Qualifying Teams
The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 18. The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) had five teams receive a berth in the tournament, the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and Hockey East had four teams receive a berth, ECAC Hockey had two teams receive a berth, and Atlantic Hockey had one team receive a berth.
| East Regional – Bridgeport | Midwest Regional – Green Bay | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type |
| 1 | Union (3) | ECAC Hockey | 24–7–7 | Tournament champion | 1 | Michigan (2) | CCHA | 24–12–4 | At-large bid |
| 2 | Miami (OH) | CCHA | 24–14–2 | At-large bid | 2 | Ferris State | CCHA | 23–11–5 | At-large bid |
| 3 | Massachusetts–Lowell | Hockey East | 23–12–1 | At-large bid | 3 | Denver | WCHA | 25–13–4 | At-large bid |
| 4 | Michigan State | CCHA | 19–15–4 | At-large bid | 4 | Cornell | ECAC Hockey | 18–8–7 | At-large bid |
| Northeast Regional – Worcester | West Regional – Saint Paul | ||||||||
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type |
| 1 | Boston College (1) | Hockey East | 29–10–1 | Tournament champion | 1 | North Dakota (4) | WCHA | 25–12–3 | Tournament champion |
| 2 | Minnesota–Duluth | WCHA | 24–9–6 | At-large bid | 2 | Minnesota | WCHA | 26–13–1 | At-large bid |
| 3 | Maine | Hockey East | 23–13–3 | At-large bid | 3 | Boston University | Hockey East | 23–14–1 | At-large bid |
| 4 | Air Force | Atlantic Hockey | 21–10–7 | Tournament champion | 4 | Western Michigan | CCHA | 21–13–6 | Tournament champion |
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