NA3HL 18U Selects climbed out of a three-goal hole to beat South, 5-4.

NA3HL 18U Selects let multiple leads slip away before eventually digging out of a three hole to pick up the win. NA3HL 18U Selects took a 1-0 advantage on a goal by Travis Kothenbeutel at 13:41 in the first period. NA3HL 18U Selects found itself down 4-1 after South's Kyle Rimbach put the puck home at 17:06 in the second period. After knotting things up at 4-4 on a goal by Devin Panzeca at 13:18 in the third, NA3HL 18U Selects got the game-winner from Kohei Sato at 19:44 in the third period.

Panzeca was all over the ice for NA3HL 18U Selects, as he racked up two goals in the win.

NA3HL 18U Selects managed to stay out of the box for the most part, registering one minor for two minutes in penalty time. However, the total the 1.0 minutes in penalty time per game NA3HL 18U Selects had been averaging this year.

NA3HL 18U Selects additionally got points from Sato, who also had one goal and one assist. NA3HL 18U Selects also got a goal from Max Doner as well. More assists for NA3HL 18U Selects came via Sam Maddox, who had two, Jake Cox, who had three, and Adam Havener, Dominic Costello, and Zach Greenwood, who each chipped in one.

South was helped by Hank Roers, who tallied one goal. Roers scored 8:05 into the second period to make the score 3-1 South. Matthew Jung picked up the assist. South also got points from Jung, who also registered one goal and one assist to lead the team in points. Kyle Van Wyk also scored for South. In addition, South received assists from Noah Gilreath, who had two and Mykyta Sheptytsky, Nick Nitta, Tyler Valentin, Justin Dunn, and Ryan Dunner, who contributed one each.

NA3HL 18U Selects took out Lauren Massie after he had made nine saves and installed Denijs Romanovskis in goal, where he finished with 13 saves and the win. NA3HL 18U Selects registered zero goals on zero power play opportunities. South's Chris Mallon stopped 24 shots out of the 29 that he faced. South avoided the penalty box for the entire game and scored zero goals off of one power plays.