The 2021–22 Big Ten Conference ice hockey season was the 32nd season of play for the Big Ten Conference's men's ice hockey division and will take place during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The regular season is set to begin on October 2, 2021, and conclude on February 26, 2022. The conference tournament is scheduled to begin in early March, 2022.

Coaches

Records Team Head coach Season at school Record at school Big Ten recordMichigan 5 68–55–15 41–39–10Michigan State 5 46–78–11 30–55–9Minnesota 4 58–37–11 36–24–10Notre Dame 17 348–219–66 49–36–9Ohio State 9 140–114–34 66–67–17Penn State 11 155–132–23 72–83–14Wisconsin 6 82–82–13 53–52–11

Standings

Non-Conference record Of the sixteen teams that are selected to participate in the NCAA tournament, ten will be via at-large bids. Those 10 teams are determined based upon the PairWise rankings. The rankings take into account all games played but are heavily affected by intra-conference results. The result is that teams from leagues which perform better in non-conference are much more likely to receive at-large bids even if they possess inferior records overall.

As a conference, the Big Ten had a tremendous non-conference season. Only one of the seven league members (Wisconsin) had a losing record in non-league games. Four teams had at least an 80% winning percentage. On the whole, only one conference possessed a winning record against the Big Ten (NCHC), however, they did so by only one victory.

Regular season record Team TotalMichigan 2–0–0 3–0–1 0–0–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 2–1–0 9–1–1Michigan State 1–1–0 3–0–0 0–0–0 0–1–1 0–0–0 2–1–0 6–3–1Minnesota 2–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 2–4–0 5–5–0Notre Dame 4–2–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 1–0–0 1–0–0 0–0–0 8–2–0Ohio State 2–2–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 2–0–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 8–2–0Penn State 3–1–0 2–0–0 1–0–0 0–0–0 2–0–0 1–0–0 9–1–0Wisconsin 2–0–0 0–2–0 1–1–1 0–0–1 0–0–0 0–2–0 3–5–1Overall 16–6–0 12–2–1 2–1–1 5–1–2 6–1–0 7–8–0 48–19–4

Statistics

Leading scorers GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM Sophomore 20 13 14 27 10 Junior 19 13 11 24 4 Freshman 24 13 9 22 10 Junior 24 1 21 22 6 Freshman 18 6 14 20 4 Freshman 23 11 9 20 8 Freshman 24 5 14 19 6 Senior 24 7 12 19 0 Sophomore 16 2 16 18 4 Sophomore 22 7 11 18 14

Leading goaltenders 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 Player Class Team GP Min W L T GA SO SV% GAA Junior 15 750 10 2 0 21 2 .938 1.68 Graduate 14 728 9 4 0 25 1 .926 2.06 Sophomore 24 1403 16 8 0 54 2 .924 2.31 Junior 16 716 8 3 0 28 1 .921 2.34 Freshman 24 1299 13 9 2 53 1 .928 2.45

Conference tournament

Note: * denotes overtime periods. Note: * denotes overtime periods.

NCAA tournament

Regional semifinal

Midwest

Northeast

East

Regional final

Midwest

Northeast

East

National semifinal

Ranking

USCHO Michigan 3 3 3 1 2 3 2 1 4 3 3 3 6 4 3 4 3 4 2 2 5 4 4 2 3Michigan State NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NRMinnesota 4 4 4 4 7 5 6 7 11 11 10 11 9 8 11 10 8 7 5 4 2 2 2 5 4Notre Dame 18 19 17 13 14 17 15 14 8 8 8 10 13 13 13 11 13 11 12 9 7 8 9 9 8Ohio State NR NR NR NR NR NR 18 17 17 18 17 17 17 16 15 12 9 8 11 12 12 15 16 16 16Penn State NR NR NR NR NR 16 19 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NRWisconsin 11 13 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

