The 2022–23 Big Ten Conference ice hockey season was the 33rd season of play for the Big Ten Conference's men's ice hockey division and took place during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season began on October 1, 2022, and concluded on April 8, 2023.
Head coaches Coaching changes Michigan State On April 12, 2022, former Michigan State head coach Danton Cole was fired. On May 23, 2022, Adam Nightingale was named head coach for the Spartans.
Michigan During the 2022 offseason, Michigan's head coach, Mel Pearson, was accused of mistreating both players and staff during his tenure with the Wolverines. On August 5, 2022, Pearson was fired. Because the vacancy happened so close to the start of the next season, the Wolverines were not able to perform a typical hiring search. On August 7, 2022, Michigan promoted assistant coach Brandon Naurato to interim head coach for the 2022–23 season.
Records Team Head coach Season at school Record at school Big Ten recordMichigan 1 0–0–0 0–0–0Michigan State 1 0–0–0 0–0–0Minnesota 5 84–50–11 54–30–10 Notre Dame 18 376–231–66 66–43–9 Ohio State 10 162–127–36 79–76–19Penn State 12 159–138–24 78–90–15Wisconsin 7 92–106–16 59–69–12
Standings
Non-Conference record Of the sixteen teams that are selected to participate in the NCAA tournament, ten will be via at-large bids. Those 10 teams are determined based upon the PairWise rankings. The rankings take into account all games played but are heavily affected by intra-conference results. The result is that teams from leagues which perform better in non-conference are much more likely to receive at-large bids even if they possess inferior records overall.
The Big Ten performed tremendously well in non-conference games. All seven league members had winning records against other conferences and more than half were at or better than .700. On aggregate, only Hockey East had a winning record against the Big Ten but that was only by 1 game. The overwhelming win/loss totals enabled the Big Ten to have as many as 6 of its member teams ranked in the top 16 during the season.
Regular season record Team TotalMichigan 0–0–0 2–0–0 1–0–1 1–1–0 2–0–0 2–0–0 8–1–1Michigan State 0–0–0 1–3–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 2–0–0 2–0–0 6–4–0Minnesota 0–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 3–1–0 2–2–0 6–4–0Notre Dame 0–0–1 2–0–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 1–1–0 1–2–0 5–4–1Ohio State 4–0–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 0–1–1 1–1–0 0–0–0 7–2–1Penn State 6–0–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 10–0–0Wisconsin 0–0–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 4–0–0 2–2–0 7–3–0Overall 10–0–1 11–4–0 1–1–1 3–4–1 15–3–0 9–6–0 49–18–3
Statistics
Leading scorers GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM Freshman 24 14 22 36 30 Freshman 23 12 24 36 17 Sophomore 24 15 15 30 19 Freshman 19 11 19 30 45 Sophomore 22 7 21 28 14 Senior 22 7 17 24 11 Senior 24 5 18 23 7 Senior 24 13 9 22 6 Sophomore 22 9 13 22 4 Freshman 22 7 14 21 8
Leading goaltenders Minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played in conference games.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average Player Class Team GP Min W L T GA SO SV% GAA Senior 22 1300:07 17 4 1 42 5 .935 1.94 Senior 24 1443:18 10 10 4 55 2 .938 2.29 Sophomore 24 1432:45 11 11 2 61 2 .912 2.57 Junior 23 1259:07 9 12 1 60 2 .900 2.86 Graduate 24 1391:06 10 12 2 71 2 .913 3.06
Ranking
USCHO Michigan 6 - 7 6 5 4 1 3 3 5 5 6 7 - 7 6 8 7 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 - 3 Michigan State NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR 17 16 13 12 11 - 14 17 15 15 17 15 17 18 20 18 19 18 - 19 Minnesota 2 - 2 2 1 1 3 1 2 2 4 3 3 - 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 - 2Notre Dame 9 - 11 14 13 12 12 18 20 19 20 19 19 - 20 NR NR NR 20 NR 19 20 19 NR NR NR - NR Ohio State 16 - 14 11 16 11 9 10 12 12 17 15 14 - 12 8 7 8 7 7 10 8 9 9 8 8 - 7Penn State NR - NR 20 18 16 13 8 6 7 6 5 5 - 5 5 6 6 9 8 7 9 9 10 10 10 - 8Wisconsin NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR - NR USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1 and 13.
