Detroit Fighting Irish had a two-goal lead after two periods and cruised the rest of the way en route to a 5-1 win over Alpena Street Cats.

Detroit Fighting Irish was led by goalie John Slavik, who finished with 27 saves while allowing one goal. Slavik certainly lowered his goals against average, which was 2.95 entering the contest.

Detroit Fighting Irish was led by Dallas Fritz, who racked up one goal and one assist. Fritz scored 15:24 into the first period to make the score 2-0 Detroit Fighting Irish. Aaron Robinson picked up the assist.

Referees had their hands full with a major incident at 19:32 into the third period. Six fighting penalties were dished out along with seven game misconducts.

The Detroit Fighting Irish penalty box was a popular destination as the team totaled nine minors and four majors for 78 minutes in penalty time. Detroit Fighting Irish surpassed its season average of 22.0 penalty minutes per game. Detroit Fighting Irish excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in four chances. Detroit Fighting Irish kept Alpena Street Cats' goalie busy throughout the game, and Vladislav Graevski made 29 saves on 34 shots. The defensemen of Detroit Fighting Irish were also effective in Alpena Street Cats' zone, and came away with two goals.

Detroit Fighting Irish also had goals scored by Robert Speer, who had two and Richie Pinkowski and Jacob Hernandez, who scored one goal each. In addition, Detroit Fighting Irish received assists from Christian Ramage, who had one and Anthony Wojciechowski, who had three.

Alpena Street Cats was often in penalty trouble, totaling eight minors and four majors for 86 minutes in penalty time. Alpena Street Cats had been averaging 20.0 minutes in penalties per game. Alpena Street Cats' penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on three Detroit Fighting Irish power plays. Alpena Street Cats' offense operated below it season average. Alpena Street Cats averages 4.2 goals per game.

Alpena Street Cats was led by Savelii Skurikhin, who scored the team's only goal. Skurikhin scored 7:15 into the second period to make the score 3-1 Detroit Fighting Irish. Vladislav Khasanov provided the assist.

For Detroit Fighting Irish, Ryan Krolikowski, Pinkowski, James Stacey, and Hernandez were ejected from the contest. Team's Sergey Merzlov, Tommy Hrynkiw, Vladimir Mokrousov, and Skurikhin were slapped with misconducts and ejected from the game.