2023–24 Big Ten Conference ice hockey season

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2023–24 Big Ten Conference
ice hockey season
Season2023–24
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
DivisionDivision I
Sportice hockey
DurationOctober 7, 2023–
March 23, 2024
Number of teams7
Regular Season
Season championsMichigan State
Season MVPGavin Brindley
Top scorerGavin Brindley
Big Ten Tournament
Tournament championsMichigan State
  Runners-upMichigan
Tournament MVPTrey Augustine
Top scorerSeamus Casey
Rutger McGroarty
NCAA Tournament
Bids4
Team(s)Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Big Ten Conference ice hockey seasons
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The 2023–24 Big Ten Conference ice hockey season will be the 34th season of play for the Big Ten Conference's men's ice hockey division and will take place during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The regular season is set to begin on October 7, 2023 and conclude on March 7, 2024.

Head coaches[edit]

Coaching changes[edit]

Wisconsin[edit]

On March 6, 2023, Wisconsin announced that Tony Granato was fired after seven season.[1][2] On March 30, 2023, Mike Hastings was named as the new head coach for the Badgers.[3][4]

Records[edit]

Team Head coach Season at school Record at school Big Ten record
Michigan Brandon Naurato 2 26–12–3 12–10–2
Michigan State Adam Nightingale 2 18–18–2 10–12–2
Minnesota Bob Motzko 6 113–60–12 73–34–11
Notre Dame Jeff Jackson 19 392–247–71 76–53–13
Ohio State Steve Rohlik 11 183–143–39 90–87–20
Penn State Guy Gadowsky 13 181–154–25 88–103–16
Wisconsin Mike Hastings 1 0–0–0 0–0–0

Standings[edit]

2023–24 Big Ten ice hockey Standings
Conference record Overall record
GP W L T OTW OTL 3/SW PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#4 Michigan State †* 24 16 6 2 0 1 1 52 92 69 38 25 10 3 147 117
#9 Wisconsin 24 16 7 1 2 2 1 50 81 57 40 26 12 2 128 81
#7 Minnesota 24 13 7 4 3 1 0 41 80 65 38 23 10 5 132 94
#10 Michigan 24 11 11 2 1 1 1 36 85 77 41 23 15 3 169 125
Notre Dame 24 9 13 2 0 1 1 31 66 62 36 15 19 2 101 98
Penn State 24 7 14 3 0 1 2 27 62 92 36 15 18 3 113 130
Ohio State 24 4 18 2 1 0 2 15 50 94 38 14 20 4 100 124
Championship: March 23, 2024
† indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated April 11, 2024

Non-Conference record[edit]

The Big Ten continued to outperform the other conferences. Every single league member had a winning nonconference record with the lowest (Michigan State) being .650. Only Hockey East had a winning record against the Big Ten but that was dwarfed by the overwhelming totals against four other leagues.

Regular season record[edit]

Team Atlantic Hockey CCHA ECAC Hockey Hockey East Independent NCHC Total
Michigan 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 2–2–0 4–0–0 1–0–1 7–2–1
Michigan State 3–1–0 3–0–1 0–0–0 0–2–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 6–3–1
Minnesota 2–0–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 3–2–1 7–2–1
Notre Dame 2–1–0 2–0–0 1–1–0 1–2–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 6–4–0
Ohio State 2–0–0 2–0–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–1 1–0–1 8–0–2
Penn State 2–1–0 0–0–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 4–1–0 0–0–0 8–2–0
Wisconsin 1–0–0 5–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 0–1–0 8–2–0
Overall 12–3–0 14–0–1 5–1–0 4–6–0 10–2–1 5–3–3 50–15–5

Statistics[edit]

Leading scorers[edit]

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes[5]

Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM
Gavin Brindley Sophomore Michigan 23 12 17 29 16
Rutger McGroarty Sophomore Michigan 21 10 17 27 6
Dylan Duke Junior Michigan 24 14 12 26 16
Rhett Pitlick Junior Minnesota 23 14 10 24 6
Bryce Brodzinski Graduate Minnesota 23 9 15 24 14
Artyom Levshunov Freshman Michigan State 24 6 18 24 34
Frank Nazar Sophomore Michigan 24 9 13 22 10
Cruz Lucius Sophomore Wisconsin 20 7 15 22 4
Isaac Howard Sophomore Michigan State 24 7 15 22 6
T. J. Hughes Sophomore Michigan 24 7 14 21 27
Karsen Dorwart Sophomore Michigan State 24 8 13 21 28

Leading goaltenders[edit]

Minimum 1/3 of team's minutes played in conference games.
GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average[6]

