Traverse City Hounds had a seven-goal lead after two periods and cruised the rest of the way en route to a 9-2 win over Soo Firehawks.

Austin Flores had a great game for Traverse City Hounds, netting two goals. Flores found the back of the net 25 seconds into the first period to make the score 1-0 Traverse City Hounds and again while 5:08 into the first to make the score 2-0 Traverse City Hounds.

Traverse City Hounds forced Soo Firehawks' netminders to work between the pipes, finishing with 41 shots and forcing 32 saves. Mackenzie Bruce made 20 stops and Cody Call made 12. Traverse City Hounds' penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on three Soo Firehawks power plays. Traverse City Hounds found the back of the net more times than it usually has this season. Traverse City Hounds has scored at the pace of 5.6 goals per game during the current campaign.

Traverse City Hounds additionally got points from Kyle Winkelman, who also tallied one goal and one assist, Greg Meuser, who also registered one goal and one assist, Travis Kirk, who also had one goal and one assist, and Blake Anderson, who also racked up one goal and one assist. Traverse City Hounds also got a goal from Jan Voves as well. In addition, Traverse City Hounds received assists from Scott Luca, Stan Swiderek, and Cam Givens, who contributed one each and Clayton Dowlan, Kevin Cole, and Cam Fisher, who each chipped in two.

Soo Firehawks stifled Traverse City Hounds' power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. Soo Firehawks' offense rang up 32 shots on Traverse City Hounds' net.

Soo Firehawks was helped by Michael Mullen, who registered one goal. Mullen scored 6:39 into the second period to make the score 3-1 Traverse City Hounds. Zachary Lee picked up the assist. Cody Therrian also scored for Soo Firehawks. More assists for Soo Firehawks came via Daniel Bachynsky, who had two.

Traverse City Hounds' Justin Abdelhak stopped 30 shots out of the 32 that he faced. Traverse City Hounds incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors. Soo Firehawks incurred 18 minutes in penalty time with four minors.