xDetroit Fighting Irish climbed out of a two-goal hole to beat xAlpena Street Cats, 3-2.

xDetroit Fighting Irish never led in the game until netting the game winner. xDetroit Fighting Irish trailed 2-0 after a power play goal by xAlpena Street Cats' Vladislav Khasanov at 10:17 in the first period. xDetroit Fighting Irish knotted things up at 2-2 on a goal by Robert Speer at 7:09 in the second period. xDetroit Fighting Irish netted the game winner at 17:49 in the second period on a goal by Speer.

xDetroit Fighting Irish's penalty kill excelled, as xDetroit Fighting Irish gave up one goal despite allowing six power plays.

xDetroit Fighting Irish forced xAlpena Street Cats' goalies to work in net, getting 40 shots and forcing 37 saves. Aleksandr Shishkin made 18 stops and Keegan McGraw made 19.

xDetroit Fighting Irish was helped by Ryan Krolikowski, who tallied one goal. Joshua Arnold also scored for xDetroit Fighting Irish. Other players who recorded assists for xDetroit Fighting Irish were Ryan Brown, Ken Winter, Ryan Santo, and James Smith, who contributed one a piece.

xAlpena Street Cats put up an impenetrable defensive front on the penalty kill, and did not allow xDetroit Fighting Irish to score on any of its four power plays. xAlpena Street Cats could not produce up to it normal offensive output. xAlpena Street Cats averages 5.1 goals per game.

In addition, xAlpena Street Cats received assists from Andrei Kiselev, Anton Shtykov, Savelii Skurikhin, and Garret Bailey, who each chipped in one.

xDetroit Fighting Irish's Christopher Lewis stopped 22 shots out of the 24 that he faced. xDetroit Fighting Irish incurred 16 minutes in penalty time with eight minors. xAlpena Street Cats incurred 12 minutes in penalty time with six minors.