Mississippi RiverKings relied on the sparkling performance of Dan McWhinney in net to grab a 7-1 win against the Knoxville Ice Bears.

Mississippi RiverKings pulled out the victory even though it was hit with 58 penalty minutes.

Mississippi RiverKings was led by Charles LaChance, who registered one goal and one assist. LaChance scored 8:36 into the first period to make the score 2-0 Mississippi RiverKings. Devin Mantha assisted on the tally.

Referees had their hands full with a major incident at 20:00 into the second period. Four fighting penalties were dished out along with two game misconducts.

Mississippi RiverKings put up an impenetrable defensive front on the penalty kill, and did not allow Knoxville to score on any of its six power plays. Mississippi RiverKings' goal total was higher than its season average. Mississippi RiverKings has scored at the pace of 3.2 goals per game during the current campaign. Mississippi RiverKings' defensemen played an important role in the offense, chipping in two goals. With 32 shots on target during the contest, Mississippi RiverKings exceeded the 26.9 shots it averages per game this year.

Mississippi RiverKings also got points from Todd Hosmer, who also had one goal and two assists and Andrew Randazzo, who also racked up one goal and one assist. Mississippi RiverKings also had goals scored by Mike Hayward, Matt Whitehead, Matt Harrington, and Tyler Melancon, who each put in one. Other players who recorded assists for Mississippi RiverKings were Mike Grace, who had three and Leo Thomas and Paul Clancy, who each chipped in one.

The Ice Bears forced their penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up eight minors and four majors for 66 minutes in penalty time. Knoxville surpassed its season average of 22.0 penalty minutes per game.

McWhinney rejected 27 shots on goal for Mississippi RiverKings. Mississippi RiverKings registered one goal on five power play opportunities. For Mississippi RiverKings, Tyler Sheldrake and LaChance were ejected from the contest. The Ice Bears' starting goalie, Bryan Hince, made 11 saves and finished with the loss before he was taken out in favor of Cody Rosen, who stopped 14 shots. Team's Brett Valliquette and David Segal were slapped with misconducts and ejected from the game.