2014–2017 From 2014 through 2017, all six Big Ten teams participated in a
single-elimination tournament held over three days at one neutral host site. These four tournaments alternated between
Xcel Energy Center in
Saint Paul, Minnesota and
Joe Louis Arena in
Detroit, Michigan.
2018–present Due to poor attendance at 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. The
2020 tournament was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. == Members ==