The 2022 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the eighth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 4 and March 19, 2022, on-campus locations. As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
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: Jackson LaCombe (Minnesota) D: Luke Hughes (Michigan) F: Mackie Samoskevich (Michigan) F: Brendan Brisson (Michigan) F: Matty Beniers (Michigan) * Most Outstanding Player
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