Michigan Ice Dogs fell behind early, and MC Monarchs kept piling on the points on the way to a 9-2 victory.

MC Monarchs got the win behind a great game by Tory Shand, who had two goals and four assists. Shand scored the first of his two goals at 16:55 into the second period to make the score 7-1 MC Monarchs. Bryce Peplinski provided the assist. Shand's next tally made the score 9-2 MC Monarchs with 8:12 left in the third period. MC Monarchs earned a power play opportunity when Tyler Tamer was put in the box for slashing. Anthony Wojciechowski assisted on the tally.

MC Monarchs pulled out the victory even though it was hit with 53 penalty minutes.

Referees had their hands full with a major incident at 4:51 into the second period. Four fighting penalties were dished out along with four game misconducts.

MC Monarchs forced Michigan Ice Dogs' goaltenders to work without much rest, getting 41 shots and forcing 32 saves. Christopher Boyd made six stops and Jacob Mulka made 26. MC Monarchs excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in six chances. MC Monarchs found the back of the net more times than it usually has this season. This season, MC Monarchs averages 5.1 goals per contest.

MC Monarchs additionally got points from Peplinski, who also grabbed one goal and two assists, Wojciechowski, who also had two goals and two assists, Derrick Treppa, who also racked up one goal and one assist, and Alex Anderson, who also tallied one goal and two assists. Others who scored for MC Monarchs included Justin Session and Andrew Robinson, who each put in one. In addition, MC Monarchs received assists from Colton James and Joseph Gibbs, who each chipped in one and Adam Jonak and Jarrad Vroman, who contributed two each.

Michigan Ice Dogs forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up seven minors and three majors for 59 minutes in penalty time. Michigan Ice Dogs surpassed its season average of 22.0 penalty minutes per game. Michigan Ice Dogs forced MC Monarchs goalie Tyler Skulley to work between the pipes, taking 43 shots.

Michigan Ice Dogs also had goals scored by Gordon Sparks and Spencer Godin, who scored one goal each. More assists for Michigan Ice Dogs came via Johannes DeJongh and Joseph Russo, who each chipped in one.

MC Monarchs' Skulley stopped 41 shots out of the 43 that he faced. MC Monarchs registered one goal on four power play opportunities. MC Monarchs ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Session was ejected from the game. For Michigan Ice Dogs, Cameron Kucharski was ejected from the game.