Vinny Barra gave M2 Robert Morris Univ IlinoisMAROON the lead in the first period, and M2 Minnesota-Duluth University of was never able to catch up in a close game that ended 2-1.

Barra provided M2 Robert Morris Univ IlinoisMAROON with the game-winning tally when he scored 4:05 into the first period. Josh Lunde-Wentz assisted on the tally.

M2 Robert Morris Univ IlinoisMAROON's Chris Gagleard was a brick wall in net, as he came up with 35 saves and let only one puck past him. The solid play of Gagleard will be reflected in his goals against average, which pre-game was 3.78.

M2 Robert Morris Univ IlinoisMAROON was sparked by Jack Warren, who grabbed one goal. Warren scored 9:42 into the first period to make the score 2-0 M2 Robert Morris Univ IlinoisMAROON. Alex Strack picked up the assist.

M2 Robert Morris Univ IlinoisMAROON's penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on four M2 Minnesota-Duluth University of power plays. M2 Robert Morris Univ IlinoisMAROON kept M2 Minnesota-Duluth University of's goalie busy throughout the game, and Alex Glockner made 33 saves on 35 shots.

More assists for M2 Robert Morris Univ IlinoisMAROON came via Kevin Piskie and Nick Webster, who contributed one each.

M2 Minnesota-Duluth University of stifled M2 Robert Morris Univ IlinoisMAROON's power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. M2 Minnesota-Duluth University of was held below its usual level of production. M2 Minnesota-Duluth University of puts an average of 3.4 pucks into the net per game. M2 Minnesota-Duluth University of's offense rang up 36 shots on M2 Robert Morris Univ IlinoisMAROON's net.

M2 Minnesota-Duluth University of was led by Jordan Starrett, who scored the team's only goal. Starrett scored 5:46 into the second period to make the score 2-1 M2 Robert Morris Univ IlinoisMAROON. Steve Long assisted on the tally.

M2 Robert Morris Univ IlinoisMAROON totaled 31 minutes in penalty time with three minors and one major and went 0-for-3 on the power play. For M2 Robert Morris Univ IlinoisMAROON, David Ziuzia was ejected from the game. M2 Minnesota-Duluth University of incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors.