Matt Katicich lifted M3-Santa Rosa Junior College to a 9-5 victory with a hat trick against M2 Stanford University.

Katicich notched his first tally 12:48 into the first period. He then added goals at 2:32 into the second and at 10:12 into the third.

M3-Santa Rosa Junior College put up an impenetrable defensive front on the penalty kill, and did not allow M2 Stanford University to score on any of its four power plays. M2 Stanford University was unable to stop M3-Santa Rosa Junior College from sending pucks towards the net, and M3-Santa Rosa Junior College eventually piled up 46 shots on goal. M3-Santa Rosa Junior College's goal total was higher than its season average. M3-Santa Rosa Junior College averages 6.3 goals per game.

M3-Santa Rosa Junior College also got points from Larry Hansen, who also tallied two goals and one assist, Kurtis Klinger, who also had one goal and one assist, Josiah Nikkel, who also racked up two goals and one assist, and Colin Ridenour, who also registered one goal and three assists to lead the team in points. More assists for M3-Santa Rosa Junior College came via Lane Beliveau, Jackson Waldron, Patrick Parnell, and Max Brownlee, who each chipped in one and Evan Hastings and Stephen Wolmarans, who contributed two each.

Team's forwards weren't the only contributers offensively, and the team's defensemen showcased their scoring touch with two goals.

M2 Stanford University was led by Ricky Marscal, who tallied two goals and one assist. Marscal scored the first of his two goals at 4:54 into the second period to make the score 5-2 M3-Santa Rosa Junior College. Will Kindschuh picked up the assist. Marscal's next tally made the score 9-5 M3-Santa Rosa Junior College with 1:03 left in the third period. Nate Warner assisted on the tally. M2 Stanford University additionally got points from Warner, who also had one goal and two assists. M2 Stanford University also had goals scored by Scott Rodriguez and Drew Higgins, who scored one goal each. In addition, M2 Stanford University received assists from Atich Agarwala, who had one and Phillip Barton, who had two.

Jacob Pavsek took the win and made 19 saves before being replaced by Lachlan Irvine who made zero saves. M3-Santa Rosa Junior College incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors and had no power play opportunities. Steve Wilson recorded 37 saves for M2 Stanford University.