M3-Northern Colorado tried to dig itself out of a three-goal hole, but M3-Metropolitan State Univ. Denver held on for a 4-3 victory.

M3-Metropolitan State Univ. Denver made the score 4-1 on a goal by Bryce Berthold at 13:43 in the second period, and M3-Northern Colorado got as close as 4-3 when Cameron Taggart scored 18:52 into the third period.

M3-Metropolitan State Univ. Denver got the win thanks to a great game by Shane Doerfler, who had one goal and two assists. Doerfler scored on the power play 16:48 into the first period to make the score 1-1. M3-Metropolitan State Univ. Denver earned a power play opportunity when Brennan Bohnsack was put in the box for hooking. Travis Battista assisted on the tally.

M3-Metropolitan State Univ. Denver struggled to stay out of the sin bin throughout the game as it finished the game with 18 penalty minutes for eight opposing power plays. Team could not crack M3-Northern Colorado's penalty kill and was held to two power play goals while having nine opportunities to play with the man advantage. With 36 shots on target during the contest, M3-Metropolitan State Univ. Denver exceeded the 1.6 shot it averages per game this year.

M3-Metropolitan State Univ. Denver also had goals scored by Shane McGuinness and Mitchell Wynia, who each put in one. In addition, M3-Metropolitan State Univ. Denver received assists from Jeremy Rowell, who had one.

M3-Northern Colorado kept M3-Metropolitan State Univ. Denver's goalie busy throughout the game, and Evan Hyndman made 30 saves on 33 shots. M3-Northern Colorado could not stay out of the penalty box, as the team accrued 20 minutes in penalties during the game.

M3-Northern Colorado was led by Mike Tabrum, who tallied one goal and one assist. Tabrum scored 13:20 into the first period to make the score 1-0 M3-Northern Colorado. Mitchell Bailey picked up the assist. Brandon Pougnet also scored for M3-Northern Colorado. More assists for M3-Northern Colorado came via Austin Pond, who had two.

Owen Rauer recorded 32 saves for M3-Northern Colorado.