The 2026 Big Ten Conference men's ice hockey tournament was the twelfth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 11 and March 21, 2025, on-campus locations. As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament.
Format As announced in 2025, the tournament featured a new format with single-elimination quarterfinals, for which all games would take place on the campus of the higher-seeded team, which would have the #2, #3, and #4 seed host while the top-seeded seed had a bye the single-elimination semifinals. The second, third and fourth-seeded teams would each host a series. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals would host the championship game.
Conference standings
Bracket
Note: * denotes overtime periods.
Results Quarterfinals (2) Michigan vs. (7) Notre Dame
(3) Penn State vs. (6) Minnesota
(4) Wisconsin vs. (5) Ohio State
Semifinals (1) Michigan State vs. (5) Ohio State
(2) Michigan vs. (3) Penn State
Championship (2) Michigan vs. (5) Ohio State
Tournament awards All-Tournament Team G: Jack Ivankovic (Michigan) D: Luca Fantilli (Michigan) D: William Smith (Ohio State) F: T. J. Hughes *(Michigan) F: Jake Karabela (Ohio State) F: Jayden Perron (Michigan) * Most Outstanding Player
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