The 2025 Big Ten Conference men's ice hockey tournament was the eleventh tournament in conference history. It was played between March 7 and March 22, 2025, on-campus locations. As the tournament winner, Michigan State earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2025 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 will open with three best-of-three quarterfinal series, as the second, third and fourth-seeded teams each hosting 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
Note: * denotes overtime periods.
Results Quarterfinals (2) Minnesota vs. (7) Notre Dame
(3) Ohio State vs. (6) Wisconsin
(4) Michigan vs. (5) Penn State
Semifinals (1) Michigan State vs. (7) Notre Dame
(3) Ohio State vs. (5) Penn State
Championship (1) Michigan State vs. (3) Ohio State
Tournament awards All-Tournament Team G: Trey Augustine (Michigan State) D: Matt Basgall (Michigan State) D: Damien Carfagna (Ohio State) F: Gunnarwolfe Fontaine (Ohio State) F: Isaac Howard *(Michigan State) F: JJ Wiebusch (Penn State) * Most Outstanding Player
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