2018-19 Big Ten Season

This is the 2018-19 Big Ten Conference men's ice hockey season. This is the conference's 6th season.

Outdoor Game[]

In conjunction with the 2019 NHL Winter Classic the Notre Dame Fighting Irish played the Michigan Wolverines on January 5th at Notre Dame Stadium. Michigan won the game 4 to 2.

Membership changes[]

None

Membership[]

Institution	Location	Nickname	Arena
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Wolverines	Yost Ice Arena
Michigan State University	East Lansing, Michigan	Spartans	Munn Ice Arena
The Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio	Buckeyes	Jerome Schottenstein Center
Pennsylvania State University	University Park, Pennsylvania	Nittany Lions	Pegula Ice Arena
University of Minnesota	Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota	Golden Gophers	Mariucci Arena
University of Notre Dame	South Bend, Indiana	Fighting Irish	Compton Family Ice Arena (Charles W. "Lefty" Smith Jr. Rink)
University of Wisconsin–Madison	Madison, Wisconsin	Badgers	Kohl Center

Standings[]

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Big Ten Conference								Overall Record
Ohio State Buckeyes	24	13	7	4	79	52	46	36	20	11	5	108	83
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	24	11	11	2	63	65	37	40	23	14	3	112	91
Minnesota Golden Gophers	24	11	10	3	76	75	36	38	18	16	4	118	108
Penn State Nittany Lions	24	11	12	1	101	96	35	39	22	15	2	177	139
Wisconsin Badgers	24	9	10	5	69	81	34	36	13	16	7	11	114
Michigan Wolverines	24	9	10	5	76	75	34	37	14	18	5	113	130
Michigan State Spartans	24	8	12	4	68	88	30	36	12	19	5	99	122

Conference Tournament[]

Format[]

Due to the poor attendance of the neutral site tournaments, and the addition of Notre Dame as a Big Ten team in hockey, the 2018 tournament introduced a new three-week playoff format. In the first round, the No. 1 team in the regular season conference standings receives a bye, and the remaining six play in a set of best-of-three series.^[1] The winners of these three playoff series, along with the No. 1 team, will then participate in two semifinal games. Their winners will advance to the Big Ten championship game.^[2]^[3]

All games will be held at the home arena of the highest seed in each match-up, rather than a neutral site. Unlike other playoff-style conference tournaments in college hockey, the Big Ten will only use single-game semifinals and finals to reduce the likelihood of conflicts with other events that may be scheduled at team arenas.^[2]^[3]

References[]

↑ Big Ten Announces Conference Schedule for 2017-18 Hockey Season. Big Ten Conference (May 4, 2017). Retrieved on 21 June 2017.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Dilks, Chris (September 30, 2016). Big Ten Officially Approves On-Campus Playoffs. Retrieved on 20 June 2017.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Gonzalez, Jason (May 20, 2016). Big Ten hockey in process of approving new on-campus playoff format. Retrieved on 20 June 2017.

[1] Big Ten Announces Conference Schedule for 2017-18 Hockey Season. Big Ten Conference (May 4, 2017). Retrieved on 21 June 2017.

[sbnation-oncampus-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Dilks, Chris (September 30, 2016). Big Ten Officially Approves On-Campus Playoffs. Retrieved on 20 June 2017.

[startrib-newbig10format-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Gonzalez, Jason (May 20, 2016). Big Ten hockey in process of approving new on-campus playoff format. Retrieved on 20 June 2017.

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