Big Ten Hockey: Michigan, Minnesota advance to championship

The second day of the Big Ten Hockey Tournament is in the books.

Michigan kicked off the action with a commanding 7-2 win over Penn State in the opening game of the day.

Minnesota followed that with an impressive 4-2 victory over Ohio State.

Michigan and Minnesota will meet for the tourney championship on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET. Watch live on BTN TV or use this BTN2Go link.

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MICHIGAN 7, PENN STATE 2: The third-seeded Penn State men?s hockey ended its 2015-16 campaign in the Big Ten Semifinals to second-seeded and seventh-ranked Michigan, 7-2, on Friday at Xcel Energy Center. Penn State out-shot Michigan, but it was the Wolverines who were able to find the back of the net early in the first, and then often in the second, to build a 5-0 lead. The Nittany Lions received power-play goals from defensive pairing Kevin Kerr and Luke Juha. Michigan?s Kyle Connor scored four goals including a natural hat trick to pace the Wolverine offense.

MINNESOTA 4, OHIO STATE 2: Taylor Cammarata scored twice and Tyler Sheehy added three points as the No. 20 Gopher Hockey program topped Ohio State 4-2 in Friday's semifinal matchup for the 2016 Big Ten Tournament at Xcel Energy Center.

Thursday's results

• No. 3 Penn State 5, No. 6 Wisconsin 2: WATCH ON BTN2GO | STATS | RECAP
• No. 4 Ohio State 4, No. Michigan State 3 (OT): WATCH ON BTN2GO | STATS | RECAP

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