2025 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

{{Short description|American college hockey tournament}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox NCAA Ice Hockey Conference Tournament

| Year = 2025

| Conference = Big Ten

| Gender = Men's

| Image =

| ImageSize =

| Caption =

| Dates = March 7–22, 2024

| Teams = 7

| FinalArena = Munn Ice Arena

| FinalCity = East Lansing, Michigan

| Champions = Michigan State

| TitleCount = 2nd

| Coach = Adam Nightingale

| CoachCount = 2nd

| MVP = Isaac Howard

| MVPTeam = Michigan State

| prevseason_year = 2024

| prevseason_link = 2024 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

| nextseason_year = 2026

| nextseason_link = 2026 Big Ten nen's ice hockey tournament

}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://bigten.org/mhky/article/blt5cc9e51da4285d78/ |title=2025 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament |website=BigTen.org |publisher=Big Ten Conference |date=March 2, 2025 |access-date=March 2, 2025}}

Conference standings

{{2024–25 Big Ten Hockey standings}}

Bracket

Teams were reseeded for the semifinals

{{7TeamBracket

| sets = 3/1

| RD1-RD2-path=0

| RD1=Quarterfinals
March 7–9{{cite web|url=https://bigten.org/mhky/article/blt02517e0e42a4b88a/ |title=Bracket Announced for 2025 Big Ten Hockey Tournament |website=BigTen.org |publisher=Big Ten Conference |date=March 2, 2025 |access-date=March 2, 2025}}

| RD2=Semifinals
March 15

| RD3=Championship
March 22

| RD1-seed1=2

| RD1-team1=Minnesota

| RD1-score1-1=2

| RD1-score1-2=4

| RD1-score1-3=1

| RD1-seed2=7

| RD1-team2=Notre Dame

| RD1-score2-1=3

| RD1-score2-2=2

| RD1-score2-3=4

| RD1-seed3=3

| RD1-team3=Ohio State

| RD1-score3-1=1

| RD1-score3-2=3*

| RD1-score3-3=3

| RD1-seed4=6

| RD1-team4=Wisconsin

| RD1-score4-1=4

| RD1-score4-2=2

| RD1-score4-3=2

| RD1-seed5=4

| RD1-team5=Michigan

| RD1-score5-1=5

| RD1-score5-2=2

| RD1-score5-3=—

| RD1-seed6=5

| RD1-team6=Penn State

| RD1-score6-1=6*

| RD1-score6-2=5

| RD1-score6-3=—

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team1=Michigan State

| RD2-score1=1

| RD2-seed2=7

| RD2-team2=Notre Dame

| RD2-score2=0

| RD2-seed3=3

| RD2-team3=Ohio State

| RD2-score3=4*

| RD2-seed4=5

| RD2-team4=Penn State

| RD2-score4=3

| RD3-seed1=1

| RD3-team1=Michigan State

| RD3-score1=4**

| RD3-seed2=3

| RD3-team2=Ohio State

| RD3-score2=3

}}

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Results

=Quarterfinals=

==(2) Minnesota vs. (7) Notre Dame ==

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = Minnesota

|team2 = Notre Dame

|stadium1 = 3M Arena at Mariucci

|homeright=yes

|home1 = 1

|date1 = March 7

|score1 = 3 – 2

|recap1 = www.fightingirish.com/jackson-gets-600th-win-irish-victorious-in-game-one-at-3-3-minnesota/

|won1 = 2

|1-1-1 = 19:54 – ppMatthew Wood(Sam Rinzel, Jimmy Snuggerud)

|1-1-2 = Axel Kumlin – (Cole Knuble) – 1:30
Michael Mastrodomenico – (Carter Slaggert, Ian Murphy) – 15:07

|1-2-2 = Brennan Ali – (Unassisted) – 1:18

|1-3-1 = 8:16 – Sam Rinzel – (Mason Nevers, Jimmy Snuggerud)

|goalie1-1 = Liam Souliere (8 saves / 11 shots)
Nathan Airey (13 saves / 13 shots)

|goalie1-2 = Owen Say (30 saves / 32 shots)

|home2 = 1

|date2 = March 8

|score2 = 2 – 4

|recap2 = www.gophersports.com/news/2025/3/8/mens-hockey-u-takes-down-notre-dame-saturday-forces-game-three

|won2 = 1

|ot2 =

|2-1-1 = No scoring

|2-2-1 = 12:30 – ppOliver Moore(Brodie Ziemer, Jimmy Snuggerud)

|2-2-2 = Hunter Strand – (Jack Larrigan, Paul Fischer) – 2:40

|2-3-1 = 4:16 – Connor Kurth – (Jimmy Clark)
7:18 – Matthew Wood(Connor Kurth, Ryan Chesley)
19:31 – Brodie Ziemer – (Jimmy Snuggerud, Sam Rinzel)

|2-3-2 = Henry Nelson – (Carter Slaggert, Hunter Strand) – 9:42

|goalie2-1 = Nathan Airey (21 saves / 23 shots)

|goalie2-2 = Owen Say (31 saves / 35 shots)

|home3 = 1

|date3 = March 9

|score3 = 4 – 1

|recap3 = www.fightingirish.com/irish-advance-with-win-at-3-3-minnesota/

|won3 = 2

|ot3 =

|3-1-1 = No scoring

|3-1-2 = Jayden Davis – (Jack Larrigan, Zach Plucinski) – 17:25

|3-2-2 = Grant Silianoff – (Blake Biondi, Axel Kumlin) – 3:44

|3-3-1 = 8:07 – ppMatthew Wood(Sam Rinzel, Oliver Moore)

|3-3-2 = Cole Knuble – (Justin Janicke, Michael Mastrodomenico) – 12:09
Hunter Strand – (Carter Slaggert)en – 17:40

|goalie3-1 = Nathan Airey (17 saves / 21 shots)

|goalie3-2 = Owen Say (38 saves / 39 shots)

|series = Notre Dame won series 2–1}}

==(3) Ohio State vs. (6) Wisconsin==

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = Ohio State

|team2 = Wisconsin

|stadium1 = Nationwide Arena

|homeright=yes

|home1 = 1

|date1 = March 7

|score1 = 4 – 1

|recap1 = www.uwbadgers.com/news/2025/3/7/mens-hockey-wisconsin-charges-past-osu-4-1.aspx

|won1 = 2

|1-1-1 = No scoring

|1-1-2 = Ryland Mosley – (Quinn Finley) – 18:51

|1-2-2 = Owen Mehlenbacher – (Adam Pietila, Tyon Dyck) – 3:04
Simon Tassy – (Zach Schulz, Christian Fitzgerald) – 9:09

|1-3-1 = 4:19 – Brent Johnson – (Thomas Weis)

|1-3-2 = Kyle Kukkonen – (Christian Fitzgerald) – 18:14

|goalie1-1 = Logan Terness (30 saves / 34 shots)

|goalie1-2 = Tommy Scarfone (28 saves / 29 shots)

|home2 = 1

|date2 = March 8

|score2 = 2 – 3

|recap2 = www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/news/2025/3/9/mens-ice-hockey-no-9-10-buckeyes-down-badgers-move-on-to-b1g-semifinals

|won2 = 1

|ot2 = 1

|2-1-1 = No scoring

|2-1-2 = Joe Palodichuk – (Owen Mehlenbacher, Ben Dexheimer)pp – 16:09

|2-2-1 = 16:57 – Jake Rozzi – (Ryan Gordon, Sam Deckhut)

|2-2-2 = Kyle Kukkonen – (Cody Laskosky, Joe Palodichuk) – 16:09

|2-3-1 = 18:31 – Gunnarwolfe Fontaine(Davis Burnside, Damien Carfagna)

