Bloomington Jr Blaze gutted out a close 5-3 win against xAlpena Street Cats.

Each team kept the other at bay throughout the game, and Jorey Skelton secured the win for Bloomington Jr Blaze with a goal in the third period.

Bloomington Jr Blaze got the win thanks to a great game by Skelton, who had two goals and one assist. Skelton scored the first of his two goals at 6:18 into the third period to make the score 3-2 Bloomington Jr Blaze. Micah Young picked up the assist. Skelton's next tally made the score 4-2 Bloomington Jr Blaze with 12:09 left in the third period. Young provided the assist.

Bloomington Jr Blaze also got points from Peter Carlin, who also had one goal and one assist and Dylan Farmer, who also racked up one goal and one assist. Justus Kree also scored for Bloomington Jr Blaze. More assists for Bloomington Jr Blaze came via Tommy Hrynkiw, John Urmetz, Craig Jarzen, and Nathan Zoellner, who contributed one a piece.

xAlpena Street Cats was held below its usual level of production. xAlpena Street Cats puts an average of 5.4 pucks into the net per game.

xAlpena Street Cats was led by Andrei Kiselev, who registered one goal and two assists. Kiselev scored 12:24 into the second period to make the score 2-1 Bloomington Jr Blaze. Edgar Kharlamov picked up the assist. xAlpena Street Cats additionally got points from Kharlamov, who also tallied one goal and one assist. xAlpena Street Cats also got a goal from Vladimir Mokrousov as well. Other players who recorded assists for xAlpena Street Cats were Pavel Bocharov, who had one and Andrei Yanovich, who had two.

Vlad Salangin made 17 saves for Bloomington Jr Blaze on 20 shots. Bloomington Jr Blaze totaled 11 minutes in penalty time with three minors and one major and went 1-for-5 on the power play. xAlpena Street Cats' starting goalie, Aleksandr Shishkin, made seven saves and finished with the loss before he was taken out in favor of Keegan McGraw, who stopped 17 shots. xAlpena Street Cats totaled 13 minutes in penalty time with four minors and one major and went 1-for-4 on the power play.