The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format.
All ten conference schools participated in the tournament with teams seeded No.
10 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated.
5 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top three teams automatically advancing to the semifinals.
Note: PTS = Points; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against Teams are reseeded after the first round Note: * denotes overtime period(s)