Tyler Barr had two goals and one assist to lead the Louisiana IceGators to a 5-2 victory over Mississippi RiverKings.

Louisiana's penalty box was a popular destination as the team totaled seven minors and one major for 39 minutes in penalty time. The IceGators surpassed its season average of 20.0 penalty minutes per game. Louisiana put up an impenetrable defensive front on the penalty kill, and did not allow Mississippi RiverKings to score on any of its three power plays.

Louisiana additionally got points from Chris Wilson, who also racked up one goal and one assist. Louisiana also had goals scored by Jake Hauswirth and Bret Peppler, who scored one goal each. In addition, Louisiana received assists from Shawn McNeil, Luke Kasteel, Tyler Amburgey, and Adam Stuart, who each chipped in one and Tanner Burton and Jeremy Boyer, who contributed two each.

Mississippi RiverKings was often in penalty trouble, totaling seven minors and one major for 29 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 13.0 minutes per game Mississippi RiverKings had been spending in the box. Mississippi RiverKings relied on a core group of players for most of its offense, as Bryon Paulazzo, Devin Mantha and Mike Hayward took 14 of the team's 23 shots.

Mississippi RiverKings was helped by Sean Jones, who tallied one goal. Jones scored 7:58 into the first period to make the score 2-0 Mississippi RiverKings. Matt Whitehead provided the assist. More assists for Mississippi RiverKings came via Mike Grace, who had two.

Marco De Filippo recorded 21 saves for the IceGators. Louisiana registered one goal on three power play opportunities. The IceGators ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Barr was ejected from the game. Mississippi RiverKings' starting goalie, Adam Courchaine, made seven saves and finished with the loss before he was taken out in favor of Peter Di Salvo, who stopped six shots.