A five-goal first period deficit cost Glacier, which could not recover and fell to the Helena Bighorns, 13-1.

Helena got the win with help from a great game by Damon Hanson, who had one goal and two assists. Hanson scored 9:59 into the first period to make the score 2-0 Helena. Austin Loes picked up the assist.

Glacier's power play was ineffective against the Bighorns' penalty kill, which allowed zero goals while shorthanded.

Helena forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up eight minors and one major for 41 minutes in penalty time. The Bighorns had been averaging 21.0 minutes in penalties per game. Helena forced Glacier's netminders to work without much rest, totaling 72 shots and forcing 59 saves. Pierre Gustafsson made 14 stops and Ethan Wiese made 45. The Bighorns excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in six chances. Helena's goal total was higher than its season average. This season, the Bighorns average 6.4 goals per contest.

Helena also got points from John Bonta, who also grabbed two goals and two assists, Loes, who also finished with one goal and one assist, Corbin Belling, who also registered two goals and one assist, Brandt Miller, who also grabbed one goal and three assists, Austin Buckholtz, who also finished with one goal and one assist, and Matt Mohar, who also had one goal and one assist. Helena also got a goal from Sebastian Hansson as well. Other players who recorded assists for Helena were Ryan Webber, who had two, Theo Campe, who had three, Nick Okada, who had four, and Connor Dunn and Rory Bock, who each chipped in one.

Glacier racked up the penalties in the contest, and ended with nine minors and three majors for 73 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 32.0 minutes per game Glacier had been spending in the box. Glacier was held below its usual level of production. Glacier puts an average of 3.2 pucks into the net per game. Glacier struggled on the penalty kill, allowing Helena to score six power play goals on 11 chances.

Karson Frisk also scored for Glacier. More assists for Glacier came via Tanner Dodd and Adam Dalton, who each chipped in one.

Austin Brihn rejected 17 shots on goal for the Bighorns. For Helena, Hansson was ejected from the game. Team's Frisk and Padraic Ripple were slapped with misconducts and ejected from the game.