Traverse City Hounds tried to dig itself out of a two-goal hole, but Alpena Street Cats held on for a 2-1 victory.

Alpena Street Cats took a 2-0 lead during the first period, only to have Traverse City Hounds storm back on a Patrick Rogowski goal 18:15 into the third period to pull to one goal down.

Alpena Street Cats' Vladislav Graevski was a brick wall in net, as he came up with 40 saves and let only one puck past him. The solid play of Graevski will be reflected in his goals against average, which pre-game was 2.47.

Alpena Street Cats put up an impenetrable defensive front on the penalty kill, and did not allow Traverse City Hounds to score on any of its five power plays. Alpena Street Cats' offense operated below it season average. Alpena Street Cats averages 4.8 goals per game.

Alpena Street Cats was helped by Pavel Bocharov, who tallied one goal. Bocharov scored 8:10 into the first period to make the score Alpena Street Cats. Savelii Skurikhin picked up the assist. Vladislav Khasanov also scored for Alpena Street Cats. More assists for Alpena Street Cats came via Andrei Yanovich and Konstantin Khramov, who each chipped in one.

The Traverse City Hounds penalty box was a popular destination as the team totaled 10 minors and one major for 35 minutes in penalty time. Traverse City Hounds surpassed its season average of 26.0 penalty minutes per game. Traverse City Hounds excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in eight chances. Traverse City Hounds could not produce up to it normal offensive output. Traverse City Hounds puts an average of 5.3 pucks into the net per game. Traverse City Hounds' offense rang up 41 shots on Alpena Street Cats' net.

In addition, Traverse City Hounds received assists from Jacob Gillis and Dalton Gertsen, who contributed one a piece.

Alpena Street Cats incurred 18 minutes in penalty time with nine minors. David Krejcik made 25 saves for Traverse City Hounds on 27 shots.