Behind a great game by Shane Doerfler, who had two goals and one assist, M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve defeated M3-Northern Arizona University, 7-4.

Doerfler found the back of the net 19:30 into the first period to make the score 5-0 M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve and again while short handed 8:12 into the third to make the score 7-4 M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve.

M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve's penalty kill excelled, as M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve gave up one goal despite allowing six power plays.

M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve forced M3-Northern Arizona University's goalies to work between the pipes, finishing with 46 shots and forcing 39 saves. Anders Hultgren made 32 stops and Anthony Caruso made seven.

M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve also got points from Taylor Porrier, who also had one goal and one assist, Travis Battista, who also registered one goal and three assists to lead the team in points, Matthew Winkle, who also grabbed one goal and one assist, and Cj Miller, who also finished with one goal and one assist. M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve also got a goal from Christian Manning as well. In addition, M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve received assists from Ryan Demsey, who had two and Ryan Gauthier, Jared Brantley, Shane McGuinness, Bryce Berthold, and Jon De Werd, who contributed one each.

M3-Northern Arizona University was led by Kyle Erwin, who tallied one goal and one assist. Erwin scored on the power play 1:00 into the third period to make the score 6-4 M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve. Kyle Neith picked up the assist. M3-Northern Arizona University also had goals scored by Sam Fleming, Aj Wright, and Andrew Steiner, who each put in one. Other players who recorded assists for M3-Northern Arizona University were Trey Gonzalez and Christian Foster, who each chipped in one.

Robert Cook made 21 saves for M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve on 25 shots. M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve incurred 32 minutes in penalty time with six minors. M3-Northern Arizona University incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors.