First round and semifinal games were played at home team campus sites while the championship match was held at the Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
6 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated.
Unlike previous years the Broadmoor Trophy recipient's (Minnesota-Duluth) home venue was not used for the tournament championship round.
Instead the Williams Arena, the home of the Minnesota Golden Gophers, served as the site for the Championship game.
Each series were two-game matchups with the team that scored the most goals advancing to the succeeding round.