USA Today Michigan 2 3 3 1 3 4 2 1 3 2 3 3 7 5 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 3Michigan State NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NRMinnesota 4 4 4 4 7 5 8 7 12 12 11 11 11 8 11 10 10 8 6 4 2 2 3 6 4 4Notre Dame NR NR NR 12 NR NR 15 15 8 8 8 10 13 13 14 12 12 11 11 8 7 8 9 10 8 8Ohio State NR NR NR NR NR NR 14 NR NR NR NR NR NR 15 15 11 8 7 12 12 12 15 NR NR NR NRPenn State NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NRWisconsin 12 14 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Pairwise Michigan 14 10 1 2 4 5 2 3 2 3 1 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1Michigan State 14 37 5 25 16 21 23 20 18 20 18 19 24 29 31 30 31 32 35 33 37 37 35Minnesota 14 25 22 23 11 10 8 18 12 11 11 11 8 11 11 11 8 5 5 3 3 3 6Notre Dame 14 14 2 7 15 20 9 7 5 8 10 16 15 15 12 12 12 12 11 5 8 6 8Ohio State 14 30 16 19 21 11 12 16 20 17 16 15 13 14 9 10 10 12 13 13 15 15 15Penn State 4 7 21 10 7 12 21 22 20 24 24 20 23 28 21 23 24 24 26 25 25 25 25Wisconsin 14 49 9 37 23 23 31 36 41 40 38 37 38 33 37 39 35 34 36 38 34 35 37 Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.

Awards

NCAA West First Team Position TeamMatty Beniers FMichigan West Second Team Position TeamLuke Hughes DMichiganOwen Power DMichiganBen Meyers FMinnesota

Big Ten Award Recipient Player of the Year Ben Meyers, MinnesotaDefensive Player of the Year Brock Faber, MinnesotaGoaltender of the Year Jakub Dobeš, Ohio StateFreshman of the Year Jakub Dobeš, Ohio State Luke Hughes, MichiganScoring Champion Matty Beniers, MichiganCoach of the Year Bob Motzko, MinnesotaTournament Most Outstanding Player Erik Portillo, Michigan First Team   Position   Second TeamJakub Dobeš, Ohio State GErik Portillo, MichiganOwen Power, Michigan DLuke Hughes, MichiganBrock Faber, Minnesota DJackson LaCombe, MinnesotaMatty Beniers, Michigan FBrendan Brisson, MichiganBen Meyers, Minnesota FMatthew Knies, MinnesotaGeorgii Merkulov, Ohio State FMax Ellis, Notre Dame Freshman Team   Position   Jakub Dobeš, Ohio State GLuke Hughes, Michigan DMason Lohrei, Ohio State DMatthew Knies, Minnesota FGeorgii Merkulov, Ohio State FMackie Samoskevich, Michigan F

Big Ten tournament Erik Portillo Michigan Player Pos Team Erik Portillo G Michigan Jackson LaCombe D Minnesota Luke Hughes D Michigan Mackie Samoskevich F Michigan Brendan Brisson F Michigan Matty Beniers F Michigan

2022 NHL entry draft

1 3 Logan Cooley† Minnesota Arizona Coyotes 1 13 Frank Nazar† Michigan Chicago Blackhawks 1 14 Rutger McGroarty† Michigan Winnipeg Jets 1 23 Jimmy Snuggerud† Minnesota St. Louis Blues 1 25 Sam Rinzel† Minnesota Chicago Blackhawks 2 37 Ryan Chesley† Minnesota Washington Capitals 2 46 Seamus Casey† Michigan New Jersey Devils 3 78 Quinn Finley† Wisconsin New York Islanders 4 100 Tyson Jugnauth† Wisconsin Seattle Kraken 4 104 Stephen Halliday† Ohio State Ottawa Senators 4 124 Cruz Lucius† Wisconsin Carolina Hurricanes 6 180 Jack Sparkes† Michigan State Los Angeles Kings 6 192 Connor Kurth† Minnesota Tampa Bay Lightning 7 201 Owen Mehlenbacher† Wisconsin Detroit Red Wings 7 212 Brennan Ali† Notre Dame Detroit Red Wings 7 213 David Gucciardi Michigan State Washington Capitals † incoming freshman

References

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