Behind a great game by Konrad Reeder, who had one goal and two assists, Rapid City defeated the Wichita Thunder, 6-3.

Reeder beat Taylor Nelson with a shot 50 seconds into the third period to make the score 3-3. Jesse Schultz assisted on the tally. Reeder dished an assist on Winston Day Chief's goal that made the score 4-3 Rapid City at 10:28 into the third period. He added another helper on Schultz's goal that made the score 5-3 Rapid City at 19:06 into the third period.

Rapid City stifled Wichita's power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. Rapid City surpassed its usual scoring output this season. Rapid City has scored at the pace of 3.6 goals per game during the current campaign. The 36 shots that Rapid City put on net surpassed Rapid City's average of 32.6 shots per game this season.

Rapid City additionally got points from Schultz, who also racked up one goal and two assists. Rapid City also had goals scored by Scott Wray, Justin Faryna, and Kyle Stroh, who each put in one. Other players who recorded assists for Rapid City were Eric Giosa, who had two, Riley Weselowski, who had three, and Justin Sawyer, Keaton Hartigan, and Matthew Larke, who contributed one a piece.

The Thunder average 26.3 shots on goal per game, but only sent 21 pucks on net against Rapid City.

Wichita was helped by Jared Walker, who registered one goal. Walker scored 12:38 into the second period to make the score 1-1. Karl Linden picked up the assist. Others who scored for Wichita included Matt Robinson and Andrew Martens, who scored one goal each. In addition, Wichita received assists from Mike Wilson, who had two and Ian Lowe, Matt Summers, and Garrett Gruenke, who each chipped in one.

Rapid City's Hartigan stopped 18 shots out of the 21 that he faced. Rapid City incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors. Nelson rejected 30 shots on goal for the Thunder. Wichita incurred 14 minutes in penalty time with seven minors.