Mississippi RiverKings almost clawed its way back from a three-goal deficit, but the Knoxville Ice Bears managed to pull out a 4-3 win in the end.

Knoxville led by three goals at one point and ended with the victory. The largest advantage in the game came when the Ice Bears' Tyler Fernandez's scored on the power play at 15:21 in the second period to put Knoxville up 3-0.

Eric Satim had one goal and two assists to lead the Ice Bears. Satim scored 24 seconds into the second period to make the score 2-0 Knoxville. Fernandez provided the assist.

Knoxville put 28 shots on net during the contest, more than the 25.3 it averages per game.

Knoxville additionally got points from Fernandez, who also tallied one goal and one assist and Brett Valliquette, who also registered one goal and one assist. Knoxville also got a goal from Steve Wiedler as well. In addition, Knoxville received assists from Dan Bremner, who had one.

Mississippi RiverKings forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up six minors and one major for 27 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 19.0 minutes per game Mississippi RiverKings had been spending in the box. Mississippi RiverKings' offense was clicking better than usual and put 33 shots on goal during the game, better than the 19.9 shots per game it averages.

Mississippi RiverKings was helped by Matt Whitehead, who finished with one goal. Whitehead scored 18:07 into the second period to make the score 3-1 Knoxville. Jeff Carlson picked up the assist. Chris Campanale also scored for Mississippi RiverKings. Other players who recorded assists for Mississippi RiverKings were Kevin Willer, Ian Finnerty, Tyler Sheldrake, and Darrell Stoddard, who contributed one a piece.

The Ice Bears' Connor Toomey stopped 30 shots out of the 33 that he faced. Knoxville totaled 25 minutes in penalty time with five minors and one major and went 1-for-5 on the power play. Matthew Krahn made 24 saves for Mississippi RiverKings on 28 shots. Mississippi RiverKings registered one goal on five power play opportunities.