Traverse City Hounds' Vaughn Clouston had a big offensive game, scoring one goal and contributing two assists in his team's 6-1 win over Bloomington Jr Blaze.

Clouston beat Vladyslav Plakhotnyi with a shot 18:46 into the second period to make the score 2-1 Traverse City Hounds. Premysl Synek provided the assist. Clouston dished an assist on Josh Smith's goal that made the score 5-1 Traverse City Hounds at 15:48 into the third period. He added another helper on Synek's goal that made the score 6-1 Traverse City Hounds at 18:38 into the third period.

Traverse City Hounds excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in five chances. Traverse City Hounds forced Bloomington Jr Blaze goalie Plakhotnyi to work between the pipes, taking 48 shots. The defensemen of Traverse City Hounds were also effective in Bloomington Jr Blaze's zone, and came away with three goals.

Traverse City Hounds additionally got points from Scott Luca, who also grabbed one goal and one assist, Kevin Hansen, who also finished with one goal and one assist, Alexander Grizzel, who also had one goal and one assist, and Synek, who also registered one goal and three assists to lead the team in points. More assists for Traverse City Hounds came via Grant McCormack, who had one.

Bloomington Jr Blaze could not produce up to it normal offensive output. Bloomington Jr Blaze averages 3.5 goals per game.

Bloomington Jr Blaze was led by Micah Young, who scored the team's only goal. Young scored 11:45 into the second period to make the score 1-0 Bloomington Jr Blaze. Tanner Vallon picked up the assist.

Vladislav Graevski recorded 21 saves for Traverse City Hounds. Traverse City Hounds totaled 20 minutes in penalty time with five minors and two majors and went 1-for-1 on the power play. Vladyslav Plakhotnyi made 42 saves for Bloomington Jr Blaze on 48 shots. Bloomington Jr Blaze ended with 12 minutes in penalty time with one minor and two majors.