George Hill had a standout game with 30 saves, and Detroit Fighting Irish beat Michigan Ice Dogs 6-3.

Michigan Ice Dogs' power play was ineffective against Detroit Fighting Irish's penalty kill, which allowed one goal while shorthanded.

Referees had their hands full with a major incident at 5:18 into the third period. Four fighting penalties were dished out along with two game misconducts.

Detroit Fighting Irish racked up the penalties in the contest, and ended with 10 minors and three majors for 55 minutes in penalty time. Detroit Fighting Irish surpassed its season average of 23.0 penalty minutes per game. Detroit Fighting Irish's offense rang up 52 shots on Michigan Ice Dogs' net. The defensemen of Detroit Fighting Irish were also effective in Michigan Ice Dogs' zone, and came away with two goals.

Detroit Fighting Irish was led by Eric Long, who racked up two goals. Long scored the first of his two goals at 7:44 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Detroit Fighting Irish. Tristan Cruz provided the assist. Long's next tally made the score 3-2 Detroit Fighting Irish with 17:58 left in the second period. Jacob Hernandez picked up the assist. Detroit Fighting Irish also got points from Cody Dombrowski, who also tallied one goal and one assist. Detroit Fighting Irish also got a goal from Robert Danyo as well. In addition, Detroit Fighting Irish received assists from Christian Ramage, who had two and Michael Perry and Shawn Eastman, who each chipped in one.

Michigan Ice Dogs forced Detroit Fighting Irish goalie Hill to work between the pipes, taking 46 shots.

Michigan Ice Dogs was led by Joseph Russo, who registered two goals. Russo scored the first of his two goals at 17:48 into the first period to make the score 2-2. Marc Rotondo assisted on the tally. Russo's next tally made the score 5-3 Detroit Fighting Irish with 13:42 left in the third period. A fighting penalty on Richard Pinkowski had put Michigan Ice Dogs on the power play. Rotondo picked up the assist. Spencer Godin also scored for Michigan Ice Dogs. Other players who recorded assists for Michigan Ice Dogs were Johannes DeJongh and Kyle Cuthrell, who contributed one each.

Detroit Fighting Irish registered zero goals on one power play opportunities. For Detroit Fighting Irish, James Smith and Nolan Jakrzewski were ejected from the contest. Christopher Boyd made 46 saves for Michigan Ice Dogs on 52 shots. Michigan Ice Dogs ended with 24 minutes in penalty time with two minors and two majors. For Michigan Ice Dogs, Hunter Nielson was ejected from the game.