2025 Men’s Conference Tournaments
The six men’s Division I conferences each hold a postseason tournament to determine which team earns their automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Atlantic Hockey
Format: The battle for the Jack Riley Memorial Trophy will play out on AHA campuses over four weekends in March with all 11 AHA teams competing for a berth in the single-game Atlantic Hockey Championship.
The 2025 Atlantic Hockey Postseason will open with single-game first round matchups with the No. 6, No. 7 and No. 8 seeds hosting the No. 11, No. 10 and No. 9 seeds, respectively, on March 1.
Best-of-three quarterfinal series will take place from March 8-10 with the No. 1 seed hosting the lowest remaining seed, the No. 2 seed hosting the second-lowest remaining seed, the No. 3 seed hosting the third-lowest remaining seed and the No. 4 seed hosting the No. 5 seed.
Semifinal best-of-three series will take place March 14-16 with the highest-seeded quarterfinal winner hosting the lowest-seeded quarterfinal winner and the second-highest remaining seed hosting the third-highest remaining seed.
The AHA Postseason will conclude March 22 when the two semifinal winners meet at the home of the highest-seeded semifinal winner for one game to determine Atlantic Hockey’s 2025 postseason champion.
More Information: AtlanticHockeyAmerica.com
Big Ten
Format: The 2025 Big Ten Tournament begins March 7-9 with best-of-three series at campus sites. The top seed will earn a first-round bye and the No. 2-4 seeds will host the first-round series. The No. 1 seed and the other highest remaining seed will host single-game semifinals on March 15 and the highest remaining seed will host the championship contest on March 22.
More Information: BigTen.org
CCHA
Format: The top four teams following regular-season action will host the opening round of -the Mason Playoffs from March 7-9, with the winner of each best-of-three series advancing to the league semifinals. Both semifinals (March 15) and final (March 21) will be played as a single game at the respective campus sites of the highest-seeded team.
The famed Mason Cup will be presented to the CCHA playoff champions, who will receive an automatic qualification to the 16-team NCAA Tournament.
More Information: CCHA.com
ECAC Hockey
Format: All 12 ECAC hockey programs will compete in the 2025 Men’s Hockey Championship. The 5-8 seeds will host 9-through-12 in a one-game matchup the weekend of March 7-8.
The advancing teams will be re-seeded and travel to the 1-4 seeds for quarterfinal best-of three-series the weekend of March 14-16.
The semifinals will take place on March 21 followed by the championship game on March 22 at the historic Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, N.Y.
More Information: ecachockey.com
Hockey East
Format: The Hockey East Men’s Tournament remains an all-in format in 2025.
Seeds six, seven, and eight will host seeds 11, 10, and nine, respectively, in the opening round set for Wednesday, March 12. After a re-seeding, the top three seeds will host the winners of the opening round while the four seed will host the five seed in the quarterfinals on Saturday, March 15.
The Hockey East Men’s Championship Semifinals and Final will return to the TD Garden in Boston.
More Information: HockeyEastOnline.com
National Collegiate Hockey Conference
Format: The 2025 NCHC Tournament will be the final NCHC Frozen Faceoff to be held at a neutral-site championship. Although the NCHC now has nine members, only the top eight finishers in the regular-season standings will qualify for the NCHC playoffs. As in years past, the 2025 NCHC playoffs consist of four quarterfinal series on the first weekend following regular-season play (March 14-16, followed by the Frozen Faceoff on March 21-22 at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul.
Following the regular season, the four higher seeds will host the four lower seeds in best-of-3 quarterfinal series. Seed No. 1 will host Seed No. 8, Seed No. 2 will host Seed No. 7, Seed No. 3 will host Seed No. 6, and Seed No. 4 will host Seed No. 5. The winners of the four quarterfinal series will advance to the NCHC Frozen Faceoff at Xcel Energy for the two semifinal games Friday, March 21.
Teams will be re-seeded after the quarterfinals to determine semifinal matchups. The winners of the two semifinal games will then meet in the championship game Saturday, March 22 for an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
More Information: NCHChockey.com