The M1 Buffalo ^ University at Bulls relied on the scoring touch of John Papas, who netted two goals, to beat the M1 Cortland State University of NY Red Dragons, 5-1.

Papas' tallies came at 14:15 into the first period to make the score 2-0 M1 Buffalo ^ University at and 13:45 into the third to make the score 5-1 M1 Buffalo ^ University at.

M1 Buffalo ^ University at forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up six minors and one major for 27 minutes in penalty time. The Bulls surpassed its season average of 22.0 penalty minutes per game. M1 Buffalo ^ University at forced M1 Cortland State University of NY goalie Elliott Messmer to work between the pipes, taking 59 shots. The Bulls was shut out on the power play, going scoring scoreless on nine chances with a man advantage.

M1 Buffalo ^ University at also got points from Bobby Piotrowicz, who also racked up one goal and one assist to lead the team in points. M1 Buffalo ^ University at also had goals scored by Gavin Evancho and Eric Szczecinski, who scored one goal each. More assists for M1 Buffalo ^ University at came via Eric Nestler, Dimitrios Koutsomitis, Luke Swimline, Jacob Weiser, and Eric Paradowski, who each chipped in one.

The Red Dragons stifled M1 Buffalo ^ University at's power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. M1 Cortland State University of NY's offense operated below its season average. The Red Dragons put an average of 5.1 pucks into the net per game. M1 Cortland State University of NY put 15 shots on net during the contest, more than the 0.4 it averages per game. The Red Dragons were forced to rely heavily on their penalty kill unit throughout the game, as they racked up 28 penalty minutes.

M1 Cortland State University of NY was led by Andrew Bourdeau, who scored the team's only goal. Bourdeau scored on the power play 16:52 into the second period to make the score 2-1 M1 Buffalo ^ University at. The Red Dragons earned a power play opportunity when Paradowski was put in the box for roughing. Michael Gioia provided the assist.

The Bulls' Maxwell Battistoni stopped 14 shots out of the 15 that he faced. For M1 Buffalo ^ University at, Paradowski was ejected from the game. Messmer rejected 54 shots on goal for M1 Cortland State University of NY. The Red Dragons registered one goal on five power play opportunities.