Soo Firehawks could not stop Bloomington Jr Blaze's Steven Smoltz, who tallied a hat trick in a 6-4 win.

Smoltz notched his first tally 17:00 into the first period. He then added goals at 7:22 into the second and at 5:38 into the third.

Bloomington Jr Blaze's penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on four Soo Firehawks power plays. Soo Firehawks was unable to stop Bloomington Jr Blaze from sending pucks towards the net, and Bloomington Jr Blaze eventually piled up 42 shots on goal. Bloomington Jr Blaze surpassed its usual scoring output this season. Bloomington Jr Blaze has scored at the pace of 2.6 goals per game during the current campaign. Bloomington Jr Blaze got an offensive boost from its blueliners, who contributed three goals during the game.

Bloomington Jr Blaze additionally got points from Dylan Farmer, who also racked up one goal and two assists. Justus Kree also scored for Bloomington Jr Blaze. In addition, Bloomington Jr Blaze received assists from Jorey Skelton, who had three and Garret Maged and John Urmetz, who contributed one a piece.

Soo Firehawks kept Bloomington Jr Blaze's goalie busy throughout the game, and Cameron Lerner made 46 saves on 50 shots.

Soo Firehawks was helped by Nicholas Murphy, who finished with two goals. Murphy scored the first of his two goals at 4:36 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Soo Firehawks. Calder Ashton assisted on the tally. Murphy's next tally made the score 3-2 Soo Firehawks with 12:01 left in the second period. Tyler Jones picked up the assist. Soo Firehawks also got points from Andrew Holder, who also registered one goal and one assist and Kevin Killips, who also tallied one goal and one assist. More assists for Soo Firehawks came via Matthew MacLaren, Trevor McRorie, and Taylor McRorie, who each chipped in one.

Bloomington Jr Blaze incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors. Nicolas Berlingieri recorded 36 saves for Soo Firehawks. Soo Firehawks incurred 14 minutes in penalty time with seven minors.