Reinis Vitolins had two goals to lead Long Beach Bombers to a 5-2 victory over Arizona Redhawks.
Vitolins scored on the power play at 17:13 into the second period to make the score 3-1 Long Beach Bombers and again while on the power play 19:11 into the third to make the score 5-2 Long Beach Bombers.In the losing effort, Arizona Redhawks was paced by Christoffer Nygren, who registered two goals. Nygren scored the first of his two goals on the power play at 6:52 into the second period to make the score 2-1 Long Beach Bombers. Arizona Redhawks earned a power play opportunity when Anton Rhose was put in the box for cross checking. Alex Salotti picked up the assist. Nygren's next tally on the power play made the score 3-2 Long Beach Bombers with 50 seconds left in the second period. Arizona Redhawks had taken the advantage when Long Beach Bombers' Nathan Lloyd got sent off for roughing. Timothy Muhsman provided the assist.
Long Beach Bombers forced Arizona Redhawks goalie Henrik Liljestrand to work between the pipes, taking 32 shots. Long Beach Bombers' penalty kill was ineffective, and let in two goals to Arizona Redhawks' power play unit.
Long Beach Bombers additionally got points from Khalil East, who also had one goal and one assist. Long Beach Bombers also got a goal from Patrik Johansson as well. In addition, Long Beach Bombers received assists from Nick Short, who had one and Marcus Sundell, Tomas Nemeth, and Johan Beatty, who contributed two each.
More assists for Arizona Redhawks came via Vvis Skrebels, who had one.
Long Beach Bombers' Dennis Tschudi stopped 19 shots out of the 21 that he faced. Long Beach Bombers incurred 12 minutes in penalty time with six minors. Liljestrand recorded 27 saves for Arizona Redhawks. Arizona Redhawks incurred 14 minutes in penalty time with seven minors.