The St. Louis Jr. Blues, which found themselves down a man often, weathered the Peoria Mustangs' power play opportunities and emerged with a 4-1 victory.

St. Louis was led by Sam Turner, who had one goal. Turner scored 13:59 into the second period to make the score 2-0 St. Louis. Justin Rehrer assisted on the tally.

Referees had their hands full with a major incident at 8:08 into the first period. Six fighting penalties were dished out along with three game misconducts.

The Jr. Blues were often in penalty trouble, totaling 10 minors and four majors for 60 minutes in penalty time. St. Louis had been averaging 22.0 minutes in penalties per game. The Jr. Blues' offense rang up 48 shots on Peoria's net.

St. Louis also had goals scored by Lukas Daniels, who had one and Brycon Johnson, who had two. In addition, St. Louis received assists from Kyle Meeh, Jeremy Edwards, Jake Wynd, Kerry McGlynn, and Simon Koscielski, who contributed one a piece.

The Mustangs racked up the penalties in the contest, and ended with eight minors and four majors for 76 minutes in penalty time. Peoria surpassed its season average of 25.0 penalty minutes per game.

The Mustangs were led by Brennan Anderson, who scored the team's only goal. Anderson scored on the power play 9:43 into the third period to make the score 2-1 St. Louis. Peoria had taken the advantage when St. Louis' Christian Argyros got sent off for boarding. Cory Kettler provided the assist.

Clint Steinmeyer rejected 24 shots on goal for the Jr. Blues. St. Louis registered two goals on five power play opportunities. Team's Cody Fedak and Mike Lozano were slapped with misconducts and ejected from the game. Alex Reichle recorded 44 saves for the Mustangs. Peoria registered one goal on seven power play opportunities. For the Mustangs, Connor Millard, Lyndon Fields, and Brendan Murphy were ejected from the contest.