Behind a great game by Matt Gellatly, who had one goal and three assists, M2 North Carolina University of defeated M2 Naval Academy United States, 7-4.

Gellatly got on the board by slotting home a power play goal 10:39 into the third period to make the score 5-4 M2 North Carolina University of. M2 North Carolina University of earned a power play opportunity when Tyler Haigh was put in the box for holding. Michael Auriemma picked up the assist. Gellatly dished an assist on Nathaniel Haas's goal that made the score 2-2 at 7:23 into the second period. He then added assists on Aj Hamel's goal at 16:38 into the second and on Akul Gupta's goal at 11:19 into the third.

M2 North Carolina University of's offense was clicking better than usual and put 65 shots on goal during the game, better than the 0.2 shots per game it averages.

M2 North Carolina University of also got points from Auriemma, who also grabbed one goal and two assists, Hamel, who also registered two goals and two assists, Haas, who also tallied one goal and one assist, and Gupta, who also had one goal and two assists. Benjamin Gurlitz also scored for M2 North Carolina University of. In addition, M2 North Carolina University of received assists from Shane Dulin, Jonah Graffius, and Jake Green, who contributed one each.

M2 Naval Academy United States was helped by Hyo Jun Baek, who racked up one goal. Baek scored 10:18 into the first period to make the score 2-1 M2 Naval Academy United States. Miki Szabo assisted on the tally. M2 Naval Academy United States additionally got points from Thomas Phillips, who also registered one goal and one assist to lead the team in points. M2 Naval Academy United States also got a goal from Daniel Wild as well. More assists for M2 Naval Academy United States came via Tyler Derderian, who had one.

Trent Holmes made six saves before being replaced by John Jackson, who took the win and made six saves. M2 North Carolina University of totaled 13 minutes in penalty time with four minors and one major and went 2-for-6 on the power play. James OHalloran recorded 58 saves for M2 Naval Academy United States. M2 Naval Academy United States incurred 14 minutes in penalty time with seven minors.