The Apple Valley Eagles had trouble finding ways to stop the Lakeville South Cougars, which beat Eagles, 8-2.

Lakeville South got the win thanks to a great game by Nick Swaney, who had two goals and one assist. Swaney scored the first of his two goals at 14:47 into the first period to make the score 3-1 Lakeville South. Drew Byers picked up the assist. Swaney's next tally made the score 4-1 Lakeville South with 19:17 left in the second period. Patrick Daly provided the assist.

The Cougars' goal total was higher than their season average. This season, Lakeville South averages 3.3 goals per contest. With 55 shots on target during the contest, the Cougars exceeded the 1.8 shot they average per game this year.

Lakeville South additionally got points from Nick Oelrich, who also racked up one goal and one assist, Ben Freemark, who also registered one goal and one assist, Mack Farley, who also tallied one goal and one assist, and Patrick Lauderdale, who also had one goal and one assist. Weston Baumann also scored for Lakeville South. More assists for Lakeville South came via Jake Rahbain, who had one and Cameron Jackson, who had two.

Apple Valley was led by Brady Casperson, who racked up one goal. Casperson scored 13:00 into the first period to make the score 2-1 Lakeville South. Dylan Kocken picked up the assist. Apple Valley also got a goal from Dylan Reynolds as well. In addition, Apple Valley received assists from Tim Toavs and Kevin Falteisek, who each chipped in one.

Tyler Schumacher made 20 saves for Lakeville South on 22 shots. The Cougars incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors. The Eagles' Mac Wartick stopped 47 shots out of the 55 that he faced. Apple Valley totaled 11 minutes in penalty time with three minors and one major and went 0-for-2 on the power play.