With the addition of Notre Dame comes a new playoff format
The Big Ten will officially announce some time this summer what is one of the worst kept secrets in college hockey, the Big Ten playoffs will return to campus after Notre Dame joins the Big Ten Hockey Conference for the 2017-18 season. This was basically confirmed by Wisconsin radio announcer Brian Posick Tuesday morning after the WCHA officially announced their intentions to do the same.
B1G Hockey will go best of 3 first round on campus playoff series once Notre Dame joins 2017-18. No.