Pursuit of Excellence 16U came close to giving away a three-goal lead to West Michigan Hounds 16U, but did just enough to escape with a 3-2 victory.

Pursuit of Excellence 16U led by three goals at one point and ended with the victory. The largest advantage in the game came when Pursuit of Excellence 16U's Trey Doell's scored at 9:31 in the second period to put Pursuit of Excellence 16U up 3-0.

Pursuit of Excellence 16U found itself short handed often, totaling 20 penalty minutes and allowing 10 power plays.

Pursuit of Excellence 16U was helped by Colin Robin, who racked up one goal. Robin scored on the power play 54 seconds into the first period to make the score 1-0 Pursuit of Excellence 16U. A slashing penalty on Chandler Dorbin had put Pursuit of Excellence 16U on the power play. Ravinder Shokar provided the assist. Pursuit of Excellence 16U also got a goal from Linden Hora as well. More assists for Pursuit of Excellence 16U came via Kolten Carpenter, Zachary Zorn, and Konner Madsen, who each chipped in one.

West Michigan Hounds 16U was not heavily penalized during the game, and finished with seven minors and one major totalling 19 minutes. West Michigan Hounds 16U stayed under its season average of 25.0 penalties minutes per game this season.

West Michigan Hounds 16U was helped by Bailey Weber, who tallied one goal. Weber scored on the power play 15:00 into the second period to make the score 3-2 Pursuit of Excellence 16U. West Michigan Hounds 16U had taken the advantage when Pursuit of Excellence 16U's Tyson Borg got sent off for clipping. Collin Schieman picked up the assist. Wyatt Gottschalk also scored for West Michigan Hounds 16U. Other players who recorded assists for West Michigan Hounds 16U were Kyle Berry and Dakota Wilson, who contributed one a piece.

Pursuit of Excellence 16U's Joseph Mcleod stopped 24 shots out of the 26 that he faced. Pursuit of Excellence 16U registered one goal on eight power play opportunities. Peter Hansknecht rejected 17 shots on goal for West Michigan Hounds 16U.