Cheyenne Stampede opened up a six-goal lead after the first period and did not look back en route to a 10-3 over Arizona Redhawks.

Alexander Andersson had two goals and one assist to lead Cheyenne Stampede. Andersson scored the first of his two goals at 11:28 into the first period to make the score 2-1 Cheyenne Stampede. Maans Gustavsson provided the assist. Andersson's next tally made the score 4-1 Cheyenne Stampede with 7:08 left in the first period. Cheyenne Stampede had gotten the advantage when Arizona Redhawks' Sebastian Viding was sent off for holding. Jimmie Kotilainen picked up the assist.

Arizona Redhawks fell victim to a deadly Cheyenne Stampede power play, which ripped Arizona Redhawks for four goals.

Cheyenne Stampede forced Arizona Redhawks' goaltenders to work hard to keep the puck out of the net, ripping 62 shots and forcing 52 saves. Colton Pankiw made 13 stops and David Deadman made 39. Cheyenne Stampede managed to stay out of the box better than usual, totaling one minor for two minutes in penalty time. Cheyenne Stampede wound up below its season average of 18.0 penalty minutes per game. Cheyenne Stampede bested its season scoring average. Cheyenne Stampede averages 4.7 goals per game.

Cheyenne Stampede additionally got points from Heath Lantz, who also grabbed one goal and two assists, Gustavsson, who also tallied two goals and two assists, Thayne Trumbull, who also racked up three goals and one assist to lead the team in points, and Kotilainen, who also finished with two goals and one assist. More assists for Cheyenne Stampede came via Tyler Elkins, Garrett Johnson, Kyle Wambold, and Jacob Eisenstat, who contributed one a piece and Branko Oktavec, Filip Oravec, and Russell Armbruster, who each chipped in two.

Arizona Redhawks was helped by Chance Taylor, who had one goal. Taylor scored 56 seconds into the first period to make the score 1-0 Arizona Redhawks. William Wallin assisted on the tally. Mattias Marten also scored for Arizona Redhawks. In addition, Arizona Redhawks received assists from Oscar Hagborg Olsson and Travis Cornwell, who contributed one a piece.

Rasmus Hansson made 17 saves for Cheyenne Stampede on 20 shots. Arizona Redhawks incurred 12 minutes in penalty time with six minors.