Beau Michaud had one goal and two assists to lead the Cloquet Esko Carlton Lumberjacks to a 6-3 victory over the South St.Paul Packers.

Michaud got on the board by slotting home a goal 6:02 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Cloquet Esko Carlton. James Newgren assisted on the tally. Michaud dished an assist on Karson Kuhlman's goal that made the score 2-0 Cloquet Esko Carlton at 14:06 into the first period. He added another helper on Newgren's goal that made the score 3-0 Cloquet Esko Carlton at 15:55 into the first period.

Cloquet Esko Carlton kept South St.Paul's goalie busy throughout the game, and Grant Amelse made 35 saves on 41 shots.

Cloquet Esko Carlton also got points from Koby Bender, who also registered one goal and one assist and Newgren, who also tallied one goal and one assist. Eric Peterson also scored for Cloquet Esko Carlton. In addition, Cloquet Esko Carlton received assists from Drew Dincau, Kyle Klatt, Dalton Johnson, and Ryan Lind, who each chipped in one.

The Packers managed to stay out of the box for the most part, finishing with one minor for two minutes in penalty time. However, the total the 1.0 minutes in penalty time per game South St.Paul had been averaging this year.

The Packers were led by Jack Pietruzewski, who racked up one goal and two assists. Pietruzewski scored 6:45 into the third period to make the score 6-3 Cloquet Esko Carlton. South St.Paul also got a goal from Dan Pietruzewski as well. More assists for South St.Paul came via Billy Brandecker, who had one.

The Lumberjacks' Justin Ketola stopped 15 shots out of the 18 that he faced. Cloquet Esko Carlton incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors. South St.Paul registered one goal on two power play opportunities.