Detroit Fighting Irish relied on the scoring touch of Jacob Hernandez, who netted two goals, to beat Michigan Ice Dogs, 7-4.

Hernandez found the back of the net 6:02 into the second period to make the score 3-2 Detroit Fighting Irish and again while 17:06 into the second to make the score 5-3 Detroit Fighting Irish.

Detroit Fighting Irish pulled out the victory even though it was hit with 23 penalty minutes.

Detroit Fighting Irish forced Michigan Ice Dogs' netminders to work hard to keep the puck out of the net, finishing with 44 shots and forcing 37 saves. Colton Lewicki made 25 stops and Jacob Dugan made 12. Detroit Fighting Irish stifled Michigan Ice Dogs' power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. Detroit Fighting Irish found the back of the net more times than it usually has this season. Detroit Fighting Irish has scored at the pace of 4.0 goals per game during the current campaign.

Detroit Fighting Irish additionally got points from Ryan Santo, who also had one goal and one assist and Anthony Wojciechowski, who also grabbed one goal and one assist to lead the team in points. Detroit Fighting Irish also had goals scored by Ryan Krolikowski, Ken Winter, and Nolan Jakrzewski, who scored one goal each. In addition, Detroit Fighting Irish received assists from Dallas Fritz, Christian Ramage, Ryan Morse, Michael Cruse, Chadwick Cobb, and James Smith, who contributed one a piece.

Michigan Ice Dogs was led by Tyler Tamer, who registered two goals. Tamer scored the first of his two goals at 6:15 into the second period to make the score 3-3. Tamer's next tally made the score 5-4 Detroit Fighting Irish with 1:59 left in the second period. Marc Rotondo provided the assist. Others who scored for Michigan Ice Dogs included Steven Shariak and Tyler Hewitt, who each put in one. More assists for Michigan Ice Dogs came via Logan Bennett, who had one and Brent Young, who had two.

Tyler Skulley took the win and made 12 saves before being replaced by John Slavik who made nine saves. Detroit Fighting Irish registered zero goals on two power play opportunities. Michigan Ice Dogs totaled 15 minutes in penalty time with five minors and one major and went 0-for-6 on the power play.