Qualifying Teams
The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced on March 22, 2009. The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and Hockey East each had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, while ECAC Hockey and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) each had three teams receive a berth, and Atlantic Hockey and College Hockey America (CHA) each had one team receive a berth.
| East Regional – Bridgeport | Northeast Regional – Manchester | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type |
| 1 | Michigan | CCHA | 29–11–0 | At-large bid | 1 | Boston University | Hockey East | 31–6–4 | Tournament champion |
| 2 | Yale | ECAC Hockey | 24–7–2 | Tournament champion | 2 | North Dakota | WCHA | 24–14–4 | At-large bid |
| 3 | Vermont | Hockey East | 20–11–5 | At-large bid | 3 | New Hampshire | Hockey East | 19–12–5 | At-large bid |
| 4 | Air Force | Atlantic Hockey | 27–10–2 | Tournament champion | 4 | Ohio State | CCHA | 23–14–4 | At-large bid |
| West Regional – Minneapolis | Midwest Regional – Grand Rapids | ||||||||
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type | Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type |
| 1 | Denver | WCHA | 23–11–5 | At-large bid | 1 | Notre Dame | CCHA | 31–5–3 | Tournament champion |
| 2 | Minnesota-Duluth | WCHA | 21–12–8 | Tournament champion | 2 | Northeastern | Hockey East | 25–11–4 | At-large bid |
| 3 | Princeton | ECAC Hockey | 22–11–1 | At-large bid | 3 | Cornell | ECAC Hockey | 21–9–4 | At-large bid |
| 4 | Miami (OH) | CCHA | 20–12–5 | At-large bid | 4 | Bemidji State | CHA | 18–15–1 | Tournament champion |
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