USA Today Michigan 6 6 6 6 5 4 1 3 3 5 6 7 8 8 7 6 7 7 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 3 Michigan State NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 18 16 11 13 11 11 13 16 15 15 19 15 14 18 20 17 17 18 17 17 Minnesota 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2Notre Dame 8 8 9 13 12 12 12 18 20 19 20 19 18 17 18 NR NR 20 17 NR 18 19 17 20 20 20 19 19Ohio State 18 18 14 11 16 11 9 11 13 12 17 14 14 14 12 8 8 8 7 7 9 7 9 9 8 8 6 7Penn State NR NR NR NR 18 15 10 7 6 7 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 9 8 7 10 10 11 10 10 8 8Wisconsin NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Pairwise Michigan 22 28 2 3 6 11 3 12 10 11 10 8 8 8 7 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3Michigan State 22 12 26 12 21 16 10 11 7 9 8 13 13 12 13 16 14 14 18 19 16 16 16 Minnesota 3 7 1 15 17 9 12 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Notre Dame 22 30 36 16 19 24 20 20 19 16 16 14 15 18 15 14 17 15 14 13 18 17 17 Ohio State 3 2 10 7 9 10 17 16 18 13 12 9 6 6 7 8 8 9 8 9 10 8 8 Penn State 22 39 4 4 3 4 4 5 1 5 5 4 4 3 3 6 5 6 7 8 8 8 8Wisconsin 22 36 49 34 43 45 37 33 30 29 37 33 32 34 32 33 39 36 32 32 35 37 37 Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.
Conference tournament
Awards NCAA
Award RecipientHobey Baker Award Adam Fantilli, MichiganSpencer Penrose Award Bob Motzko, MinnesotaTim Taylor Award Adam Fantilli, Michigan Player Position TeamBrock Faber DMinnesotaLuke Hughes DMichiganLogan Cooley FMinnesotaAdam Fantilli FMichiganMatthew Knies FMinnesotaRyan Bischel GNotre Dame
NCAA tournament Player Pos Team Luke Mittelstadt D Minnesota Logan Cooley F Minnesota
Big Ten Award Recipient Player of the Year Matthew Knies, MinnesotaDefensive Player of the Year Brock Faber, MinnesotaGoaltender of the Year Ryan Bischel, Notre DameFreshman of the Year Adam Fantilli, MichiganScoring Champion Logan Cooley, Minnesota Jimmy Snuggerud, MinnesotaCoach of the Year Bob Motzko, MinnesotaTournament Most Outstanding Player Adam Fantilli, Michigan First Team Position Second TeamRyan Bischel, Notre Dame GJusten Close, MinnesotaBrock Faber, Minnesota DJackson LaCombe, MinnesotaLuke Hughes, Michigan DMason Lohrei, Ohio StateLogan Cooley, Minnesota FMackie Samoskevich, MichiganAdam Fantilli, Michigan FJimmy Snuggerud, MinnesotaMatthew Knies, Minnesota FJake Wise, Ohio State Freshman Team Position Seamus Casey, Michigan DLuke Mittelstadt, Minnesota DLogan Cooley, Minnesota FAdam Fantilli, Michigan FJimmy Snuggerud, Minnesota F
Conference tournament Adam Fantilli Michigan Player Pos Team Justen Close G Minnesota Seamus Casey D Michigan Luke Hughes D Michigan Logan Cooley F Minnesota Adam Fantilli F Michigan Rutger McGroarty F Michigan
2023 NHL entry draft
1 3 Adam Fantilli Michigan Columbus Blue Jackets 1 19 Oliver Moore † Minnesota Chicago Blackhawks 1 21 Charlie Stramel Wisconsin Minnesota Wild 2 34 Gavin Brindley Michigan Columbus Blue Jackets 2 41 Trey Augustine † Michigan State Detroit Red Wings 2 45 Maxim Strbak † Michigan State Buffalo Sabres 2 47 Brady Cleveland † Wisconsin Detroit Red Wings 2 49 Danny Nelson † Notre Dame New York Islanders 3 66 William Whitelaw † Wisconsin Columbus Blue Jackets 4 103 Cole Knuble † Notre Dame Philadelphia Flyers 5 137 Jack Phelan † Wisconsin Detroit Red Wings 5 138 Paul Fischer † Notre Dame St. Louis Blues 6 177 Zach Schulz † Wisconsin New York Islanders 7 197 Luke Mittelstadt Minnesota Montreal Canadiens 7 213 James Clark † Minnesota Minnesota Wild 7 218 Aiden Fink † Penn State Nashville Predators † incoming freshman
References
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