M2 Eastern Illinois University fell behind early, and M2 Northern Illinois University kept piling on the points on the way to a 13-4 victory.

Justin Rucinski was all over the ice for M2 Northern Illinois University, as he finished with five goals in the win. Rucinski's first goal came 9:29 into the first period. He then added goals at 13:01 into the first, at 1:52 into the third, at 9:32 into the third, and at 12:32 into the third.

M2 Northern Illinois University forced M2 Eastern Illinois University's goaltenders to work between the pipes, totaling 94 shots and forcing 81 saves. Colin Green made 77 stops and Zach Peifer made four. M2 Northern Illinois University put up an impenetrable defensive front on the penalty kill, and did not allow M2 Eastern Illinois University to score on any of its four power plays. M2 Northern Illinois University surpassed its usual scoring output this season. M2 Northern Illinois University averages 5.5 goals per game.

M2 Northern Illinois University additionally got points from Eric Svejda, who also had one goal and two assists and Dakota Slone, who also registered one goal and two assists. M2 Northern Illinois University also had goals scored by Nick Leon, who had two and Jake Jauch, Max Finley, John Luciana, and Patrick Wrobel, who scored one goal each. More assists for M2 Northern Illinois University came via Mark Greenberg, Troy Heurlin, Brian Pounds, Kevin Schwartz, Alex Hare, Brandon Niedziela, and Anthony Ricciardi, who contributed one each.

M2 Eastern Illinois University put 31 shots on net during the contest, more than the 0.2 it averages per game.

M2 Eastern Illinois University was helped by Adam Story, who grabbed two goals. Story scored the first of his two goals at 9:03 into the first period to make the score 1-1. Steven Kinnison provided the assist. Story's next tally made the score 6-2 M2 Northern Illinois University with 19:13 left in the second period. Thomas Stobart assisted on the tally. M2 Eastern Illinois University also got points from Kinnison, who also finished with one goal and one assist to lead the team in points. M2 Eastern Illinois University also got a goal from Glenn Oskvarek as well. In addition, M2 Eastern Illinois University received assists from Kieffer Degen, who had one.

Alex Hare took the win and made 16 saves before being replaced by Jake Leon who made 11 saves. M2 Northern Illinois University incurred 20 minutes in penalty time with five minors. M2 Eastern Illinois University incurred 14 minutes in penalty time with two minors.