The Pensacola Ice Flyers were firing on all cylinders against Mississippi RiverKings, and when the final buzzer sounded Ice Flyers emerged with a 7-1 win.

Michael Budd was all over the ice for Pensacola, as he tallied one goal and two assists in the win. Budd scored 8:56 into the first period to make the score 2-0 Pensacola. Brett Lutes provided the assist.

The Ice Flyers were led by goalie Max Strang, who finished with 29 saves while allowing one goal. Strang managed to improve on his goals against average, which stood at 1.98 prior to the game.

Pensacola's goal total was higher than its season average. The Ice Flyers have scored at the pace of 3.5 goals per game during the current campaign. Pensacola put 38 shots on net during the contest, more than the 26.5 it averages per game.

Pensacola also got points from Nick Lazorko, who also registered one goal and two assists, Lutes, who also had two goals and one assist to lead the team in points, and Corey Banfield, who also grabbed one goal and one assist. Pensacola also had goals scored by Jason Fabian and Adam Pawlick, who scored one goal each. Other players who recorded assists for Pensacola were Drew Baker, Nick McParland, and Brandon Blair, who contributed one each and Brett Beebe and Daniel Sova, who each chipped in two.

Mississippi RiverKings' offense was clicking better than usual and put 30 shots on goal during the game, better than the 27.1 shots per game it averages.

Mississippi RiverKings was led by Sean Jones, who dished out one assist.

The Ice Flyers totaled 11 minutes in penalty time with three minors and one major and went 1-for-2 on the power play. Mississippi RiverKings' starting goalie, Peter Di Salvo, made 26 saves and finished with the loss before he was taken out in favor of Adam Courchaine, who stopped five shots. Mississippi RiverKings totaled 11 minutes in penalty time with three minors and one major and went 0-for-2 on the power play.