Detroit Fighting Irish's Ken Winter had a big offensive game, scoring two goals and contributing three assists in his team's 7-4 win over Michigan Ice Dogs.

Winter found the back of the net on the power play 19:36 into the second period to make the score 4-4 and again while 14:14 into the third to make the score 6-4 Detroit Fighting Irish.

Michigan Ice Dogs was unable to stop Detroit Fighting Irish from sending pucks towards the net, and Detroit Fighting Irish eventually piled up 50 shots on goal. Detroit Fighting Irish bested its season scoring average. Detroit Fighting Irish has scored at the pace of 4.7 goals per game during the current campaign.

Detroit Fighting Irish also got points from Eric Long, who also tallied one goal and two assists and Zachary Cruz, who also finished with one goal and one assist. Others who scored for Detroit Fighting Irish included Aaron Robinson, Tristan Cruz, and Chase Tackett, who scored one goal each. More assists for Detroit Fighting Irish came via Jacob Hernandez, who had two, Robert Danyo, who had three, and Shawn Eastman and Richard Pinkowski, who contributed one each.

Michigan Ice Dogs forced Detroit Fighting Irish's netminders to work without much rest, firing 33 shots and forcing 29 saves. Austin Stefan made 13 stops and George Hill made 16.

Michigan Ice Dogs was helped by Joseph Russo, who grabbed two goals and one assist. Russo scored the first of his two goals on the power play at 8:24 into the second period to make the score 3-3. A tripping penalty on Christian Ramage had put Michigan Ice Dogs on the power play. Kyle Cuthrell picked up the assist. Russo's next tally on the power play made the score 4-3 Michigan Ice Dogs with 8:22 left in the second period. Michigan Ice Dogs additionally got points from Cuthrell, who also racked up one goal and one assist and Marc Rotondo, who also had one goal and two assists.

Detroit Fighting Irish incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors. Jacob Mulka rejected 43 shots on goal for Michigan Ice Dogs. Michigan Ice Dogs incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors.