Dates March 17–19, 2016 | Teams 6 | |
Finals site Xcel Energy Center
Saint Paul, Minnesota | ||
The 2016 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was played between March 17 and March 19, 2016 at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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Format
All six Big Ten teams participated in the tournament, which was a single-elimination format. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 6 according to the final regular season conference standings. In the quarterfinals, No. 3 played No. 6 and No. 4 played No. 5. In the semifinals, No. 2 played the winner of the first game and No. 1 played the winner of the second game (the teams are not reseeded). The two semifinal winners played each other in the Championship Game.
Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against
Bracket
Note: * denotes overtime periods.
Quarterfinals
All times are local (CT) (UTC−5).