2025–26 Big Ten Conference ice hockey season

The 2025–26 Big Ten men's ice hockey season will be the 36th season of play for the Big Ten Conference's men's ice hockey division and will take place during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season will begin on October 3, 2025, and the conference tournament is set to concluded on March 21, 2026.

Head coaches After Jeff Jackson retired, Notre Dame promoted Brock Sheahan to fill the post.

Records Team Head coach Season at school Record at school Big Ten recordMichigan 4 67–42–9 35–31–6Michigan State 4 69–35–9 41–23–8Minnesota 8 161–82–21 101–47–18Notre Dame 1 0–0–0 0–0–0Ohio State 13 221–177–45 108–114–23Penn State 15 231–200–32 104–128–23Wisconsin 3 39–33–5 23–23–2

Preseason Head coaches were polled prior to the season and asked to both rank member programs as well as vote for all-conference teams.

Preseason Big Ten poll Rank Team1 Michigan State2 Penn State3 Minnesota4 Michigan5 Wisconsin6 Ohio State7 Notre Dame

Preseason All-Big Ten First Team Position Second TeamTrey Augustine, Michigan State GKristoffer Eberly, Ohio StateMac Gadowsky, Penn State DPaul Fischer, Notre DameMatt Basgall, Michigan State DLuke Mittelstadt, MinnesotaCole Knuble, Notre Dame FMichael Hage, MichiganAiden Fink, Penn State FT. J. Hughes, MichiganQuinn Finley, Wisconsin FGavin McKenna, Penn State

Standings

Non-Conference record The Big Ten finished the year with an outstanding non-conference record, with the conference as a whole having winning records against every other conference except the NCHC.

Regular season record Team TotalMichigan 4–0–0 0–0–0 2–0–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 9–1–0Michigan State 0–0–0 4–0–0 2–0–0 3–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 9–1–0Minnesota 0–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–1–1 1–1–0 2–3–0 4–6–1Notre Dame 1–0–1 0–0–2 2–1–0 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–3–0 4–5–3Ohio State 1–1–0 2–1–1 0–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–2–0 4–5–1Penn State 1–1–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0 4–0–0 2–0–0 8–2–0Wisconsin 0–0–0 1–0–2 0–0–0 0–0–0 6–0–0 0–1–0 7–1–2Overall 7–2–1 8–2–5 7–2–0 7–4–1 11–1–0 5–10–0 45–21–7

Conference tournament

NCAA tournament

Ranking

USCHO Michigan 12 9 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 –Michigan State 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 2 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 –Minnesota 8 12 13 12 19 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR –Notre Dame 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 – Ohio State 16 16 16 14 17 19 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 19 NR –Penn State 5 4 6 5 4 3 5 5 9 9 9 9 8 9 8 8 5 6 6 6 5 6 10 10 10 –Wisconsin 20 18 17 17 14 10 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 5 8 13 13 13 12 11 10 12 12 – Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 12 or 26.

USA Hockey Michigan 12 7 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 –Michigan State 3 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 5 –Minnesota 7 12 14 12 18 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR –Notre Dame 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 –Ohio State 17 16 15 15 17 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 19 NR NR –Penn State 5 4 6 5 4 3 5 5 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 5 6 7 6 5 6 10 11 9 11 –Wisconsin 19 18 17 16 14 9 7 8 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 5 7 11 12 14 13 11 11 12 12 4 – Note: USA Hockey did not release a poll in week 12.

NPI Michigan – – 5 – – 6 6 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 – Michigan State – – 10 – – 11 8 13 10 7 5 5 6 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 – Minnesota – – 31 – – 40 41 42 36 27 28 32 36 37 41 32 38 41 34 37 38 39 38 – Notre Dame – – 42 – – 54 55 56 54 52 53 53 52 53 54 52 53 52 53 53 52 51 51 – Ohio State – – 12 – – 41 14 25 24 30 30 33 31 33 32 34 29 27 29 23 23 19 19 – Penn State – – 13 – – 8 7 11 9 8 8 8 8 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 11 10 11 – Wisconsin – – 1 – – 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 7 10 14 15 15 13 12 12 12 7 – Note: Teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.

Awards Big Ten Award Recipient Player of the Year T. J. Hughes, MichiganDefensive Player of the Year Matt Basgall, Michigan StateGoaltender of the Year Trey Augustine, Michigan StateFreshman of the Year Gavin McKenna, Penn StateScoring Champion Gavin McKenna, Penn StateCoach of the Year Adam Nightingale, Michigan StateTournament Most Outstanding Player T. J. Hughes, Michigan First Team   Position   Second Team Trey Augustine, Michigan State G Jack Ivankovic, Michigan Matt Basgall, Michigan State D Tyler Duke, Michigan Ben Dexheimer, Wisconsin D Jackson Smith, Penn State T. J. Hughes, Michigan F Michael Hage, Michigan Porter Martone, Michigan State F Brodie Ziemer, Minnesota Charlie Stramel, Michigan State F Gavin McKenna, Penn State Freshman Team   Position   Jack Ivankovic, Michigan G Jackson Smith, Penn State D Luke Osburn, Wisconsin D Porter Martone, Michigan State F Jake Karabela, Ohio State F Gavin McKenna, Penn State F

References

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