Michigan Ice Dogs climbed out of a two-goal hole to beat Detroit Fighting Irish, 7-6.

Michigan Ice Dogs let multiple leads slip away before eventually digging out of a two hole to pick up the win. Michigan Ice Dogs took a 1-0 advantage on a goal by Michael Diaz at 39 seconds in the first period. Michigan Ice Dogs went down 4-2 after Detroit Fighting Irish's Ken Winter put the puck home at 1:17 in the second period. After tying things up at 6-6 on a goal by Michael Ryan at 12:39 in the third, Michigan Ice Dogs got the game-winner from Drew Hull at 13:06 in the third period.

Michigan Ice Dogs forced Detroit Fighting Irish's goalies to work between the pipes, launching 46 shots and forcing 39 saves. Tyler Skulley made 12 stops and John Slavik made 27. Michigan Ice Dogs stifled Detroit Fighting Irish's power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. Michigan Ice Dogs bested its season scoring average. This season, Michigan Ice Dogs averages 3.9 goals per contest.

Michigan Ice Dogs was led by Hunter Ledgerwood, who tallied one goal and two assists. Ledgerwood scored short handed 17:28 into the second period to make the score 5-4 Michigan Ice Dogs. A cross checking call on Brent Young put Michigan Ice Dogs on the penalty kill. Michigan Ice Dogs also got points from Diaz, who also racked up one goal and one assist, Hull, who also had one goal and one assist, Marc Rotondo, who also registered one goal and one assist, and Kerry Cummings, who also tallied one goal and one assist. Adam Stadler also scored for Michigan Ice Dogs. Other players who recorded assists for Michigan Ice Dogs were Cameron Kucharski, Robert Schultz, Cory Markovich, and Matthew Hartford, who contributed one a piece.

Detroit Fighting Irish excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in three chances. Detroit Fighting Irish's offense rang up 36 shots on Michigan Ice Dogs' net. Detroit Fighting Irish surpassed its usual scoring output this season. Detroit Fighting Irish has scored at the pace of 3.1 goals per game during the current campaign.

Detroit Fighting Irish was helped by Ryan Santo, who racked up three goals. Detroit Fighting Irish additionally got points from Winter, who also grabbed one goal and three assists to lead the team in points. Detroit Fighting Irish also got a goal from Chadwick Cobb as well. In addition, Detroit Fighting Irish received assists from Gilbert Guerrero, who had two and Aaron Robinson and Richie Pinkowski, who each chipped in one.

Anthony Veresan recorded 30 saves for Michigan Ice Dogs. Michigan Ice Dogs incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors. Detroit Fighting Irish incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors.