Andrew Monesi lifted M2 California State Univ Northridge to an 8-6 victory with a hat trick against M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of.

M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of's 13 penalties came back to haunt it, as M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of let up four goals while on the penalty kill.

M2 California State Univ Northridge forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up nine minors and one major for 33 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 15.0 minutes per game M2 California State Univ Northridge had been spending in the box. M2 California State Univ Northridge forced M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of goalie Kyle Sekerak to work between the pipes, taking 47 shots. M2 California State Univ Northridge bested its season scoring average. M2 California State Univ Northridge averages 5.1 goals per game.

M2 California State Univ Northridge additionally got points from Josh Escoe, who also racked up one goal and one assist and Alex Reints, who also had one goal and one assist. Maxwell Goen also scored for M2 California State Univ Northridge. In addition, M2 California State Univ Northridge received assists from Evan Sharpshair and Matthew Alesse, who each chipped in one and Brian Carcerano and Andrew Lagaly, who contributed two each.

M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of was often in penalty trouble, totaling 11 minors and two majors for 82 minutes in penalty time. M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of had been averaging 24.0 minutes in penalties per game. M2 California State Univ Northridge was unable to stop M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of from sending pucks towards the net, and M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of eventually piled up 45 shots on goal. M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of surpassed its usual scoring output this season. M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of has scored at the pace of 3.7 goals per game during the current campaign.

M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of was led by Andrew Tamura, who tallied four goals and one assist. M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of also got points from Austin Shannon, who also registered one goal and two assists. M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of also got a goal from Kendall Swanson as well. Other players who recorded assists for M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of were Anthony Robone, who had two and Trey Johnson, Edward Arsenault, and Christopher Alex, who each chipped in one.

Michael Standke recorded 39 saves for M2 California State Univ Northridge. M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of's Sekerak stopped 39 shots out of the 47 that he faced. M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of registered one goal on seven power play opportunities. Team's Drew Bryan and Cody Lane were slapped with misconducts and ejected from the game.