2024–25 Big Ten Conference ice hockey season explained

The 2024–25 Big Ten men's ice hockey season is the 35th season of play for the Big Ten Conference's men's ice hockey division and will take place during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The regular season began on October 4, 2024, and conclude on March 9, 2025.

Head coaches

Records

Team	Head coach	Season at school	Record at school	Big Ten record
Michigan		3	49–27–6	23–21–4
Michigan State		3	43–28–5	26–18–4
Minnesota		7	136–71–17	86–41–15
Notre Dame		20	407–266–73	85–66–15
Ohio State		12	197–163–43	94–105–22
Penn State		14	196–172–28	95–117–19
Wisconsin		2	26–12–2	16–7–1

Preseason

Preseason Big Ten poll

Big Ten conference standings were selected by conference head coaches on September 20, 2024.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Rank	Team
1	Michigan State
2	Minnesota
3	Michigan
4	Wisconsin
5	Notre Dame
6	Penn State
7	Ohio State

Preseason All-Big Ten

First Team	Position	Second Team
Trey Augustine, Michigan State	align=center	G	Tommy Scarfone, Wisconsin
Ben Dexheimer, Wisconsin	align=center	D	Mike Koster, Minnesota
Sam Rinzel, Minnesota	align=center	D	Jacob Truscott, Michigan
Karsen Dorwart, Michigan State	align=center	F	Aiden Fink, Penn State
Isaac Howard, Michigan State	align=center	F	T. J. Hughes, Michigan
Jimmy Snuggerud, Minnesota	align=center	F	Matthew Wood, Minnesota

Ranking

See main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey rankings.

USCHO

Michigan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michigan State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minnesota	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Notre Dame	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ohio State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penn State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wisconsin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

USA Hockey

Michigan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michigan State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minnesota	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Notre Dame	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ohio State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penn State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wisconsin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Pairwise

Michigan	22	13	13	16	12	12	12	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michigan State	12	11	11	6	5	4	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minnesota	28	3	9	7	6	6	7	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Notre Dame	28	6	35	23	23	24	27	42	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ohio State	28	47	20	8	7	10	11	11	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penn State	12	34	32	17	17	20	41	48	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wisconsin	28	54	57	55	54	45	37	41	42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note: teams ranked in the top-10 automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament. Teams ranked 11-16 can qualify based upon conference tournament results.^[4]

External links

• official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Big Ten Conference Announces Hockey Preseason Honors . BigTen.org . September 20, 2024 . September 20, 2024.
2. Web site: Coaches pick MSU as preseason favorite to win Big Ten hockey title . . Barry . Kiel . September 20, 2024 . September 20, 2024.
3. Web site: MSU ranked No. 1 in preseason Big Ten poll, Michigan third . . September 20, 2024 . September 20, 2024.
4. Web site: Men's Division I PairWise Rankings . USCHO.com . November 26, 2019.