The Cloquet Esko Carlton Lumberjacks almost clawed their way back from a four-goal deficit, but the White Bear Lake Bears managed to pull out a 6-4 win in the end.

White Bear Lake led by four goals at one point and ended with the victory. The largest advantage in the game came when the Bears' Seth King's scored at 6:31 in the second period to put White Bear Lake up 5-1.

The Bears got the win thanks to a great game by Jake Wahlin, who had two goals and three assists. Wahlin scored the first of his two goals at 14:08 into the first period to make the score 2-1 White Bear Lake. Tommy Giller picked up the assist. Wahlin's next tally made the score 6-3 White Bear Lake with 3:50 left in the second period. Ben Wilke assisted on the tally.

With 17 shots on target during the contest, White Bear Lake exceeded the 5.7 shots it averages per game this year.

Tyler Steffen also scored for White Bear Lake. More assists for White Bear Lake came via Thomas Delaney, Peter Wachtler, and A.J. Welch, who each chipped in one.

Cloquet Esko Carlton managed to stay out of the box better than usual, tallying one minor for two minutes in penalty time. The Lumberjacks ended up below its season average of 8.0 penalty minutes per game. Cloquet Esko Carlton relied on a core group of players for most of its offense, as Beau Michaud, Karson Kuhlman and Weston Michaud took 19 of the team's 31 shots.

Cloquet Esko Carlton additionally got points from Michaud, who also had one goal and two assists to lead the team in points. In addition, Cloquet Esko Carlton received assists from Drew Dincau, who had two and Tanner Robideaux and Justin Ketola, who contributed one a piece.

Michael St. Martin rejected 27 shots on goal for the Bears. White Bear Lake incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors. Justin Ketola made 11 saves for the Lumberjacks on 17 shots. Cloquet Esko Carlton registered one goal on three power play opportunities.