Player Class Team GP Min W L T GA SO SV% GAA
Kyle McLellan Senior Wisconsin 23 1354:23 15 7 1 52 2 .923 2.30
Ryan Bischel Graduate Notre Dame 24 1434:34 9 13 2 59 1 .931 2.47
Justen Close Senior Minnesota 24 1391:47 13 6 4 58 2 .920 2.50
Trey Augustine Freshman Michigan State 24 1448:22 16 6 2 66 3 .922 2.73
Jake Barczewski Graduate Michigan 23 1340:54 10 11 2 64 1 .911 2.86

Ranking[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings

USCHO[edit]

Team Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Final
Michigan 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Michigan State 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Minnesota 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Notre Dame 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ohio State 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Penn State 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Wisconsin NR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1 and 13.[7]

USA Today[edit]

Team Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Final
Michigan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Michigan State - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Minnesota - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Notre Dame - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ohio State - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Penn State - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Wisconsin - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[8]

Pairwise[edit]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Final
Michigan 25 21 12 14 15 19 23 16 15 15 15 14 14 14 12 11 15 16 14 13 10 10 10
Michigan State 1 5 14 25 11 13 7 9 9 7 7 8 3 7 7 7 5 3 5 5 5 5 4
Minnesota 32 36 8 27 19 12 12 12 11 13 11 14 12 9 9 9 8 9 8 7 6 8 6
Notre Dame 24 33 49 31 35 21 14 18 18 20 18 22 22 18 20 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22
Ohio State 1 4 19 20 22 34 29 24 26 26 30 27 26 30 32 35 31 29 26 34 28 28 26
Penn State 1 3 17 21 21 22 19 15 17 19 19 18 20 24 22 24 23 24 24 22 23 23 23
Wisconsin 1 9 16 1 6 3 7 10 6 6 5 2 5 4 4 5 4 6 3 6 9 9 8

Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.[9]

Conference tournament[edit]

Main article: 2024 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

Teams are reseeded for the semifinals

Quarterfinals
March 8–10[10] 		Semifinals
March 16 		Championship
March 23
           
1 Michigan State 2
7 Ohio State 1
2 Wisconsin 1 4 1
7 Ohio State 3 2 3
1 Michigan State 5*
4 Michigan 4
3 Minnesota 5 3 —
6 Penn State 1 2 —
3 Minnesota 1
4 Michigan 2
4 Michigan 5 4 —
5 Notre Dame 4 3 —

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Awards[edit]

Big Ten[edit]

Award Recipient [11]
Player of the Year Gavin Brindley, Michigan
Defensive Player of the Year Artyom Levshunov, Michigan State
Goaltender of the Year Kyle McClellan, Wisconsin
Freshman of the Year Artyom Levshunov, Michigan State
Scoring Champion Gavin Brindley, Michigan
Coach of the Year Adam Nightingale, Michigan State
Tournament Most Outstanding Player
All-Big Ten Teams[11]
First Team   Position   Second Team
Kyle McClellan, Wisconsin G Trey Augustine, Michigan State
Seamus Casey, Michigan D Scooter Brickey, Ohio State
Artyom Levshunov, Michigan State D Ryan Chesley, Minnesota
D Sam Rinzel, Minnesota
Gavin Brindley, Michigan F Dylan Duke, Michigan
Rutger McGroarty, Michigan F Rhett Pitlick, Minnesota
Jimmy Snuggerud, Minnesota F Landon Slaggert, Notre Dame
Freshman Team   Position  
Trey Augustine, Michigan State G
Artyom Levshunov, Michigan State D
Sam Rinzel, Minnesota D
Aiden Fink, Penn State F
Oliver Moore, Minnesota F
Garrett Schifsky, Michigan F

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Wisconsin fires Tony Granato as Badgers men's hockey coach". ESPN.com. March 6, 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  2. ^ Stewart, Mark (March 7, 2023). "Tony Granato fired as Wisconsin men's hockey coach. AD Chris McIntosh wants program consistently at championship level". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  3. ^ "Wisconsin names Mike Hastings as new men's hockey coach". ESPN.com. March 30, 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  4. ^ Stewart, Mark (March 30, 2023). "New Wisconsin men's hockey coach Mike Hastings brings a 'virtually unmatched' record to Badgers". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  5. ^ "2023-2024 Men's Ice Hockey Conference Statistics". Big Ten. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  6. ^ "2023-2024 Men's Ice Hockey Conference Goaltending Statistics". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  7. ^ "USCHO Division I Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  8. ^ "USA Today Men's Poll". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  9. ^ "Men's Division I PairWise Rankings". USCHO.com. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  10. ^ "Bracket Announced for 2024 Big Ten Hockey Tournament". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 2, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Big Ten Conference Announces Hockey Postseason Awards". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2024.

External links[edit]

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