Behind a great game by Curtis Artuso, who had four goals, M3-Indiana Univ-Purdue-FW defeated M3-Northwood University, 8-6.

Artuso's first goal came 1:59 into the second period. He then added goals at 27 seconds into the third, at 2:21 into the third, and at 4:50 into the third.

M3-Indiana Univ-Purdue-FW led by three goals at one point and ended with the victory. The largest advantage in the game came when M3-Indiana Univ-Purdue-FW's Logan Dejong scored on the power play at 7:32 in the third period to put M3-Indiana Univ-Purdue-FW up 7-4.

M3-Indiana Univ-Purdue-FW managed to stay out of the box better than usual, racking up one minor for two minutes in penalty time. M3-Indiana Univ-Purdue-FW ended up below its season average of 20.0 penalty minutes per game. M3-Northwood University was unable to stop M3-Indiana Univ-Purdue-FW from sending pucks towards the net, and M3-Indiana Univ-Purdue-FW eventually piled up 45 shots on goal. M3-Indiana Univ-Purdue-FW took advantage of M3-Northwood University's penalties, tallying three goals off of four power play opportunities.

M3-Indiana Univ-Purdue-FW additionally got points from Dejong, who also grabbed one goal and one assist and Brendan Lewis, who also registered one goal and four assists to lead the team in points. Zach Barone also scored for M3-Indiana Univ-Purdue-FW. More assists for M3-Indiana Univ-Purdue-FW came via Grant Isenbarger, who had three and Derek Moss, Jay Conkling, Tyler Fix, Ryan Eichorst, and Skylar Garver, who each chipped in one.

M3-Northwood University forced M3-Indiana Univ-Purdue-FW's goaltenders to work hard to keep the puck out of the net, taking 33 shots and forcing 27 saves. Martin Munn made 26 stops and Taylor Amborn made one.

M3-Northwood University was helped by Eric Burton, who had one goal. Burton scored 10:50 into the first period to make the score 2-0 M3-Northwood University. Jordan Reames assisted on the tally. M3-Northwood University also got points from Codey Mazeau, who also racked up one goal and one assist. Others who scored for M3-Northwood University included Jon Paauwe, who had two and Myles Huffman and Anthony Schimento, who scored one goal each. In addition, M3-Northwood University received assists from Logan Mueller, Jake Leib, Kyler Spencer, Sean McDonnell, Tyler Vertin, and Aaron Yuchasz, who contributed one each.

Dominic Orlando made 37 saves for M3-Northwood University on 45 shots. M3-Northwood University incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors and had no power play opportunities.