Southern Oregon Spartans could not stop Fresno Monsters' Filip Winkler, who tallied a hat trick in a 6-4 win.

Fresno Monsters pulled out the victory even though it was hit with 23 penalty minutes.

Fresno Monsters kept Southern Oregon Spartans' goalie busy throughout the game, and Ian Dvorak made 40 saves on 46 shots.

Fresno Monsters additionally got points from Cory Sikich, who also tallied one goal and one assist and Mike Fabie, who also registered one goal and one assist. Fresno Monsters also got a goal from Evan Ingram as well. In addition, Fresno Monsters received assists from Mark Shroyer and Mike Nolan, who contributed one a piece and Anthony Pena and Jordan Fontaine, who each chipped in two.

Fresno Monsters was unable to stop Southern Oregon Spartans from sending pucks towards the net, and Southern Oregon Spartans eventually piled up 33 shots on goal. Southern Oregon Spartans was forced to rely heavily on their penalty kill unit throughout the game, as it racked up 25 penalty minutes.

Southern Oregon Spartans was helped by Carl Edstrom, who had one goal. Edstrom scored on the power play 6:05 into the third period to make the score 4-4. Southern Oregon Spartans had taken the advantage when Fresno Monsters' Ingram got sent off for hooking. Mike Kowicki picked up the assist. Southern Oregon Spartans also had goals scored by Austin Sartorius, Nick Beaune, and Douglas Gutierrez, who scored one goal each. Other players who recorded assists for Southern Oregon Spartans were Ben Henry, who had two and Trevor Hillman, Jason Henry, Tyler Spencer, Rob Donovan, and Cy Jenson, who contributed one a piece.

Matthew Soldano recorded 29 saves for Fresno Monsters. Fresno Monsters registered four goals on eight power play opportunities. Southern Oregon Spartans registered one goal on seven power play opportunities.