NA3HL 18U Selects Black tried its best to erase a three-goal deficit, but Frontier would not be denied the victory and hung on to win, 4-3.

Frontier made the score 4-1 on a goal by Cade Boreing at 8:08 in the third period, and NA3HL 18U Selects Black got as close as 4-3 when Curtis Carlson scored 19:43 into the third period.

Chris Nicolai had a great game for Frontier, netting two goals. Nicolai's tallies came at 3:41 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Frontier and 18:19 into the first to make the score 2-1 Frontier.

Frontier forced NA3HL 18U Selects Black's netminders to work in net, racking up 44 shots and forcing 40 saves. Christian Sanzottera made 17 stops and Max McConnell made 23. Frontier managed to stay out of the box better than usual, registering one minor for two minutes in penalty time. Frontier ended up below its season average of 3.0 penalty minutes per game.

Frontier also got a goal from Tristan Henrichs as well. In addition, Frontier received assists from Matt Runyon, Max Doner, Josh Larson, and Tony Dahlberg, who each chipped in one.

NA3HL 18U Selects Black forced Frontier goalie Stephen Frank to work between the pipes, taking 44 shots.

NA3HL 18U Selects Black was helped by Ricards Bernhards, who registered one goal. Bernhards scored 7:48 into the first period to make the score 1-1. Tristin Snyder assisted on the tally. Marshall Barnes also scored for NA3HL 18U Selects Black. More assists for NA3HL 18U Selects Black came via Sean Mallonee, Vadym Nesteruk, Tanner Congdon, Shane Bernhardson, and Tommy Stang, who contributed one each.

Frontier's Frank stopped 41 shots out of the 44 that he faced. Frontier registered zero goals on zero power play opportunities. NA3HL 18U Selects Black ended with no penalties and went 0-for-1 on the power play.