Austin Browning lifted Fresno Monsters to an 8-4 victory with a hat trick against San Diego Gulls.

Fresno Monsters forced San Diego Gulls' goalies to work in net, ripping 51 shots and forcing 43 saves. Eric Eidessen made 29 stops and Filip Lukac made 14. Fresno Monsters bested its season scoring average. This season, Fresno Monsters averages 5.2 goals per contest.

Fresno Monsters additionally got points from Justin Plate, who also racked up two goals and two assists to lead the team in points and Carter Dahl, who also tallied one goal and one assist. Fresno Monsters also got a goal from Mike Fabie as well. In addition, Fresno Monsters received assists from Michael Freeman and Anthony Pena, who contributed one a piece.

San Diego Gulls was led by Nick Strohmeyer, who had two goals. Strohmeyer scored the first of his two goals at 5:07 into the second period to make the score 3-2 Fresno Monsters. Will Parker picked up the assist. Strohmeyer's next tally made the score 6-4 Fresno Monsters with 9:11 left in the third period. Eric Baldwin also scored for San Diego Gulls. Other players who recorded assists for San Diego Gulls were Michael Leone, who had two and Drew DePalma and Kyle Rimbach, who each chipped in one.

Jerry Kaukinen recorded 18 saves for Fresno Monsters. Fresno Monsters totaled 35 minutes in penalty time with five minors and one major and went 1-for-3 on the power play. For Fresno Monsters, Evan Ingram was ejected from the game. San Diego Gulls incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors.