Undaunted by a two-goal deficit, Mississippi Surge battled back to claim a 4-3 victory over Mississippi RiverKings.

Mississippi Surge let multiple leads slip away before eventually digging out of a two hole to pick up the win. Mississippi Surge took a 3-2 advantage on a goal by Nicholas Kuqali at 7:15 in the third period. Mississippi Surge found itself down 2-0 after Mississippi RiverKings' Nick Walsh put the puck home at 8:07 in the second period. After tying things up at 3-3 on a power play goal by Walsh at 10:23 in the third, Mississippi Surge got the game-winner from Jeff Grant at 19:49 in the third period.

In a losing effort, Mississippi RiverKings was led by Walsh, who had two goals.

The defensemen of Mississippi Surge were also effective in Mississippi RiverKings' zone, and came away with two goals. With 40 shots on target during the contest, Mississippi Surge exceeded the 31.1 shots it averages per game this year.

Mississippi Surge also got points from Corey Tamblyn, who also tallied one goal and one assist. Mississippi Surge also got a goal from James Isaacs as well. Other players who recorded assists for Mississippi Surge were Branden Kosolofsky, who had two and Matt Gordon, Trent Bonnett, and Derek Graham, who each chipped in one.

Mississippi RiverKings forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up eight minors and three majors for 31 minutes in penalty time. Mississippi RiverKings had been averaging 23.0 minutes in penalties per game.

Darrell Stoddard also scored for Mississippi RiverKings. More assists for Mississippi RiverKings came via Mike Baran, Ian Finnerty, Andrew Randazzo, Kyle Lundale, Daniel Barczuk, and Matt Whitehead, who contributed one a piece.

Dan Clark made 25 saves for Mississippi Surge on 28 shots. Mississippi Surge totaled 21 minutes in penalty time with three minors and three majors and went 2-for-7 on the power play. Mississippi RiverKings' Matthew Krahn stopped 36 shots out of the 40 that he faced. Mississippi RiverKings registered one goal on two power play opportunities.