Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament is the conference tournament for the Big Ten Conference. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.
The tournament was first held in 2014, the first year of conference play; the first four tournaments alternated between Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota and Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Due to the addition of Notre Dame to conference play, a new playoff format was introduced for the 2018 tournament, utilizing campus sites instead.
Format
2014–2017
All six Big Ten teams participated in the single-elimination tournament, which was held over three days at one host site. Teams were seeded by the regular season conference standings. In the quarterfinals on Thursday, No. 3 played No. 6 and No. 4 played No. 5. On Friday, No. 2 played the winner of the first game and No. 1 played the winner of the second game. The two semifinal winners played each other on Saturday in the final.2018–present
Due to the poor attendance of the neutral site tournaments, and the addition of Notre Dame as a seventh Big Ten team in hockey, a new format was introduced in 2018. The No. 1 team in the regular season conference standings automatically advances to the conference semifinals, while the remaining teams are seeded into best-of-three quarterfinals to determine the three remaining teams. The remainder of the playoff is single-elimination.All games are held at the home arena of the team with the higher seed, rather than a neutral site. In order to reduce the likelihood of scheduling conflicts at team venues, the semifinals and championship are played as single games.
Members
There are currently 7 member schools, with all 7 participating in the men's division.| Institution | City | Nickname | Founded | Affiliation | Enrollment |
| University of Michigan| | Ann Arbor, Michigan| | Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey| | 1817 | Public | 44,718 |
| Michigan State University| | East Lansing, Michigan| | Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey| | 1855 | Public | 55,543 |
| University of Minnesota| | Saint Paul, Minnesota| | Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey| | 1851 | Public | 48,231 |
| University of Notre Dame| | South Bend, Indiana| | Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey| | 1842 | Private | 12,292 |
| Ohio State University| | Columbus, Ohio| | Ohio State Buckeyes men's ice hockey| | 1870 | Public | 59,873 |
| Pennsylvania State University| | State College, Pennsylvania| | Penn State Nittany Lions men's ice hockey| | 1855 | Public | 46,606 |
| University of Wisconsin–Madison| | Madison, Wisconsin| | Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey| | 1848 | Public | 43,820 |