Alpena Street Cats tried its best to erase a two-goal deficit, but Traverse City Hounds would not be denied the victory and hung on to win, 3-2.

Traverse City Hounds made the score 3-1 on a goal by Tyler Thirlby at 15:09 in the second period, and Alpena Street Cats got as close as 3-2 when Pavel Bocharov scored 15:29 into the third period.

Alpena Street Cats' power play was ineffective against Traverse City Hounds' penalty kill, which allowed zero goals while shorthanded.

Traverse City Hounds racked up the penalties in the contest, and ended with nine minors and one major for 33 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 27.0 minutes per game Traverse City Hounds had been spending in the box. Traverse City Hounds excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in eight chances. Traverse City Hounds forced Alpena Street Cats goalie Aleksandr Shishkin to work between the pipes, taking 40 shots.

Traverse City Hounds additionally got points from Adam Jonak, who also had one goal and one assist. Traverse City Hounds also got a goal from Scott Luca as well. In addition, Traverse City Hounds received assists from Premysl Synek, who had two and Patrick Rogowski and Kenneth Simmons Jr, who each chipped in one.

Alpena Street Cats stifled Traverse City Hounds' power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. Alpena Street Cats could not produce up to it normal offensive output. Alpena Street Cats puts an average of 4.2 pucks into the net per game. Alpena Street Cats struggled to stay out of the sin bin throughout the game as it finished the game with 28 penalty minutes for 13 opposing power plays.

Alpena Street Cats also got points from Sergey Merzlov, who also registered one goal and one assist.

David Krejcik rejected 16 shots on goal for Traverse City Hounds. Traverse City Hounds ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Cam Fisher was ejected from the game. Aleksandr Shishkin made 37 saves for Alpena Street Cats on 40 shots.