The Fayetteville FireAntz relied on the scoring touch of Brent Tamane, who netted two goals, to beat the Huntsville Havoc, 4-1.

Fayetteville's Marco Emond was a brick wall in net, as he came up with 30 saves and let only one puck past him. Emond certainly lowered his goals against average, which was 2.51 entering the contest.

The FireAntz's penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on three Huntsville power plays. Fayetteville put 42 shots on net during the contest, more than the 25.1 it averages per game.

Fayetteville additionally got points from Andrew Smale, who also registered one goal and two assists to lead the team in points. John Clewlow also scored for Fayetteville. More assists for Fayetteville came via Mike Kavanagh and Bobby Reed, who contributed one a piece.

Huntsville excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in three chances. The Havoc's offense rang up 31 shots on the FireAntz's net.

Huntsville was led by Stuart Stefan, who scored the team's only goal. Stefan scored 12:33 into the second period to make the score 2-1 Fayetteville. Mike Gurtler picked up the assist.

Fayetteville ended with 16 minutes in penalty time with three minors and two majors. Dan McWhinney made 38 saves for the Havoc on 41 shots. Huntsville ended with 14 minutes in penalty time with two minors and two majors.