Tyler Hilton lifted M3-Northern Illinois University to a 6-2 victory with a hat trick against M3-Southern Illinois Univ Edward.

Hilton notched his first tally 56 seconds into the first period. He then added goals at 35 seconds into the third and at 12:26 into the third.

M3-Northern Illinois University kept M3-Southern Illinois Univ Edward's goalie busy throughout the game, and Chandler Johnson made 30 saves on 36 shots.

M3-Northern Illinois University also got points from Cody Billeck, who also grabbed one goal and one assist and Jeremy Bilecki, who also had two goals and one assist. In addition, M3-Northern Illinois University received assists from Michael Neville, who had one and John Weems and Daniel Flynn, who contributed two each.

M3-Southern Illinois Univ Edward was helped by Chris Eisele, who registered one goal. Eisele scored on the power play 18:07 into the first period to make the score 1-1. Josh Harris picked up the assist. M3-Southern Illinois Univ Edward additionally got points from Harris, who also finished with one goal and one assist. Other players who recorded assists for M3-Southern Illinois Univ Edward were Cody Pees, who had one.

Bob Paulsen rejected 16 shots on goal for M3-Northern Illinois University. M3-Northern Illinois University avoided the penalty box for the entire game and scored two goals off of zero power plays. M3-Southern Illinois Univ Edward ended with no penalties and went 1-for-0 on the power play.