Sam Taferner scored the go-ahead goal in the first period, and M3-Canyons College of the held off the challenges of M3-Santa Rosa Junior College in a tough 5-3 win.

A goal 11:52 into the first period by Taferner proved to be the game winner, and powered M3-Canyons College of the to the victory. Eric Aguayo picked up the assist.

Taferner had two goals to lead M3-Canyons College of the to victory.

M3-Canyons College of the pulled out the victory even though it was hit with 16 penalty minutes.

M3-Canyons College of the stifled M3-Santa Rosa Junior College's power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. M3-Canyons College of the put 19 shots on net during the contest, more than the 0.1 it averages per game. M3-Canyons College of the found the back of the net more times than it usually has this season. M3-Canyons College of the averages 1.9 goal per game.

M3-Canyons College of the additionally got points from Matt Dove, who also tallied one goal and one assist and Peter Larson, who also finished with one goal and two assists to lead the team in points. Mason Yuen also scored for M3-Canyons College of the.

M3-Santa Rosa Junior College was often in penalty trouble, totaling seven minors and two majors for 24 minutes in penalty time. M3-Santa Rosa Junior College had been averaging 20.0 minutes in penalties per game. M3-Santa Rosa Junior College put up an impenetrable defensive front on the penalty kill, and did not allow M3-Canyons College of the to score on any of its eight power plays. M3-Santa Rosa Junior College could not produce up to its normal offensive output. M3-Santa Rosa Junior College averages 7.9 goals per game. M3-Santa Rosa Junior College's defense was uncharacteristically lax during the game. M3-Santa Rosa Junior College averages 2.5 goals allowed per game. The 63 shots that M3-Santa Rosa Junior College put on net surpassed M3-Santa Rosa Junior College's average of 0.3 shots per game this season.

M3-Santa Rosa Junior College was led by Josh Greenwell, who grabbed one goal and one assist. Greenwell scored 2:52 into the second period to make the score 3-2 M3-Canyons College of the. John Keshishian provided the assist. M3-Santa Rosa Junior College also had goals scored by Christopher Whitten and Josiah Nikkel, who scored one goal each. In addition, M3-Santa Rosa Junior College received assists from Andreas Rahm, who had one.

M3-Canyons College of the's Erik Alvarado stopped 60 shots out of the 63 that he faced. Dominic Jones rejected 14 shots on goal for M3-Santa Rosa Junior College. M3-Santa Rosa Junior College registered zero goals on seven power play opportunities.