St. Louis Selects 18U and Texas Tornado 18U were evenly matched throughout their contest, but St. Louis Selects 18U made the most of its opportunities and won, 5-3.

St. Louis Selects 18U gained the winning advantage on a goal by John Patterson 5:27 into the second period and hung on until final buzzer.

Trevor Thornton was all over the ice for St. Louis Selects 18U, as he tallied two goals and two assists in the win. Thornton scored the first of his two goals at 6:45 into the first period to make the score 1-0 St. Louis Selects 18U. Patterson provided the assist. Thornton's next tally made the score 2-2 with 15:41 left in the second period. Joey Lupo picked up the assist.

St. Louis Selects 18U excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in three chances. St. Louis Selects 18U kept Texas Tornado 18U's goalie busy throughout the game, and Cooper Cothran made 26 saves on 31 shots. St. Louis Selects 18U surpassed its usual scoring output this season. St. Louis Selects 18U has scored at the pace of 2.9 goals per game during the current campaign.

St. Louis Selects 18U also got points from Patterson, who also registered one goal and two assists. Alex Klaesner also scored for St. Louis Selects 18U. In addition, St. Louis Selects 18U received assists from Jared Brandt, Brian Rupp, and Seth Cooper, who each chipped in one.

Texas Tornado 18U forced St. Louis Selects 18U goalie Bradley Amato to work between the pipes, taking 38 shots.

Texas Tornado 18U was helped by Connor Horowitz, who racked up one goal. Horowitz scored 16 seconds into the second period to make the score 2-1 Texas Tornado 18U. Alex Syring provided the assist. Texas Tornado 18U also got a goal from Chris Beck as well. More assists for Texas Tornado 18U came via Austin Murray, who had two and Michael Ritter, Tommy Dierl, and Tyler Shelton, who contributed one a piece.

Amato recorded 35 saves for St. Louis Selects 18U. St. Louis Selects 18U incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors. Texas Tornado 18U incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors.