The M1 Pittsburgh University of Panthers scored three goals in the second period to pull away from the M1 West Virginia University Mountaineers and clinch a 5-1 win.

M1 Pittsburgh University of was led by goalie Ben Cirba, who finished with 34 saves while allowing one goal. Cirba certainly lowered his goals against average, which was 3.64 entering the contest.

M1 West Virginia University's eight penalties came back to haunt it, as the Mountaineers let up four goals while on the penalty kill.

The Panthers racked up the penalties in the contest, and ended with six minors and one major for 27 minutes in penalty time. M1 Pittsburgh University of surpassed its season average of 15.0 penalty minutes per game. By firing 30 shots on goal, the Panthers exceeded the 1.1 shot they average per game this year.

M1 Pittsburgh University of was helped by Daniel Merz, who registered one goal and one assist. Merz scored on the power play 2:21 into the second period to make the score 2-0 M1 Pittsburgh University of. Robert Tritschler provided the assist. M1 Pittsburgh University of also got points from Ryan Rosato, who also racked up one goal and one assist. M1 Pittsburgh University of also had goals scored by Michael Carrozzi, Elliot Tisdale, and Nick Blaney, who scored one goal each. More assists for M1 Pittsburgh University of came via Jonathan Kashmere, who had two and Brooks Antill and Joseph Ridolfi, who contributed one each.

M1 West Virginia University was often in penalty trouble, totaling seven minors and one major for 29 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 18.0 minutes per game the Mountaineers had been spending in the box. M1 West Virginia University did not reach the goal total it has come to expect this season. The Mountaineers put an average of 3.3 pucks into the net per game. M1 West Virginia University's offense rang up 35 shots on the Panthers' net.

Ian Donnan recorded 25 saves for the Mountaineers. M1 West Virginia University registered one goal on six power play opportunities.