Gillette was within striking distance after one period, but Helena put the pedal down in the second en route to an 11-2 victory.

Balasz Goz was a peerless playmaker for Helena, as he dished out four to beat Gillette,.

Helena forced Gillette's netminders to work hard to keep the puck out of the net, racking up 74 shots and forcing 63 saves. Nick Vittori made 21 stops and Grant Friesen made 42. Helena stifled Gillette's power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man.

Helena also got points from Ben Henne, who also had three goals and one assist, Drew Ingram, who also racked up one goal and one assist, Michael Sullivan, who also tallied three goals and one assist, Beau Ricketts, who also registered one goal and one assist, and Hagen Nemzek, who also had one goal and two assists. Helena also got a goal from Wyatt Winfield as well. In addition, Helena received assists from Theo Campe, who had three, Thomas Emery, Levi Blom, and Alex DeWitz, who contributed one a piece, and Danny Fazio, Devin Smith, and William Kapp, who each chipped in two.

Gillette's penalty kill was ineffective, and let in two goals to Helena's power play unit.

Gillette was led by Trent Dillinger, who grabbed one goal. Dillinger scored 5:25 into the second period to make the score 2-1 Helena. Tyler Johnson picked up the assist. Tyler Cavan also scored for Gillette. Other players who recorded assists for Gillette were Ronnie Wilshusen and Taylor Motsinger, who contributed one a piece.

Helena's Trey Flesch stopped 26 shots out of the 28 that he faced. Helena incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors. Gillette incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors.