Three periods of regulation and an overtime session were not enough to settle matters as Pursuit of Excellence 18U defeated Utah Regulators 18U in a shootout 5-4.

The shootout featured 20 attempts between both teams. Utah Regulators 18U got shootout goals from Jordan Townsend and Joel Lehtonen. In addition to the clincher, Pursuit of Excellence 18U got shootout goals from Brandon Duhaime and Chaz Reddekopp.

Pursuit of Excellence 18U came back from a four-goal deficit to capture the victory. Pursuit of Excellence 18U fell behind 4-0 after a power play goal by Utah Regulators 18U's Jared Pike at 14:54 in the first period. Pursuit of Excellence 18U knotted things up at 4-4 on a power play goal by Reddekopp at 10:51 in the third period.

Pursuit of Excellence 18U kept Utah Regulators 18U's goalie busy throughout the game, and Peter Gormley made 41 saves on 46 shots. Pursuit of Excellence 18U found the back of the net more times than it usually has this season. Pursuit of Excellence 18U has scored at the pace of 2.3 goals per game during the current campaign. Pursuit of Excellence 18U was held back by its power play unit, which tallied one goal on 11 chances. Pursuit of Excellence 18U got an offensive boost from its blueliners, who contributed three goals during the game.

Fabio Arnold also scored for Pursuit of Excellence 18U. Other players who recorded assists for Pursuit of Excellence 18U were Cody Porter, Tanner Browne, Kai Robinson, Matthew Lueken, Nick Kovacik, and Duhaime, who contributed one a piece.

Utah Regulators 18U forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up 11 minors and one major for 37 minutes in penalty time. Utah Regulators 18U surpassed its season average of 12.0 penalty minutes per game. Utah Regulators 18U bested its season scoring average. This season, Utah Regulators 18U averages 1.2 goal per contest.

Utah Regulators 18U was led by Townsend, who registered one goal and two assists. Townsend scored 47 seconds into the first period to make the score 1-0 Utah Regulators 18U. Pike assisted on the tally. Utah Regulators 18U additionally got points from Pike, who also finished with one goal and one assist. Utah Regulators 18U also got a goal from Eric Madison as well. In addition, Utah Regulators 18U received assists from Nick Lochhead, who had one and Matt Morse, who had two.

Pursuit of Excellence 18U's Porter stopped 19 shots out of the 23 that he faced. Pursuit of Excellence 18U ended with 23 minutes in penalty time with four minors and one major. Utah Regulators 18U registered one goal on six power play opportunities.