | 41 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 143 | 86 | |
#4 Wisconsin* | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 63 | 46 | 37 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 120 | 95 | |
#15 Michigan | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 68 | 59 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 107 | 89 | |
#20 Ohio State | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 53 | 55 | 37 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 119 | 100 | |
Michigan State | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 42 | 55 | 36 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 79 | 93 | |
Penn State | 20 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 42 | 75 | 36 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 80 | 129 | |
Championship: Wisconsin indicates conference regular season champion; * indicates conference tournament champion Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2014 |
Bracket
Quarterfinals March 20 |
Semifinals March 21 |
Championship March 22 | |||||||||||
2 | Wisconsin | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | Michigan | 1 | 6 | Penn State | 1 | ||||||||
6 | Penn State | 2** | 2 | Wisconsin | 5* | ||||||||
4 | Ohio State | 4 | |||||||||||
1 | Minnesota | 1 | |||||||||||
4 | Ohio State | 2* | 4 | Ohio State | 3 | ||||||||
5 | Michigan State | 1 |
Note: * denotes overtime periods
Quarterfinals
All times are local (UTC−5).
(3) Michigan vs. (6) Penn State
March 20 | Michigan | 1–2 | 2OT | Penn State | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second period | 19:37 - Taylor Holstrom (8) - (Juha, Goodwin) | ||||||
Phil Di Giuseppe (13) - (Nieves) - 11:06 | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Second overtime period | 12:47 - Zach Saar (5) - (Richard) | ||||||
Zach Nagelvoort (63 saves / 65 shots) | Goalie stats | Matthew Skoff (52 saves / 53 shots) |
(4) Ohio State vs. (5) Michigan State
March 20 | Ohio State | 2–1 | OT | Michigan State | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | ||
No scoring | First period | 4:04 - Greg Wolfe (13) - (Reimer) | ||||||
Tanner Fritz (7) - (Greco, Gedig) - 16:26 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Drew Brevig (3) - (Fritz, McCormick) - 4:23 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Christian Frey (26 saves / 27 shots) | Goalie stats | Jake Hildebrand (32 saves / 34 shots) |
Semifinals
All times are local (UTC−5).
(2) Wisconsin vs. (6) Penn State
March 21 | Wisconsin | 2–1 | Penn State | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | No scoring | ||||||
Michael Mersch (21) - (Dahl, Zulinick) - 1:27 Michael Mersch (22) - PP - (Zengerle, Kerdiles) - 19:49 |
Second period | 0:55 - Curtis Loik - (Brooks, Glen) | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | No scoring | ||||||
Joel Rumpel (24 saves / 25 shots) | Goalie stats | Matthew Skoff (32 saves / 34 shots) |
(1) Minnesota vs. (4) Ohio State
March 21 | Minnesota | 1–3 | Ohio State | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | |||
No scoring | First period | 15:20 - PP - Nick Schilkey (13) - (Fritz, McCormick) | ||||||
Kyle Rau (12) - (Cammarata, Boyd) - 4:47 | Second period | No scoring | ||||||
No scoring | Third period | 9:08 - Ryan Dzingel (21) - (Lundey) 19:33 - EN - Anthony Greco (5) - (Brevig) | ||||||
Adam Wilcox (22 saves / 24 shots) | Goalie stats | Christian Frey (30 saves / 31 shots) |
Championship
All times are local (UTC−5).
(2) Wisconsin vs. (4) Ohio State
March 22 | Wisconsin | 5–4 | OT | Ohio State | Xcel Energy Center | Recap | ||
Jake McCabe (8) - (Zengerle, Kerdiles) - PP - 19:37 | First period | 4:51 - Ryan Dzingel (22) - (Oddo, Brevig) 8:56 - Nick Oddo (9) - (Schilkey, Dzingel) | ||||||
Morgan Zulinick (4) - (Soleway, Simonelli) - PP - 11:24 | Second period | 12:40 - Clark Cristofoli (1) - (McCormick, Oddo) | ||||||
Jefferson Dahl (4) - (Zulinick, McCabe) - 13:38 Tyler Barnes (13) (Kerdiles, Zengerle) - 13:56 |
Third period | 13:08 - Tanner Fritz (8) - (McCormick, Cristofoli) | ||||||
Mark Zengerle (10) - (Barnes, Kerdiles) - 7:48 | First overtime period | No scoring | ||||||
Joel Rumpel (28 saves / 32 shots) | Goalie stats | Christian Frey (31 saves / 36 shots) |
Tournament awards
Most Outstanding Player
- Center: Mark Zengerle
All-Tournament Team
- Goaltender: Christian Frey (Ohio State)
- Defensemen: Drew Brevig (Ohio State), Frankie Simonelli (Wisconsin)
- Forwards: Ryan Dzingel (Ohio State), Michael Mersch (Wisconsin), Mark Zengerle (Wisconsin)[3]
References
- ↑ "2014 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
- ↑ Jovenitti, Tony; Jashvina Shah (March 19, 2014). "Big Ten Tournament Preview". College Hockey News. Archived from the original on March 29, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
- ↑ "2014 All-Tournament Team" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 22, 2014. Retrieved March 22, 2015.