|2-4-1 = 7:30 – Riley Thompson – (Aiden Hansen-Bukata, Gunnarwolfe Fontaine)

|goalie2-1 = Logan Terness (31 saves / 33 shots)

|goalie2-2 = Tommy Scarfone (38 saves / 41 shots)

|home3 = 1

|date3 = March 9

|score3 = 2 – 3

|recap3 = www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/news/2025/3/9/mens-ice-hockey-no-9-10-buckeyes-down-badgers-move-on-to-b1g-semifinals

|won3 = 1

|ot3 =

|3-1-1 = 6:02 – Jake Rozzi – (Ryan Gordon)

|3-1-2 = Quinn Finley(Cody Laskosky, Gavin Morrissey)pp – 7:01

|3-3-1 = 9:37 – pp – Davis Burnside – (Gunnarwolfe Fontaine, Damien Carfagna)
12:43 – Max Montes – (Unassisted)

|3-3-2 = Ryland Mosley – (Quinn Finley, Anthony Kehrer) – 17:18

|goalie3-1 = Logan Terness (29 saves / 31 shots)

|goalie3-2 = Tommy Scarfone (25 saves / 28 shots)

|series = Ohio State won series 2–1}}

==(4) Michigan vs. (5) Penn State==

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = Michigan

|team2 = Penn State

|stadium1 = Yost Ice Arena

|homeright=yes

|home1 = 1

|date1 = March 7

|score1 = 6 – 5

|recap1 = www.gopsusports.com/news/2025/03/7/wiebushs-hat-trick-lifts-no-5-mens-hockey-past-no-4-michigan-6-5-in-ot-thriller

|won1 = 2

|ot1 = 1

|1-1-1 = 5:42 – Mark Estapa – (William Whitelaw)

|1-1-2 = Ben Schoen – (Danny Dzhaniyev, Aiden Fink) – 5:26
Matt DiMarsico – (Charlie Cerrato, JJ Wiebusch) – 8:05
Danny Dzhaniyev – (Ben Schoen, Aiden Fink) – 19:02

|1-2-1 = 13:19 – Jackson Hallum – (Tyler Duke)

|1-3-1 = 1:47 – ppWill Horcoff(T. J. Hughes, Jacob Truscott)
9:06 – Nick Moldenhauer – (Will Horcoff, Tyler Duke)
15:32 – Jackson Hallum – (Ethan Edwards, Hunter Hady)

|1-3-2 = JJ Wiebusch – (Aiden Fink, Jimmy Dowd Jr.)pp – 6:57
JJ Wiebusch – (Matt DiMarsico, Carter Schade) – 8:57

|1-4-2 = JJ Wiebusch – (Charlie Cerrato, Aiden Fink)pp – 5:00

|goalie1-1 = Logan Stein (30 saves / 36 shots)

|goalie1-2 = Arsenii Sergeev (21 saves / 26 shots)

|home2 = 1

|date2 = March 8

|score2 = 5 – 2

|recap2 = www.gopsusports.com/news/2025/03/8/fifth-seeded-mens-hockey-completes-sweep-of-no-4-michigan-with-5-2-victory

|won2 = 2

|ot2 =

|2-1-1 = 1:23 – Nick Moldenhauer – (Unassisted)

|2-1-2 = Nicholas DeGraves – (Ben Schoen, Dylan Lugris) – 1:37
Ben Schoen – (Reese Laubach, Simon Mack)pp – 18:07

|2-2-1 = 11:42 – pp – William Whitelaw – (T. J. Hughes, Michael Hage)

|2-2-2 = Carson Dyck – (Nicholas DeGraves, Dylan Lugris) – 10:45
JJ Wiebusch – (Carter Schade, Charlie Cerrato) – 17:33

|2-3-2 = Charlie Cerrato – (Unassisted)pn – 17:07

|goalie2-1 = Logan Stein (32 saves / 37 shots)

