Shane McGuinness netted a hat trick to lead M3-Metropolitan State Univ. Denver over M3-Wyoming University of, 9-1.

McGuinness notched his first tally 16:53 into the first period. He then added goals at six seconds into the second and at 13:08 into the third.

M3-Wyoming University of trailed by one after the first period, but M3-Metropolitan State Univ. Denver went into the second intermission with a 5-1 lead and never looked back.

M3-Wyoming University of fell victim to a deadly M3-Metropolitan State Univ. Denver power play, which ripped M3-Wyoming University of for seven goals.

M3-Metropolitan State Univ. Denver surpassed its usual scoring output this season. M3-Metropolitan State Univ. Denver averages 5.4 goals per game. M3-Metropolitan State Univ. Denver put 73 shots on net during the contest, more than the 0.8 it averages per game.

M3-Metropolitan State Univ. Denver additionally got points from Jeremy Rowell, who also grabbed one goal and two assists, Zachary Plesniewicz-osborn, who also racked up two goals and three assists to lead the team in points, Travis Battista, who also had one goal and two assists, and Shane Doerfler, who also tallied two goals and two assists. More assists for M3-Metropolitan State Univ. Denver came via Robert Valdez, who had two.

M3-Wyoming University of was often in penalty trouble, totaling seven minors and five majors for 89 minutes in penalty time. M3-Wyoming University of had been averaging 16.0 minutes in penalties per game. M3-Wyoming University of's offense operated below its season average. M3-Wyoming University of averages 3.2 goals per game. With 17 shots on target during the contest, M3-Wyoming University of exceeded the 0.8 shots it averages per game this year.

Evan Hyndman made 16 saves for M3-Metropolitan State Univ. Denver on 17 shots. M3-Metropolitan State Univ. Denver ended with 21 minutes in penalty time with three minors and one major. Sloan Locker rejected 64 shots on goal for M3-Wyoming University of. M3-Wyoming University of registered zero goals on one power play opportunities. M3-Wyoming University of ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Cody Quintal was ejected from the game.