2022–23 Big Ten Conference ice hockey season

The 2022–23 Big Ten Conference ice hockey season was be the 33rd season of play for the Big Ten Conference's men's ice hockey division and took place during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The season began on October 1, 2022, and concluded on April 8, 2023.[1]

2022–23 Big Ten Conference
ice hockey season
Season2022–23
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
DivisionDivision I
Sportice hockey
DurationOctober 1, 2022–
February 25, 2023
Number of teams7
TV partner(s)Big Ten Network
NHL Entry Draft
Top draft pickAdam Fantilli
Picked byColumbus Blue Jackets
Regular Season
Season championsMinnesota
Season MVPMatthew Knies
Top scorerJimmy Snuggerud
Logan Cooley
Big Ten Tournament
Tournament championsMichigan
  Runners-upMinnesota
Tournament MVPAdam Fantilli
Top scorerAdam Fantilli (12)
NCAA Tournament
Bids4
Record7–4
Best FinishNational Runner-Up
Team(s)Minnesota
Big Ten Conference ice hockey seasons
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Head coaches

Michigan State

On April 12, 2022, former Michigan State head coach Danton Cole was fired.[2] On May 23, 2022, Adam Nightingale was named head coach for the Spartans.[3][4]

Michigan

During the 2022 offseason, Michigan's head coach, Mel Pearson, was accused of mistreating both players and staff during his tenure with the Wolverines.[5] On August 5, 2022, Pearson was fired.[6] Because the vacancy happened so close to the start of the next season, the Wolverines were not able to perform a typical hiring search. On August 7, 2022, Michigan promoted assistant coach Brandon Naurato to interim head coach for the 2022–23 season.[7][8]

Records
Team Head coach Season at school Record at school Big Ten record
Michigan Brandon Naurato 1 0–0–0 0–0–0
Michigan State Adam Nightingale 1 0–0–0 0–0–0
Minnesota Bob Motzko 5 84–50–11 54–30–10
Notre Dame Jeff Jackson 18 376–231–66 66–43–9
Ohio State Steve Rohlik 10 162–127–36 79–76–19
Penn State Guy Gadowsky 12 159–138–24 78–90–15
Wisconsin Tony Granato 7 92–106–16 59–69–12

Standings
2022–23 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
#2 Minnesota †2419412105710650402910116890
#3 Michigan *24121023303882794126123171128
#7 Ohio State24111120013669634021163131101
Notre Dame241010420335526037161658597
#19 Michigan State24101221123465803818182107115
#8 Penn State24101310303471753922161129106
Wisconsin246180000185492361323094126
Championship: March 18, 2023
† indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion
Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll

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.

The Big Ten performed tremendously well in non-conference games. All seven league members had winning records against other conferences and more than half were at or better than .700. On aggregate, only Hockey East had a winning record against the Big Ten but that was only by 1 game. The overwhelming win/loss totals enabled the Big Ten to have as many as 6 of its member teams ranked in the top 16 during the season.

Regular season record
Team Atlantic Hockey CCHA ECAC Hockey Hockey East Independent NCHC Total
Michigan 0–0–0 2–0–0 1–0–1 1–1–0 2–0–0 2–0–0 8–1–1
Michigan State 0–0–0 1–3–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 2–0–0 2–0–0 6–4–0
Minnesota 0–0–0 1–1–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 3–1–0 2–2–0 6–4–0
Notre Dame 0–0–1 2–0–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 1–1–0 1–2–0 5–4–1
Ohio State 4–0–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 0–1–1 1–1–0 0–0–0 7–2–1
Penn State 6–0–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 0–0–0 2–0–0 0–0–0 10–0–0
Wisconsin 0–0–0 1–0–0 0–1–0 0–0–0 4–0–0 2–2–0 7–3–0
Overall 10–0–1 11–4–0 1–1–1 3–4–1 15–3–0 9–6–0 49–18–3

Statistics

Leading scorers

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes[9]

Player Class Team GP G A Pts PIM
Jimmy SnuggerudFreshmanMinnesota2414223630
Logan CooleyFreshmanMinnesota2312243617
Matthew KniesSophomoreMinnesota2415153019
Adam FantilliFreshmanMichigan1911193045
Luke HughesSophomoreMichigan227212814
Jackson LaCombeSeniorMinnesota227172411
Stephen HallidaySeniorOhio State24518237
Bryce BrodzinskiSeniorMinnesota24139226
Mackie SamoskevichSophomoreMichigan22913224
T. J. HughesFreshmanMichigan22714218

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[10]

Player Class Team GP Min W L T GA SO SV% GAA
Justen CloseSeniorMinnesota221300:071741425.9351.94
Ryan BischelSeniorNotre Dame241443:1810104552.9382.29
Jakub DobešSophomoreOhio State241432:4511112612.9122.57
Liam SouliereJuniorPenn State231259:079121602.9002.86
Dylan St. CyrGraduateMichigan State241391:0610122712.9133.06

