Cleveland Barons (MM) relied on the scoring touch of Stuart Ilekys, who netted two goals, to beat Buffalo Jr Sabres (MM), 6-2.

Ilekys' tallies came at 7:08 into the second period to make the score 2-2 and 10:50 into the second to make the score 3-2 Cleveland Barons (MM).

Cleveland Barons (MM) forced Buffalo Jr Sabres (MM) goalie Andrew Lee to work between the pipes, taking 32 shots.

Cleveland Barons (MM) additionally got points from Nick Magyar, who also registered one goal and one assist, Trey Bradley, who also tallied one goal and one assist, and Grant Meyer, who also racked up one goal and one assist. Shawn Brennan also scored for Cleveland Barons (MM). In addition, Cleveland Barons (MM) received assists from Scott Donahue, who had two, Beau Rossbach, who had three, and Matt Rudin, Zach Balodis, Austin Kamer, and Chris Deprez, who each chipped in one.

Buffalo Jr Sabres (MM)'s defense was uncharacteristically lax during the game. Buffalo Jr Sabres (MM) is averaging 2.5 goals against for the season.

Buffalo Jr Sabres (MM) was helped by Nathan Sucese, who had one goal. Sucese scored 12:16 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Buffalo Jr Sabres (MM). Ryan Kuhn picked up the assist. Buffalo Jr Sabres (MM) also got a goal from Michael Coyne as well. More assists for Buffalo Jr Sabres (MM) came via Nick Matos, who had one.

Cleveland Barons (MM)'s Drew Vogler stopped 25 shots out of the 27 that he faced. Cleveland Barons (MM) incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors. Andrew Lee made 26 saves for Buffalo Jr Sabres (MM) on 32 shots. Buffalo Jr Sabres (MM) incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors.