Nicholas Murphy had two goals and two assists to lead xSoo Firehawks to a 7-5 victory over xAlpena Street Cats.

Murphy's tallies came at 5:42 into the first period to make the score 1-1 and 19:29 into the second to make the score 6-4 xSoo Firehawks.

xSoo Firehawks pulled out the victory even though it was hit with 50 penalty minutes.

xSoo Firehawks forced xAlpena Street Cats' goalies to work without much rest, totaling 40 shots and forcing 33 saves. Keegan McGraw made 24 stops and Aleksandr Shishkin made nine.

xSoo Firehawks additionally got points from Ryan Marshall, who also grabbed two goals and one assist, Steven Smoltz, who also had one goal and three assists, and Tyler Jones, who also finished with one goal and one assist. xSoo Firehawks also got a goal from Trevor McRorie as well. More assists for xSoo Firehawks came via Anthony Laaksonen, who had one and Matthew Majic and Nate Fitzpatrick, who each chipped in two.

xAlpena Street Cats made xSoo Firehawks' goaltenders to work in net, finishing with 34 shots and forcing 29 saves. Anthony Benvenuti made 20 stops and Brandon Hansen made nine. xAlpena Street Cats put up an impenetrable defensive front on the penalty kill, and did not allow xSoo Firehawks to score on any of its six power plays. Team's forwards weren't the only contributers offensively, and the team's defensemen showcased their scoring touch with two goals.

xAlpena Street Cats was led by Vladislav Khasanov, who registered one goal and four assists. Khasanov scored 2:36 into the second period to make the score 3-2 xAlpena Street Cats. Andrei Yanovich picked up the assist. xAlpena Street Cats also got points from Yanovich, who also tallied one goal and one assist and Konstantin Khramov, who also had one goal and two assists. Georgy Aksenov also scored for xAlpena Street Cats. In addition, xAlpena Street Cats received assists from Anton Shtykov, Edgar Kharlamov, and Vladimir Mokrousov, who contributed one a piece.

xAlpena Street Cats incurred 14 minutes in penalty time with seven minors.