Brett Denap had one goal and four assists to lead M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill to a 9-5 victory over M2 DePaul University.

Denap scored 19:33 into the second period to make the score 5-4 M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill. Ryan Tinsley picked up the assist. Denap dished an assist on Nick Edwards's goal that made the score 3-3 at 10:45 into the second period. He then added assists on Nicholas Sabol's goal at 17:33 into the second, on Matthew Burton's goal at 5:49 into the third, and on Nicholas Faulkner's goal at 19:23 into the third.

M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up 11 minors and one major for 27 minutes in penalty time. M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill had been averaging 19.0 minutes in penalties per game. M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill outdid its season average for goals scored. M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill averages 4.0 goals per game. With 54 shots on target during the contest, M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill exceeded the 0.3 shots it averages per game this year.

M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill also got points from Edwards, who also racked up two goals and two assists, Sabol, who also registered one goal and one assist, and Tinsley, who also tallied one goal and one assist. More assists for M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill came via Zack Patterson, Taylor Emerick, and Nick Edwards, who contributed one each.

M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill was unable to stop M2 DePaul University from sending pucks towards the net, and M2 DePaul University eventually piled up 36 shots on goal. M2 DePaul University found itself short handed often, totaling 42 penalty minutes and allowing six power plays.

M2 DePaul University was helped by Christian DiVito, who had two goals. DiVito scored the first of his two goals at 11:13 into the first period to make the score 1-0 M2 DePaul University. Matt Lundgren assisted on the tally. DiVito's next tally made the score 2-0 M2 DePaul University with 8:09 left in the first period. A tripping penalty on Jorey Skelton had put M2 DePaul University on the power play. Benjamin Kohen provided the assist. M2 DePaul University additionally got points from Chris Ernsting, who also racked up two goals and one assist to lead the team in points. Nick Oliver also scored for M2 DePaul University. In addition, M2 DePaul University received assists from Anthony Parisi and Jack Mcvickers, who each chipped in one.

Brendan Wright made 31 saves for M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill on 36 shots. M2 DePaul University's John Cassata stopped 45 shots out of the 54 that he faced. M2 DePaul University registered two goals on eight power play opportunities.