Ranking
Main article: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings

USCHO
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 6-76541335567-768765444442-3
Michigan State NR-NRNRNRNRNRNR1716131211-141715151715171820181918-19
Minnesota 2-22113122433-322211211111-2
Notre Dame 9-1114131212182019201919-20NRNRNR20NR192019NRNRNR-NR
Ohio State 16-141116119101212171514-12878771089988-7
Penn State NR-NR20181613867655-556698799101010-8
Wisconsin NR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR-NR

USCHO did not release a poll in weeks 1 and 13.[11]

USA Today
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 6666541335678876776544444223
Michigan State NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR1816111311111316151519151418201717181717
Minnesota 2222113122122112221121111112
Notre Dame 889131212121820192019181718NRNR2017NR1819172020201919
Ohio State 181814111611911131217141414128887797998867
Penn State NRNRNRNR18151076755655566987101011101088
Wisconsin NRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNRNR

[12]

Pairwise
Team 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Final
Michigan 222823611312101110888744334443
Michigan State 2212261221161011798131312131614141819161616
Minnesota 37115179122211111111111111
Notre Dame 2230361619242020191616141518151417151413181717
Ohio State 3210791017161813129667889891088
Penn State 2239443445155443365678888
Wisconsin 2236493443453733302937333234323339363232353737

Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.[13]

Conference tournament
Main article: 2023 Big Ten men's ice hockey tournament

Teams were reseeded for the semifinals

Quarterfinals
March 3–5[14] 		Semifinals
March 11 		Championship
March 18
           
1 Minnesota 5
5 Michigan State 1
2 Michigan 6* 7 —
7 Wisconsin 5 4 —
1 Minnesota 3
2 Michigan 4
3 Ohio State 5 1 3
6 Penn State 1 2* 1
2 Michigan 7
3 Ohio State 3
4 Notre Dame 1 2 2
5 Michigan State 0 4 4

Note: * denotes overtime periods.

Awards

NCAA
Award Recipient
Hobey Baker AwardAdam Fantilli, Michigan
Spencer Penrose AwardBob Motzko, Minnesota
Tim Taylor AwardAdam Fantilli, Michigan
AHCA West All-American First Team[15]
PlayerPositionTeam
Brock Faber D Minnesota
Luke Hughes D Michigan
Logan Cooley F Minnesota
Adam Fantilli F Michigan
Matthew Knies F Minnesota
AHCA West All-American Second Team
Ryan Bischel G Notre Dame

NCAA tournament
NCAA All-Tournament Team[16]
PlayerPosTeam
Luke MittelstadtDMinnesota
Logan CooleyFMinnesota

Big Ten
Award Recipient [17]
Player of the YearMatthew Knies, Minnesota
Defensive Player of the YearBrock Faber, Minnesota
Goaltender of the YearRyan Bischel, Notre Dame
Freshman of the YearAdam Fantilli, Michigan
Scoring ChampionLogan Cooley, Minnesota
Jimmy Snuggerud, Minnesota
Coach of the YearBob Motzko, Minnesota
Tournament Most Outstanding PlayerAdam Fantilli, Michigan
All-Big Ten Teams[17]
First Team  Position  Second Team
Ryan Bischel, Notre Dame G Justen Close, Minnesota
Brock Faber, Minnesota D Jackson LaCombe, Minnesota
Luke Hughes, Michigan D Mason Lohrei, Ohio State
Logan Cooley, Minnesota F Mackie Samoskevich, Michigan
Adam Fantilli, Michigan F Jimmy Snuggerud, Minnesota
Matthew Knies, Minnesota F Jake Wise, Ohio State
Freshman Team  Position  
Seamus Casey, Michigan D
Luke Mittelstadt, Minnesota D
Logan Cooley, Minnesota F
Adam Fantilli, Michigan F
Jimmy Snuggerud, Minnesota F

Conference tournament
Tournament MOP
Adam FantilliMichigan
All-Tournament Team
PlayerPosTeam
Justen CloseGMinnesota
Seamus CaseyDMichigan
Luke HughesDMichigan
Logan CooleyFMinnesota
Adam FantilliFMichigan
Rutger McGroartyFMichigan

2023 NHL Entry Draft
Main article: 2023 NHL Entry Draft
Round Pick Player College NHL team
13Adam FantilliMichiganColumbus Blue Jackets
119Oliver Moore †MinnesotaChicago Blackhawks
121Charlie StramelWisconsinMinnesota Wild
234Gavin BrindleyMichiganColumbus Blue Jackets
241Trey Augustine †Michigan StateDetroit Red Wings
245Maxim Strbak †Michigan StateBuffalo Sabres
247Brady Cleveland †WisconsinDetroit Red Wings
249Danny Nelson †Notre DameNew York Islanders
366William Whitelaw †WisconsinColumbus Blue Jackets
4103Cole Knuble †Notre DamePhiladelphia Flyers
5137Jack Phelan †WisconsinDetroit Red Wings
5138Paul Fischer †Notre DameSt. Louis Blues
6177Zach Schulz †WisconsinNew York Islanders
7197Luke MittelstadtMinnesotaMontreal Canadiens
7213James Clark †MinnesotaMinnesota Wild
7218Aiden Fink †Penn StateNashville Predators

† incoming freshman [18]

References
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