Michigan Ice Dogs fell behind early, and Traverse City Hounds kept piling on the points on the way to a 9-1 victory.

Traverse City Hounds got the win behind a great game by Adam Jonak, who had two goals and two assists. Jonak scored the first of his two goals at 5:53 into the first period to make the score 2-0 Traverse City Hounds. Alexander Grizzel picked up the assist. Jonak's next tally made the score 9-1 Traverse City Hounds with 7:45 left in the third period. Kenneth Simmons Jr assisted on the tally.

Referees had their hands full with a major incident at 18:46 into the second period. Six fighting penalties were dished out along with two game misconducts.

Michigan Ice Dogs was unable to stop Traverse City Hounds from sending pucks towards the net, and Traverse City Hounds eventually piled up 31 shots on goal. Traverse City Hounds bested its season scoring average. Traverse City Hounds averages 5.2 goals per game. Traverse City Hounds got an offensive boost from its blueliners, who contributed four goals during the game.

Traverse City Hounds also had goals scored by Cory Bussing and Josh Smith, who scored two goals each and Scott Luca, Kevin Miloser, and Garrett Cebalt, who each put in one. Other players who recorded assists for Traverse City Hounds were Zach Early, Kevin Hansen, Jacob Gillis, Patrick Rogowski, Dalton Gertsen, and Matthew Passino, who each chipped in one.

Michigan Ice Dogs was often in penalty trouble, totaling four minors and three majors for 43 minutes in penalty time. Michigan Ice Dogs surpassed its season average of 33.0 penalty minutes per game. Michigan Ice Dogs stifled Traverse City Hounds' power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. Michigan Ice Dogs could not produce up to it normal offensive output. Michigan Ice Dogs puts an average of 3.8 pucks into the net per game.

Hunter Myers made 10 saves before being replaced by David Krejcik, who took the win and made eight saves. Traverse City Hounds totaled 39 minutes in penalty time with two minors and three majors and went 0-for-4 on the power play. Traverse City Hounds ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Hansen was ejected from the game. Anthony Veresan made 22 saves for Michigan Ice Dogs on 31 shots. Michigan Ice Dogs registered zero goals on two power play opportunities. For Michigan Ice Dogs, Logan Bennett was ejected from the game.