Behind a great game by Ryan Santo, who had two goals, Detroit Fighting Irish defeated Bloomington Jr Blaze, 6-3.

Santo scored at 7:56 into the first period to make the score 1-1 and again while 16:34 into the first to make the score 3-1 Detroit Fighting Irish.

Detroit Fighting Irish was often in penalty trouble, totaling seven minors and two majors for 34 minutes in penalty time. Detroit Fighting Irish had been averaging 23.0 minutes in penalties per game. Detroit Fighting Irish stifled Bloomington Jr Blaze's power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. Team's forwards weren't the only contributers offensively, and the team's defensemen showcased their scoring touch with two goals.

Detroit Fighting Irish also got points from Michael Cruse, who also finished with one goal and one assist. Detroit Fighting Irish also had goals scored by Ken Winter, Robert Danyo, and Ryan Morse, who each put in one. More assists for Detroit Fighting Irish came via Ryan Brown, who had three and Robert Speer, Ryan Krolikowski, Christian Ramage, Jarrad Vroman, Richie Pinkowski, Joshua Arnold, and James Smith, who each chipped in one.

Bloomington Jr Blaze put up an impenetrable defensive front on the penalty kill, and did not allow Detroit Fighting Irish to score on any of its three power plays. Bloomington Jr Blaze found itself stymied offensively, and got off a mere 12 shots against Detroit Fighting Irish's defense.

Bloomington Jr Blaze was led by Micah Young, who racked up one goal. Young scored 2:34 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Bloomington Jr Blaze. Others who scored for Bloomington Jr Blaze included David Wandell and Dylan Farmer, who scored one goal each. In addition, Bloomington Jr Blaze received assists from Justus Kree, who had one.

John Slavik recorded nine saves for Detroit Fighting Irish. Paul Stomper made 23 saves for Bloomington Jr Blaze on 29 shots. Bloomington Jr Blaze totaled 48 minutes in penalty time with four minors and two majors and went 0-for-5 on the power play. For Bloomington Jr Blaze, Peter Carlin was ejected from the game.