Austin Poganski lifted the St. Cloud Cathedral Crusaders to a 7-2 victory with a hat trick against the Rogers Royals.

Poganski got on the scoresheet 14:46 into the first period. He then added goals at 5:19 into the second and at 3:57 into the third.

St. Cloud Cathedral led by only one goal at the end of the first period, but put the game away by scoring three goals in the second.

The Crusaders' offense rang up 46 shots on Rogers' net. St. Cloud Cathedral's goal total was higher than its season average. The Crusaders average 4.4 goals per game. St. Cloud Cathedral's defensemen played an important role in the offense, chipping in two goals.

St. Cloud Cathedral also got points from Tommy Hall, who also grabbed one goal and two assists. St. Cloud Cathedral also had goals scored by Beau Gerding, who had one and Mitchell Fritz, who had two. Other players who recorded assists for St. Cloud Cathedral were Will Hammer, who had four and Peter Spethmann, Austin Swingle, Peter Thibault, and Tommy Auger, who each chipped in one.

The Royals were led by Spencer Marchand, who had one goal and one assist. Marchand scored 1:25 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Rogers. Jacob Walker provided the assist. Nate Weber also scored for Rogers. In addition, Rogers received assists from Alexander Lorman and Branden Cecil, who contributed one a piece.

Joshua Robak rejected 23 shots on goal for the Crusaders. St. Cloud Cathedral incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors. Blake Ternus recorded 39 saves for Rogers. The Royals incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors.