Taylor Porrier scored the go-ahead goal in the first period, and M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve held off the challenges of M3-Northern Arizona University in a tough 4-2 win.

Porrier provided M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve with the game-winning tally when he scored 11:48 into the first period. Robert Valdez assisted on the tally.

M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve got the win thanks to a great game by Shane Doerfler, who had one goal and two assists. Doerfler scored 12:47 into the first period to make the score 3-1 M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve. Shane McGuinness picked up the assist.

M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve managed to stay out of the box better than usual, registering one minor for two minutes in penalty time. M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve ended up below its season average of 20.0 penalty minutes per game. M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve's offense rang up 49 shots on M3-Northern Arizona University's net.

M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve also got points from Travis Battista, who also registered one goal and one assist. M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve also got a goal from Bryce Berthold as well. In addition, M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve received assists from Cj Miller, who had one.

M3-Northern Arizona University forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up seven minors and one major for 19 minutes in penalty time. M3-Northern Arizona University had been averaging 15.0 minutes in penalties per game. M3-Northern Arizona University excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in seven chances.

M3-Northern Arizona University was helped by Kyle Erwin, who grabbed one goal. Erwin scored 7:51 into the first period to make the score 1-1. Trey Gonzalez also scored for M3-Northern Arizona University. More assists for M3-Northern Arizona University came via Collin Smith, who had one.

M3-Metro. State Univ. of Denve's Devon Bata stopped 14 shots out of the 16 that he faced. Anthony Caruso made 45 saves for M3-Northern Arizona University on 49 shots. M3-Northern Arizona University registered zero goals on zero power play opportunities.