Three periods of regulation and an overtime session were not enough to settle matters as M2 Northern Michigan University defeated M2 Minnesota-Duluth University of in a shootout 6-5 (1-0 SO).

M2 Northern Michigan University overcame a two-goal deficit to capture the victory. M2 Northern Michigan University fell behind 4-2 after a goal by M2 Minnesota-Duluth University of's Justin Reinke at 3:46 in the second period. M2 Northern Michigan University tied things up at 5-5 on a goal by Colin Nowicki at 1:37 in the third period.

The 45 shots that M2 Northern Michigan University put on net surpassed M2 Northern Michigan University's average of 0.6 shots per game this season.

M2 Northern Michigan University was led by Gavin Porter, who registered three goals. M2 Northern Michigan University additionally got points from Eric Wozny, who also grabbed one goal and one assist. Dillon Montalvo also scored for M2 Northern Michigan University. More assists for M2 Northern Michigan University came via Michael Baudino, Jeff Nolfo, and Matthew Husak, who each chipped in one and Anders Carlson and Travis Hargett, who contributed two each.

M2 Minnesota-Duluth University of's offense rang up 35 shots on M2 Northern Michigan University's net.

M2 Minnesota-Duluth University of also got points from Nowicki, who also grabbed two goals and one assist. In addition, M2 Minnesota-Duluth University of received assists from Jordan Schwandt, who had one and Jeff Pieper, who had five.

Jeffrey Ryan rejected 30 shots on goal for M2 Northern Michigan University. M2 Northern Michigan University incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors. M2 Minnesota-Duluth University of's Alex Glockner stopped 39 shots out of the 44 that he faced. M2 Minnesota-Duluth University of incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors.