The M1 Adrian College Bulldogs came close to giving away a three-goal lead to the M1 Rochester College Warriors, but did just enough to escape with a 7-5 victory.

M1 Adrian College led by three goals at one point and ended with the victory. The largest advantage in the game came when the Bulldogs' Ken Winter scored at 14:42 in the third period to put M1 Adrian College up 6-3.

The Bulldogs got the win behind a great game by Justin Fisher, who had one goal and three assists. Fisher scored 19:48 into the third period to make the score 7-5 M1 Adrian College.

M1 Adrian College's offense rang up 45 shots on M1 Rochester College's net. The Bulldogs' normally stingy defense allowed more goals than usual. M1 Adrian College gives up 1.5 goal per game. The Bulldogs' penalty killing units received substantial work throughout the game as M1 Adrian College finished with 26 penalty minutes.

M1 Adrian College additionally got points from Andre Rakas, who also tallied one goal and one assist, Winter, who also registered one goal and one assist, and Nicholas Balavich, who also finished with one goal and one assist. M1 Adrian College also had goals scored by Zachary Mackay, Ted Anstett, and Brad Kobryn, who scored one goal each. In addition, M1 Adrian College received assists from Erik Alden, who had two and Tyler Duarte and Chris Derochie, who contributed one each.

With 28 shots on target during the contest, the Warriors exceeded the 1.8 shot they average per game this year.

M1 Rochester College was helped by Matt Kadolph, who grabbed one goal and two assists. Kadolph scored on the power play 8:12 into the second period to make the score 2-2. The Warriors had gained a power play chance when Alden was whistled for cross checking. Tj Burns picked up the assist. M1 Rochester College also got points from Burns, who also racked up one goal and two assists, Ryan Jaros, who also registered one goal and one assist, and Brock Malatches, who also had one goal and one assist. Dakota Olvin also scored for M1 Rochester College. More assists for M1 Rochester College came via Christopher Williford, who had two and Joey Giordano and Kyle Truscott, who each chipped in one.

Austyn Roudebush recorded 23 saves for the Bulldogs. M1 Adrian College registered one goal on five power play opportunities. M1 Rochester College's Brenden Kruckenberg stopped 38 shots out of the 44 that he faced. The Warriors incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors.