Behind a great game by Anton Zimmer, who had two goals and one assist, Butte Cobras defeated Whitefish Wolverines, 5-2.

With the win, Butte Cobras avoided elimination to make the series score 1-1 in the best of three series.

Butte Cobras' offense rang up 52 shots on Whitefish Wolverines' net.

Butte Cobras additionally got points from Jacob Rudloff, who also grabbed one goal and one assist. Butte Cobras also had goals scored by PJ Silveria and Chadd Lounder, who scored one goal each. In addition, Butte Cobras received assists from Morgan Reiner, who had two, Zach Steuck, who had three, and Bogdan Shleev, Nick Wrobel, and Danny Armstrong, who contributed one each.

Whitefish Wolverines stifled Butte Cobras' power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man.

Whitefish Wolverines was helped by Josh Schur, who registered one goal. Schur scored 10:48 into the third period to make the score 4-2 Butte Cobras. Danny Roe picked up the assist. Brett Fernandez also scored for Whitefish Wolverines. Other players who recorded assists for Whitefish Wolverines were Kieffer Helbing, Tyler Latimer, and Richard Mulligan, who each chipped in one.

Tage Rustgi made 24 saves for Butte Cobras on 26 shots. Butte Cobras incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors. Brendan Duff recorded 47 saves for Whitefish Wolverines. Whitefish Wolverines incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors.