Glacier could not stop the Gillette Wild's Tj Mcminn, who tallied a hat trick in a 6-3 win.

Mcminn's first goal came 7:30 into the first period. He then added goals at 11:02 into the first and at 16:07 into the third.

Gillette excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in four chances. The Wild's offense rang up 41 shots on Glacier's net.

Gillette also got points from Brandon Castleberry, who also racked up one goal and two assists. Dalton McCann also scored for Gillette. In addition, Gillette received assists from Moco Willis, who had two and Greg Sauers and Nick Mead, who contributed one a piece.

Glacier was led by Paul Kinder, who had two goals and one assist. Kinder scored the first of his two goals at 29 seconds into the second period to make the score 2-1 Gillette. Cody Albert picked up the assist. Kinder's next tally made the score 3-2 Gillette with 13:58 left in the second period. Brett Fernandez provided the assist. Glacier additionally got points from Fernandez, who also registered one goal and one assist. Other players who recorded assists for Glacier were Adam Dalton and Jacob Hayes, who each chipped in one.

Gillette's Sean Kelley stopped 27 shots out of the 30 that he faced. The Wild totaled 23 minutes in penalty time with four minors and one major and went 1-for-4 on the power play. For Gillette, Collin Papesh was ejected from the game. Jake Mullen made 35 saves for Glacier on 41 shots. Glacier ended with 23 minutes in penalty time with four minors and one major. Glacier ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Corbin Emery was ejected from the game.