Quarterfinal games were played at home team campus sites, while the final four matches were held at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The first round of the postseason tournament featured 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 advanced to the Xcel Energy Center for the NCHC Frozen Faceoff.
4 according to the final regular season conference standings.