MNEPDL Gray 16U survived a determined comeback attempt by West Michigan Hounds 16U on the way to a 6-5 win.

MNEPDL Gray 16U took a 6-4 lead during the third period, only to have West Michigan Hounds 16U storm back on a Tyler Deweese goal 13:05 into the third period to pull to one goal down.

MNEPDL Gray 16U got the win thanks to a great game by Jack Johnson, who had one goal and two assists. Johnson scored 5:51 into the third period to make the score 4-4. Taylor Lantz picked up the assist.

MNEPDL Gray 16U's offense rang up 36 shots on West Michigan Hounds 16U's net. MNEPDL Gray 16U found the back of the net more times than it usually has this season. MNEPDL Gray 16U averages 3.6 goals per game.

MNEPDL Gray 16U also got points from Jason Koehn, who also registered one goal and one assist and Brendan Skarda, who also finished with one goal and one assist. MNEPDL Gray 16U also had goals scored by Myles Cunningham, Luke Paterson, and Grady Hauswirth, who each put in one. More assists for MNEPDL Gray 16U came via Logan Linstrand, Tristan Moss, Eric Gotz, and Jack Kelly, who each chipped in one.

West Michigan Hounds 16U's goal total was higher than its season average. This season, West Michigan Hounds 16U averages 2.3 goals per contest.

West Michigan Hounds 16U additionally got points from Christian Surns, who also had one goal and one assist and Dallas Tulik, who also tallied one goal and one assist. Brady Lawrence also scored for West Michigan Hounds 16U. Other players who recorded assists for West Michigan Hounds 16U were Jack Sampson, who had two and Luke Kiel and Tyler Adamski, who contributed one each.

Nick Althaus rejected 18 shots on goal for MNEPDL Gray 16U. MNEPDL Gray 16U incurred 22 minutes in penalty time with six minors. West Michigan Hounds 16U's Tyler Roe stopped 30 shots out of the 36 that he faced. West Michigan Hounds 16U incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors.