2016-17 Big Ten Hockey Tournament Release - March 14, 2017
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2016-17 BIG TEN HOCKEY TOURNAMENT RELEASE - MARCH 14, 2017 Primary Contact: Adam Augustine, Director, Communications • Office: 847-696-1010 ext. 151 • E-mail: [email protected] • Cell: 608-215-4391 • Twitter: @B1GHockey Secondary Contact: Megan Rowley, Bob Hammel Communications Intern • Office: 847-696-1010 ext. 129 • E-mail: [email protected] 2016-17 STANDINGS Conference Games All Games Last PTS GP W - L - T SOW PCT GF GA GP W - L - T PCT GF GA 10 1. Minnesota^ 43 20 14 5 1 0 .725 79 58 36 23 10 3 .681 136 97 6-3-1 2. Wisconsin 36 20 12 8 0 0 .600 72 66 34 19 14 1 .574 119 115 4-6-0 3. Ohio State 35 20 11 8 1 1 .575 76 62 36 20 10 6 .639 144 105 7-3-0 4. Penn State 31 20 10 9 1 0 .525 71 63 34 21 11 2 .647 137 94 5-5-0 5. Michigan 22 20 6 12 2 2 .350 53 75 34 13 18 3 .426 91 107 4-5-1 BIG TEN TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE 6. Michigan State 13 20 3 14 3 1 .225 47 74 34 7 23 4 .265 81 128 2-6-2 THURSDAY, MARCH 16 #3 OHIO STATE vs. #6 MICHIGAN STATE 4:30 p.m. ^ Big Ten Champion BTN BIG TEN. BIG NEWS. #4 PENN STATE vs. #5 MICHIGAN 8 p.m. BTN • The 2017 Big Ten Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament will open Thursday at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Mich. Thursday will feature a pair of quarterfinals leading into Friday’s semifinals. The FRIDAY, MARCH 17 championship game is slated for 8 p.m. ET on Saturday. Single-session tickets are still on sale for #2 WISCONSIN vs. OHIO STATE/MICHIGAN STATE 4:30 p.m. the tournament. Tickets can be purchased at the Joe Louis Arena Box Office, all Ticketmaster BTN outlets, by phone at 800-745-3000 and online at www.OlympiaEntertainment.com. #1 MINNESOTA vs. PENN STATE/MICHIGAN 8 p.m. BTN • As the top two seeds in the tournament, Minnesota and Wisconsin each secured byes to the semifinal round. Friday’s semifinals open with second-seeded Wisconsin battling the winner of SATURDAY, MARCH 18 Thursday’s Ohio State-Michigan State game. Friday’s second semifinal will feature top-seeded Championship Game 8 p.m. Minnesota facing the victor of Thursday’s Penn State-Michigan contest. BTN • Minnesota claimed its fourth consecutive Big Ten Championship and enters the tournament All times are ET as the No. 1 seed. The Gophers led the conference with 43 points this season and a conference All games at Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Mich. record of 14-5-1-0. Minnesota clinched the outright conference crown with a 4-0 win against Michigan State last Friday. LAST WEEK’S RESULTS • The Big Ten Conference announced the hockey All-Big Ten teams and individual award winners FRIDAY, MARCH 10 on Monday as selected by the conference’s coaches and a media panel. Minnesota’s Tyler Sheehy MICHIGAN def. #11/11 PENN STATE, 3-2 was named Big Ten Player of the Year, while also earning Co-Scoring Champion honors with Ohio #5/5 MINNESOTA def. MICHIGAN STATE, 4-0 State’s Mason Jobst. Minnesota’s Eric Schierhorn was named the Goaltender of the Year for the #15/15 OHIO STATE def. #16/- WISCONSIN, 5-1 second consecutive season, while teammate Jake Bischoff was tabbed the Defensive Player of the Year, which is awarded to a defenseman or forward. Wisconsin’s Trent Frederic collected Fresh- SATURDAY, MARCH 11 man of the Year laurels, while Badger head coach Tony Granato was selected as the Coach of the MICHIGAN def. #11/11 PENN STATE, 4-0 Year. The complete All-Big Ten teams can be found on page three. MICHIGAN STATE tied #5/5 MINNESOTA, 1-1 (OT) #15/15 OHIO STATE def. #16/- WISCONSIN, 3-1 • Over the last three years, Ohio State is the only school to have won at least one game in the Rankings: USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Big Ten Tournament each season. The Buckeyes have won four Big Ten Tournament games over the last three seasons, tied with Michigan for the most of any school. FOLLOW THE BIG TEN • With four points last weekend against Wisconsin, Ohio State sophomore forward Mason Jobst The Big Ten hockey page on bigten.org will feature earned a share of the conference scoring title. Both Jobst and Minnesota sophomore forward schedules, statistics, standings