Taylor Emerick had two goals to lead M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville to a 6-3 victory over M2 Northern Illinois University.

Emerick scored at 6:12 into the first period to make the score 1-0 M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville and again while on the power play 9:03 into the first to make the score 2-0 M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville.

M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville's penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on three M2 Northern Illinois University power plays. M2 Northern Illinois University was unable to stop M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville from sending pucks towards the net, and M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville eventually piled up 49 shots on goal. M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville found the back of the net more times than it usually has this season. M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville has scored at the pace of 3.9 goals per game during the current campaign.

M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville additionally got points from Nick Edwards, who also tallied one goal and one assist and Ryan Tinsley, who also racked up one goal and one assist. Andrew Bond also scored for M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. Other players who recorded assists for M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville were Ben Winterberg, Cody Mersman, Matthew Burton, Kevin Cortivo, and Tyler Gilleland, who contributed one each.

M2 Northern Illinois University was held below its usual level of production. M2 Northern Illinois University averages 5.3 goals per game. M2 Northern Illinois University was hit hard by penalties in the contest, and totaled six minors and one major for 17 minutes in penalty time.

M2 Northern Illinois University was led by Brandon Niedziela, who registered one goal. Niedziela scored 16:33 into the second period to make the score 5-3 M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville. Others who scored for M2 Northern Illinois University included Eric Svejda and Troy Heurlin, who scored one goal each. In addition, M2 Northern Illinois University received assists from Bryan Peterson, who had one.

M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville's Samuel Glazer stopped 19 shots out of the 22 that he faced. M2 Southern Illinois-Edwardsville totaled 11 minutes in penalty time with three minors and one major and went 1-for-4 on the power play. JoJo Durrbeck made 43 saves for M2 Northern Illinois University on 49 shots.