Taylor Emerick had two goals and four assists to lead M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill to a 13-3 victory over M2 Missouri University of.

Emerick scored on the power play at 5:15 into the first period to make the score 3-2 M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill and again while 10:40 into the first to make the score 4-2 M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill.

M2 Missouri University of's 12 penalties came back to haunt it, as M2 Missouri University of let up seven goals while on the penalty kill.

M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill outdid its season average for goals scored. M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill averages 4.0 goals per game. By firing 35 shots on goal, M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill exceeded the 0.3 shots it averages per game this year. M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill struggled to stay out of the sin bin throughout the game as it finished the game with 46 penalty minutes for seven opposing power plays.

M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill additionally got points from Nick Edwards, who also racked up two goals and three assists, Matthew Burton, who also registered one goal and four assists, Nicholas Faulkner, who also tallied three goals and one assist, and Brett Denap, who also had two goals and three assists. Jorey Skelton also scored for M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill. In addition, M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill received assists from Ryan Tinsley, who had three, Kevin Greer, Blake Varady, and Zack Patterson, who contributed one each, and Nicholas Sabol and Nick Edwards, who each chipped in two.

M2 Missouri University of forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up 11 minors and one major for 47 minutes in penalty time. M2 Missouri University of surpassed its season average of 32.0 penalty minutes per game.

M2 Missouri University of was helped by Matt Weller, who racked up one goal. Weller scored 3:33 into the first period to make the score 2-1 M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill. Mike Rosa assisted on the tally. M2 Missouri University of also had goals scored by Jonathan Fenton and Matt Royer, who each put in one. More assists for M2 Missouri University of came via Chase Haller, who had two and Vito Brown and Nate Meyer, who contributed one each.

Jake Davis recorded 15 saves for M2 Southern Illinois -Edwardsvill. Brenden Haselhorst made 22 saves for M2 Missouri University of on 35 shots.