Matt Donley lifted Bloomington Blaze to a 7-3 victory with a hat trick against NWO Grrrowl.

Donley's first goal came 1:58 into the first period. He then added goals at 49 seconds into the second and at 2:51 into the second.

Referees had their hands full with a major incident at 11:12 into the third period. Fourteen fighting penalties were dished out along with six game misconducts.

Bloomington Blaze was often in penalty trouble, totaling six minors and four majors for 62 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 20.0 minutes per game Bloomington Blaze had been spending in the box. Bloomington Blaze excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in five chances. Bloomington Blaze surpassed its usual scoring output this season. This season, Bloomington Blaze averages 3.8 goals per contest.

Bloomington Blaze additionally got points from Joseph Clemente, who also grabbed two goals and three assists, Steven Smoltz, who also tallied one goal and four assists, and Anton Nenakhov, who also racked up one goal and one assist. Other players who recorded assists for Bloomington Blaze were Kyle Kabacinski, Luis Lopez, and Patrick Anaruk, who each chipped in one.

NWO Grrrowl forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up six minors and four majors for 62 minutes in penalty time. NWO Grrrowl surpassed its season average of 44.0 penalty minutes per game. NWO Grrrowl stifled Bloomington Blaze's power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man.

NWO Grrrowl was helped by Ryan Santo, who finished with one goal and one assist. Santo scored 15:15 into the first period to make the score 3-1 Bloomington Blaze. Michael Munoz provided the assist. NWO Grrrowl also got points from Munoz, who also grabbed one goal and one assist. Kameron Cunningham also scored for NWO Grrrowl. In addition, NWO Grrrowl received assists from Dalton Gertsen, who had one and Cody Staub, who had two.

William Rohleder made 22 saves for Bloomington Blaze on 25 shots. Bloomington Blaze registered zero goals on six power play opportunities. For Bloomington Blaze, Steven Butler, Nenakhov, and Tyler Gehrken were ejected from the contest. NWO Grrrowl's starting goalie, Vincent Ryckman, made nine saves and finished with the loss before he was taken out in favor of Andrew Zuckerman, who stopped seven shots. Team's Zachary Cruz, Gertsen, and Christopher Carpenter were slapped with misconducts and ejected from the game.