Erik Gatson was all over the ice for the Great Falls Americans, as he tallied two goals and two assists in Great Falls' 8-3 win over the Bozeman Icedogs.

Gatson scored at 3:44 into the first period to make the score 2-0 Great Falls and again while 5:32 into the second to make the score 6-0 Great Falls.

The Americans racked up the penalties in the contest, and ended with 11 minors and one major for 47 minutes in penalty time. Great Falls surpassed its season average of 26.0 penalty minutes per game. The Americans forced Icedogs' netminders to work between the pipes, getting 35 shots and forcing 27 saves. Zach Skop made 20 stops and Chance Turner made seven.

Great Falls additionally got points from Lucas Lomax, who also had one goal and one assist, Johnathan Carpenter, who also grabbed one goal and one assist, and Aaron McInnis, who also registered one goal and two assists. Great Falls also had goals scored by Cody Page, who had one and Steven Goran, who had two. More assists for Great Falls came via Donovan Mattfeldt, who had two, Dylan Garton, who had three, and Austin Krantz, Brady Christiaens, and Patrick Anaruk, who contributed one a piece.

Bozeman forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up 10 minors and two majors for 50 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 24.0 minutes per game the Icedogs had been spending in the box.

Bozeman was led by Gunnar Mogck, who tallied one goal and two assists. Mogck scored on the power play 7:08 into the second period to make the score 7-1 Great Falls. The Icedogs earned a power play opportunity when Page was put in the box for slashing. Austin Nottke picked up the assist. Bozeman also got points from Kegan Couture, who also had one goal and one assist and Nottke, who also racked up one goal and one assist. In addition, Bozeman received assists from Chase Engdahl and Ryan Erickson, who each chipped in one.

Great Falls' starting goalie, Erik Powell, made 15 saves and finished with the win before he was taken out in favor of Christian Rice, who stopped one shot. The Americans registered one goal on eight power play opportunities. Great Falls ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Anaruk was ejected from the game. Bozeman registered two goals on eight power play opportunities. For the Icedogs, Engdahl was ejected from the game.