|goalie2-2 = Arsenii Sergeev (31 saves / 33 shots)

|home3 = 1

|series = Penn State won series 2–0}}

=Semifinals=

==(1) Michigan State vs. (7) Notre Dame ==

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = Michigan State

|team2 = Notre Dame

|stadium1 = Munn Ice Arena

|homeright=yes

|home1 = 1

|date1 = March 15

|score1 = 0 – 1

|recap1 = www.msuspartans.com/news/2025/3/15/mens-ice-hockey-augustine-howard-propel-msu-into-b1g-tournament-final

|won1 = 1

|1-1-1 = No scoring

|1-3-1 = 0:19 – ppIsaac Howard(Karsen Dorwart, Matt Basgall)

|goalie1-1 = Trey Augustine (18 saves / 18 shots)

|goalie1-2 = Owen Say (45 saves / 46 shots)

}}

==(3) Ohio State vs. (5) Penn State==

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = Ohio State

|team2 = Penn State

|stadium1 = Value City Arena

|homeright=yes

|home1 = 1

|date1 = March 15

|score1 = 3 – 4

|recap1 = www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/news/2025/3/16/mens-ice-hockey-no-10-buckeyes-down-penn-state-in-ot-move-on-to-b1g-title-game

|won1 = 1

|ot1 = 1

|1-1-1 = 10:37 – Gunnarwolfe Fontaine(Aiden Hansen-Bukata, Damien Carfagna)

|1-2-2 = Ben Schoen – (Dylan Lugris) – 2:08
JJ Wiebusch – (Aiden Fink, Matt DiMarsico)pp – 9:05

|1-3-1 = 9:19 – Nathan Lewis – (Max Montes, James Hong)
11:36 – Patrick Guzzo – (Jake Dunlap, Joe Dunlap)

|1-3-2 = Matt DiMarsico – (Carter Schade, Charlie Cerrato) – 14:05

|1-4-1 = 14:31 – Gunnarwolfe Fontaine – (Riley Thompson, Davis Burnside)

|goalie1-1 = Logan Terness (31 saves / 34 shots)

|goalie1-2 = Arsenii Sergeev (38 saves / 42 shots)

}}

=Championship=

==(1) Michigan State vs. (3) Ohio State==

{{NHLPlayoffs

|team1 = Michigan State

|team2 = Ohio State

|stadium1 = Munn Ice Arena

|homeright=yes

|home1 = 1

|date1 = March 22

|score1 = 3 – 4

|recap1 = www.bigten.org/mhky/article/bltb3a1d57437b1e6d9/

|won1 = 1

|ot1 = 2

|1-1-1 = 7:39 – ppKarsen Dorwart(Isaac Howard, Nicklas Andrews)
11:41 – pp – Isaac Howard – (Karsen Dorwart)

|1-1-2 = Joe Dunlap – (Damien Carfagna, Aiden Hansen-Bukata) – 17:51

|1-3-1 = 0:42 – Tanner Kelly – (Isaac Howard, David Gucciardi)

|1-3-2 = Damien Carfagna – (Joe Dunlap, Aiden Hansen-Bukata) – 12:46
Gunnarwolfe Fontaine(Riley Thompson, Aiden Hansen-Bukata) – 17:39

|1-4-1 = 15:09 – Isaac Howard – (Charlie Stramel, Daniel Russell)

|goalie1-1 = Trey Augustine (38 saves / 41 shots)

|goalie1-2 = Logan Terness (47 saves / 51 shots)

}}

Tournament awards

=[[List of Big Ten All-Tournament Teams|All-Tournament Team]]=

* Most Outstanding Player{{cite web |url=https://bigten.org/mhky/article/bltb3a1d57437b1e6d9/ |title=Michigan State Wins the Big Ten Hockey Tournament |publisher=Big Ten Conference |website=BigTen.org |date=March 23, 2025 |access-date=March 23, 2025}}

References

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