BIG TEN MEDAL OF HONOR 100TH ANNIVERSARY SPOTLIGHT: This year, the Big Ten is celebrating 100 years of the Big Ten Medal of Honor. The conference’s most prestigious award, the Big Ten Medal of Honor was first awarded in 1915 to one student-athlete from the graduating class of each university who had “attained the greatest proficiency in athletics and scholastic work.” In the 99 years of the Medal of Honor, over 1,300 student-athletes have earned this distinction, including 27 hockey players. Throughout the course of the season, the conference highlighted previous Big Ten Medal of Honor recipients, featuring some of the legends of the Big Ten who have earned this prominent achievement.
Tournament Time: Two Big Ten teams were selected to participate in the NCAA Championship, with Minnesota and Wisconsin each earning No. 1 seeds. Minnesota, the inaugural Big Ten Champion, is the overall No. 1 seed and will play in the West Regional while Wisconsin, the inaugural Big Ten Tournament Champion, is the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Regional …
Wisconsin Wins Inaugural Big Ten Tournament: Wisconsin overcame a pair of two-goal deficits to claim a 5-4 overtime victory over Ohio State and win the inaugural Big Ten Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament Saturday night at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn. …
Big Ten Standouts: Three Big Ten hockey standouts were named finalists for major awards, including goalies Adam Wilcox of Minnesota and Joel Rumpel of Wisconsin for the Mike Richter Award and Ohio State forward Ryan Dzingel, Wilcox and Rumpel for the Hobey Baker Award …
Brick Walls: Big Ten goalies have claimed four of the top nine places on the national save percentage list, including Minnesota’s Adam Wilcox (second in the nation at .933), followed by Wisconsin’s Joel Rumpel (seventh, .930), Michigan’s Zach Nagelvoort (eighth, .929) and Ohio State’s Christian Frey (ninth, .929) …
Where We Rank: Four Big Ten teams appear in the latest national polls, released on Monday, including two squads in the top five for the 15th time this season …
Information Courtesy of Adam Augustine | Associate Director, Communications | Big Ten Conference
Tournament Time: Two Big Ten teams were selected to participate in the NCAA Championship, with Minnesota and Wisconsin each earning No. 1 seeds. Minnesota, the inaugural Big Ten Champion, is the overall No. 1 seed and will play in the West Regional while Wisconsin, the inaugural Big Ten Tournament Champion, is the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Regional …
Wisconsin Wins Inaugural Big Ten Tournament: Wisconsin overcame a pair of two-goal deficits to claim a 5-4 overtime victory over Ohio State and win the inaugural Big Ten Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament Saturday night at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minn. …
Big Ten Standouts: Three Big Ten hockey standouts were named finalists for major awards, including goalies Adam Wilcox of Minnesota and Joel Rumpel of Wisconsin for the Mike Richter Award and Ohio State forward Ryan Dzingel, Wilcox and Rumpel for the Hobey Baker Award …
Brick Walls: Big Ten goalies have claimed four of the top nine places on the national save percentage list, including Minnesota’s Adam Wilcox (second in the nation at .933), followed by Wisconsin’s Joel Rumpel (seventh, .930), Michigan’s Zach Nagelvoort (eighth, .929) and Ohio State’s Christian Frey (ninth, .929) …
Where We Rank: Four Big Ten teams appear in the latest national polls, released on Monday, including two squads in the top five for the 15th time this season …
Information Courtesy of Adam Augustine | Associate Director, Communications | Big Ten Conference