and more. You can also Tyler Sheehy registered 34 points in conference play for an average of 1.70 points per game. keep track of Big Ten hockey in real-time by following the Sheehy led the conference with 14 goals, while Jobst paced all Big Ten players with 21 assists. conference on Twitter @B1GHockey and @BigTen or by becoming a fan of the Big Ten Conference on Facebook • Three Big Ten teams have reached 20 overall wins for the season, marking the second consec- and receive exclusive updates. utive year that three conference squads have amassed that many victories. Ohio State swept Wisconsin last weekend to reach the 20-win plateau, joining Minnesota and Penn State. facebook.com/BigTenConference • Four of the top eight offenses in the country reside in the Big Ten, including three of the top twitter.com/B1GHockey five. Penn State is second in the nation with 4.03 goals per game, followed by Ohio State in third at 4.00 goals per contest. Minnesota is fifth with 3.78 goals per outing, while Wisconsin is instagram.com/bigtenconf eighth with 3.50 goals per game. BIG LIFE. BIG STAGE. BIG TEN. The Big Ten will administer over $200 million in direct financial support to more than 9,500 students competing in intercollegiate athletics for more than 11,000 participation opportunities on 350 teams in 42 different sports. BIG TEN HOCKEY WEEKLY RELEASE 2 BIG TEN IN THE POLLS BIG TEN HOCKEY THREE STARS USCHO.com Division I Poll - March 13, 2017 USA Today/USA Hockey Division I Poll - March 13, 2017 First Star Zach Nagelvoort, Michigan Last Last G – Sr. – Holland, Mich. Rank School (Votes) Record Points Poll Rank School (Votes) Record Points Poll 1 Denver (48) 28-6-4 998 1 1. Denver (33) 28-6-4 509 1 • Recorded a season-high 46 saves to shut 2 Harvard (2) 24-5-2 936 2 2. Harvard (1) 24-5-2 466 2 out nationally ranked Penn State, 4-0, on 3 Minnesota-Duluth 23-6-7 915 3 3. Minnesota Duluth 23-6-7 452 3 Saturday 4 Massachusetts-Lowell 24-10-3 798 4 4. MINNESOTA 23-10-3 375 5 • Earned his fifth career shutout and the sec- 5 MINNESOTA 23-10-3 776 5 5. UMass Lowell 24-10-3 359 4 ond in his last three starts 6 Union 25-8-3 752 6 6. Union College 25-8-3 332 7 • Stopped at least 10 shots in each period, 7 Boston University 23-10-3 714 8 7. Boston University 23-10-3 322 6 including 22 in the middle stanza 8 Western Michigan 22-10-5 701 7 8. Western Michigan 22-10-5 303 8 • Claims his eighth career weekly award and 9 Cornell 20-7-5 577 9 9. Notre Dame 21-10-5 221 12 10 Notre Dame 21-10-5 566 12 10. Cornell 20-7-5 215 9 second of the season 11 North Dakota 20-14-3 471 14 11. North Dakota 20-14-3 150 13 • Last Michigan honoree: Zach Nagelvoort 12 Providence 22-11-5 423 10 12. Providence 22-11-5 121 10 (First Star) on Feb. 28, 2017 13 OHIO STATE 20-10-6 390 15 13. OHIO STATE 20-10-6 110 15 14 Boston College 20-14-4 339 17 14. PENN STATE 21-11-2 79 11 Second Star 15 PENN STATE 21-11-2 331 11 15. Boston College 20-14-4 40 -- Mason Jobst, Ohio State 16 Vermont 20-13-5 229 13 F – So. – Speedway, Ind. 17 Air Force 24-9-5 181 18 • Led the Big Ten with four points last week- 18 WISCONSIN 19-14-1 173 16 Receiving Votes: United States Air Force Academy, 19 Quinnipiac 23-14-2 111 NR 16; University of Vermont, 7; Quinnipiac University, 3. end, guiding the Buckeyes to a pair of wins at 20 Canisius 21-10-7 51 NR nationally ranked Wisconsin • Tallied a goal and an assist in each contest Receiving Votes: Michigan Tech 27, Omaha 21, St. • Earned a share of the Big Ten scoring title Lawrence 11, Bowling Green 5, Bemidji State 2, St. with 34 points in conference play and be- Cloud State 2. came the first Buckeye to eclipse 50 points in a season since R.J. Umberger did so in BIG TEN IN THE POLLS 2002-03 MICH MSU MINN OSU PSU WIS • Claims his fourth career weekly award and PRE 11/12 rv/- 13/11 rv/rv rv/rv rv/rv third of the season 10/10 13/13 -/- 9/8 19/15 rv/- rv/- • Last Ohio State honoree: Mason Jobst (First 10/17 11/12 -/- 7/7 19/rv rv/rv rv/- Star) on March 7, 2017 10/24 11/11 -/- 12/12 15/14 19/rv rv/- 10/31 17/rv -/- 13/13 11/11 14/15 rv/rv Third Star 11/7 18/rv -/- 8/7 14/14 12/12 rv/- 11/14 16/rv -/- 7/7 14/13 10/11 rv/- Eric Schierhorn, Minnesota 11/21 16/rv -/- 11/8 13/13 8/10 rv/- G – So.