Ritten, which led by four goals at one point, survived a comeback attempt by Ritten and clinched a 5-3 victory.

Ritten led by four goals at one point and ended with the victory. The largest advantage in the game came when Ritten's Chris Blight's scored at 7:48 in the second period to put Ritten up 4-0.

Daniel Tudin had one goal and two assists to lead Ritten. Tudin scored 1:21 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Ritten. Scott May provided the assist.

Ritten additionally got points from Andy Delmore, who also had one goal and one assist. More assists for Ritten came via Matteo Rasom, Ethan Graham, Markus Hafner, and Brad Farynuk, who each chipped in one.

The Vipiteno Broncos stifled Ritten's power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man.

Josef Niederstatter rejected 27 shots on goal for Ritten. Ritten totaled 35 minutes in penalty time with five minors and one major and went 0-for-4 on the power play. Ritten ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Matthias Fauster was ejected from the game. Thomas Tragust recorded 40 saves for Vipiteno. The Broncos incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors.