Rhinelander Street Cats tried its best to erase a three-goal deficit, but Hartland Hounds would not be denied the victory and hung on to win, 6-4.

Hartland Hounds made the score 6-3 on a goal by Andre Spisak at 6:13 in the third period, and Rhinelander Street Cats got as close as 6-4 when Devin Vanderwyk scored 6:52 into the third period.

Thomas Kerr and Cameron Miglia provided the spark for Hartland Hounds, combining for three goals and two assists. Kerr racked up two goals and one assist and Miglia also notched one goal and one assist.

Hartland Hounds was often in penalty trouble, totaling 10 minors and one major for 45 minutes in penalty time. Hartland Hounds surpassed its season average of 29.0 penalty minutes per game. Hartland Hounds' penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on eight Rhinelander Street Cats power plays. Hartland Hounds' offense rang up 38 shots on Rhinelander Street Cats' net.

Hartland Hounds additionally got points from Miglia, who also tallied one goal and one assist. Hartland Hounds also got a goal from Bobby Schumacher as well. More assists for Hartland Hounds came via Derek Kalisz, Jacob Henrikson, and Paul Krystyniak, who each chipped in one.

Rhinelander Street Cats excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in three chances. The defensemen of Rhinelander Street Cats were also effective in Hartland Hounds' zone, and came away with two goals.

Rhinelander Street Cats also got points from Dylan Farmer, who also registered one goal and one assist. Todd Houtari also scored for Rhinelander Street Cats. In addition, Rhinelander Street Cats received assists from Alex Wagner, Zach Hill, Nicholas Fleming, Rustam Kuts, and Peter Carlin, who contributed one a piece.

Andrew Brownlee took the win and made 11 saves before being replaced by Myles Grix who made five saves. For Hartland Hounds, Matthew Passino was ejected from the game. Rhinelander Street Cats' Kent Nusbaum stopped 32 shots out of the 38 that he faced. Rhinelander Street Cats incurred 22 minutes in penalty time with six minors.