Alpena Street Cats, which led by four goals at one point, survived a comeback attempt by Alpena Street Cats and clinched an 8-7 victory.

Alpena Street Cats led by four goals at one point and ended with the victory. The largest advantage in the game came when Alpena Street Cats' Andrei Yanovich's scored at 18:12 in the first period to put Alpena Street Cats up 4-0.

Savelii Skurikhin had one goal and four assists to lead Alpena Street Cats. Skurikhin scored on the power play 19:55 into the second period to make the score 7-6 Soo Firehawks. A slashing penalty on Luke Wizauer had put Alpena Street Cats on the power play.

Alpena Street Cats was often in penalty trouble, totaling 10 minors and one major for 45 minutes in penalty time. Alpena Street Cats surpassed its season average of 16.0 penalty minutes per game. Alpena Street Cats forced Soo Firehawks' goalies to work in net, getting 39 shots and forcing 31 saves. Justus Mancuso made 18 stops and Brandon Hansen made 13. Alpena Street Cats surpassed its usual scoring output this season. This season, Alpena Street Cats averages 5.3 goals per contest. Team could not crack Soo Firehawks' penalty kill and was held to two power play goals while having 10 opportunities to play with the man advantage.

Alpena Street Cats also got points from Andrei Kiselev, who also finished with one goal and one assist, Pavel Bocharov, who also registered two goals and one assist, Yanovich, who also had one goal and two assists, Vladislav Khasanov, who also racked up one goal and two assists, and Sergey Deev, who also tallied two goals and two assists.

Soo Firehawks forced Alpena Street Cats goalie Vlad Salangin to work between the pipes, taking 44 shots. Soo Firehawks could not stay out of the penalty box, as the team accrued 34 minutes in penalties during the game.

Soo Firehawks was led by Nicholas Murphy, who registered three goals and one assist. Soo Firehawks additionally got points from Ryan Marshall, who also had one goal and one assist and Taylor McRorie, who also racked up one goal and one assist. Andrew Holder also scored for Soo Firehawks. More assists for Soo Firehawks came via Matthew Majic, who had one, Calder Ashton, who had two, and Kevin Killips, who had three.

Salangin rejected 37 shots on goal for Alpena Street Cats. For Alpena Street Cats, Konstantin Khramov was ejected from the game. Soo Firehawks registered three goals on nine power play opportunities.