[1] As tournament champion Penn State was awarded the Big Ten's automatic bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.
All six Big Ten teams participated in the tournament, which was a single-elimination format.
6 according to the final regular season conference standings.
1 played the winner of the second game (the teams were not reseeded).
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against Note: * denotes overtime periods.