Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four games were played at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The first round of the postseason tournament features a best-of-three games format.
8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated.
The winners of the first round series advance to the Xcel Energy Center for the NCHC Frozen Faceoff.
[1] Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against Teams are reseeded after the first round * denotes overtime periods All times are local.