M2 Utah University of, which led by three goals at one point, survived a comeback attempt by M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of and clinched a 5-3 victory.

M2 Utah University of led by three goals at one point and ended with the victory. The largest advantage in the game came when M2 Utah University of's Nick Fornelius scored at 15:19 in the second period to put M2 Utah University of up 4-1.

With four goals and one assist between them, Michael Ahern and Chase McDonald teamed up to power M2 Utah University of's offense. Ahern grabbed two goals and McDonald also added two goals and one assist.

M2 Utah University of's offense was clicking better than usual and put 47 shots on goal during the game, better than the 0.7 shots per game it averages.

M2 Utah University of additionally got points from McDonald, who also tallied two goals and one assist. More assists for M2 Utah University of came via Brett Myer, who had one, Kurtis Kunz, who had three, and Julian Cronan, who had four.

M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of's offense operated below its season average. M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of puts an average of 5.5 pucks into the net per game. M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of was forced to rely heavily on their penalty kill unit throughout the game, as it racked up 32 penalty minutes.

M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of was led by Ethan Montoya, who finished with two goals. Montoya scored the first of his two goals at 16:24 into the second period to make the score 4-2 M2 Utah University of. Austin Shannon assisted on the tally. Montoya's next tally made the score 4-3 M2 Utah University of with 3:27 left in the second period. Cody Williams picked up the assist. Christopher Jones also scored for M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of. In addition, M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of received assists from Trey Johnson and Tyler Wilson, who contributed one each.

Devan Betts recorded 16 saves for M2 Utah University of. M2 Utah University of incurred 12 minutes in penalty time with six minors. Terry Martin made 42 saves for M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of on 47 shots. M2 Nevada-Las Vegas University of registered one goal on five power play opportunities.