Rittner Buam came close to giving away a three-goal lead to Fassa Falcons, but did just enough to escape with a 4-2 victory.

Rittner Buam led by three goals at one point and ended with the victory. The largest advantage in the game came when Rittner Buam's Alex Frei scored at 16:53 in the first period to put Rittner Buam up 3-0.

Rittner Buam was led by Brendan Cook, who registered one goal. Cook scored 12:15 into the first period to make the score 2-0 Rittner Buam. Christian Borgatello picked up the assist.

In a losing effort, Fassa Falcons was led by Michael Jouko Vaskivuo, who grabbed two goals. Vaskivuo scored the first of his two goals at 8:38 into the second period to make the score 3-1 Rittner Buam. Jason Lawrens Lepine assisted on the tally. Vaskivuo's next tally made the score 3-2 Rittner Buam with 7:27 left in the second period. Lepine provided the assist.

Rittner Buam stifled Fassa Falcons' power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. Rittner Buam got an offensive boost from its blueliners, who contributed two goals during the game. Rittner Buam could not stay out of the penalty box, as the team accrued 28 minutes in penalties during the game.

Rittner Buam additionally got points from Borgatello, who also had one goal and one assist to lead the team in points. David Ceresa also scored for Rittner Buam. In addition, Rittner Buam received assists from Mark Van Guilder, who had two and Andreas Alber and Simon Kostner, who each chipped in one.

Fassa Falcons struggled to stay out of the sin bin throughout the game as it finished the game with 34 penalty minutes for eight opposing power plays.

More assists for Fassa Falcons came via Mark Thomas Lee, who had one.

Andrew Engelage recorded 20 saves for Rittner Buam. Fassa Falcons' Thomas Tragust stopped 32 shots out of the 35 that he faced. Fassa Falcons registered zero goals on four power play opportunities.