Bloomington Blaze jumped out to a four-point advantage by the end of the first period and beat Michigan Grrrowl, 6-3.

Bloomington Blaze's offense rang up 33 shots on Michigan Grrrowl's net.

Bloomington Blaze was led by Tyler Gehrken, who racked up two goals and one assist. Gehrken scored the first of his two goals at 1:51 into the third period to make the score 5-2 Bloomington Blaze. Luis Lopez picked up the assist. Gehrken's next tally made the score 6-2 Bloomington Blaze with 17:24 left in the third period. Kyler Schmor assisted on the tally. Bloomington Blaze additionally got points from Sherman Lovett, who also grabbed one goal and one assist. Bloomington Blaze also got a goal from Cody Philips as well. In addition, Bloomington Blaze received assists from Drew Daley, Joseph Clemente, and Edgars Ozolinsh, who contributed one a piece and Jacob Lourash and Matt Donley, who each chipped in two.

Michigan Grrrowl was helped by Dustin Kein, who tallied one goal. Kein scored 17:21 into the second period to make the score 4-2 Bloomington Blaze. Bryan Bernier picked up the assist. Cody Staub also scored for Michigan Grrrowl. Other players who recorded assists for Michigan Grrrowl were Vaughn Clouston, who had one and Dalton Gertsen, who had two.

Bloomington Blaze's Gavin Carlson stopped 25 shots out of the 28 that he faced. Bloomington Blaze totaled 13 minutes in penalty time with four minors and one major and went 1-for-4 on the power play. Taylor Kuhn made 27 saves for Michigan Grrrowl on 33 shots. Michigan Grrrowl totaled 15 minutes in penalty time with five minors and one major and went 1-for-3 on the power play.