The Knoxville Ice Bears, who led by three goals at one point, survived a comeback attempt by Knoxville and clinched a 4-2 victory.

The Ice Bears led by three goals at one point and ended with the victory. The largest advantage in the game came when Knoxville's Brett Valliquette's scored at 13:43 in the second period to put the Ice Bears up 3-0.

Matt Pierce was all over the ice for Knoxville, as he registered two goals in the win. Pierce scored at 19:24 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Knoxville and again while 9:21 into the third to make the score 4-2 Knoxville.

The Ice Bears were often in penalty trouble, totaling six minors and two majors for 22 minutes in penalty time. Knoxville had been averaging 19.0 minutes in penalties per game.

Knoxville also got points from Valliquette, who also had one goal and one assist. Knoxville also got a goal from Nate Peterson as well. In addition, Knoxville received assists from Mark Van Vliet, who had two and Steve Wiedler, Peter Neal, Ben Souders, Emery Olauson, and David Segal, who contributed one a piece.

With 31 shots on target during the contest, the Augusta RiverHawks exceeded the 18.3 shots they average per game this year.

Augusta was helped by Marcus Pryde, who registered one goal. Pryde scored on the power play 18:27 into the second period to make the score 3-1 Knoxville. The RiverHawks had gained a power play chance when Jeremy Klaver was whistled for delay of game. Curtis Megginson picked up the assist. Kyle Watson also scored for Augusta. Other players who recorded assists for Augusta were Jason Price, Casey Mignone, and Matt Auffrey, who each chipped in one.

The Ice Bears' Connor Toomey stopped 29 shots out of the 31 that he faced. Knoxville registered zero goals on two power play opportunities. Robbie Moss made 18 saves for Augusta on 22 shots. The RiverHawks totaled 16 minutes in penalty time with three minors and two majors and went 2-for-5 on the power play.