2019-20 Big Ten season

This is the 2019-20 Big Ten Conference men's ice hockey season. This is the conference's 7th season.

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

Big Ten Conference								Overall Record
Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
Penn State Nittany Lions	24	12	8	4	79	70	41	34	20	10	4	121	88
Ohio State Buckeyes	24	11	9	4	62	62	38	36	20	11	5	102	82
Michigan Wolverines	24	11	10	3	65	52	38	36	18	14	4	98	72
Minnesota Golden Gophers	24	9	8	7	66	62	38	37	16	14	7	100	98
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	24	9	9	6	59	59	37	37	15	15	7	94	96
Michigan State Spartans	24	11	11	2	54	54	35	36	15	19	2	80	88
Wisconsin Badgers	24	7	15	2	63	89	25	36	14	20	2	112	135

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 2019 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. 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..  The tournament champion advances to the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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.

Cancellation of Tournament

The conference announced it would be cancelling its tournament on March 12th due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Quarterfinals

• Ohio State Buckeyes defeated Wisconsin Badgers 2 games to none
• Michigan Wolverines defeated Michigan State Spartans 2 games to none
• Minnesota Golden Gophers defeated Notre Dame Fighting Irish 2 games to 1