Tyler Skulley had a standout game with 28 saves, and Motor City Monarchs beat Alpena Flyers 4-1.

Alpena Flyers' power play was ineffective against Motor City Monarchs' penalty kill, which allowed zero goals while shorthanded.

Motor City Monarchs was paced by Trevor Hillman, who grabbed one goal. Hillman scored on the power play 14:58 into the first period to make the score 2-1 Motor City Monarchs. Motor City Monarchs had gained a power play chance when Sawyer Hein was whistled for slashing. Anthony Wojciechowski picked up the assist.

Motor City Monarchs racked up the penalties in the contest, and ended with seven minors and one major for 29 minutes in penalty time. Motor City Monarchs surpassed its season average of 20.0 penalty minutes per game. Motor City Monarchs excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in six chances. Motor City Monarchs forced Alpena Flyers goalie Brett LeTourneau to work between the pipes, taking 36 shots.

Others who scored for Motor City Monarchs included Julian Willibey, Bryce Peplinski, and David Hogan, who scored one goal each. In addition, Motor City Monarchs received assists from Trevor Pode, who had two and Corey Finnemore, Zach Kopinski, and Jarrad Vroman, who contributed one each.

Alpena Flyers did not reach the goal total it has come to expect this season. Alpena Flyers puts an average of 3.5 pucks into the net per game.

Alpena Flyers was led by Jared Kwiatkowski, who scored the team's only goal. Kwiatkowski scored 6:02 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Alpena Flyers. Cole Cosbitt provided the assist.

Motor City Monarchs registered one goal on two power play opportunities. Alpena Flyers' LeTourneau stopped 32 shots out of the 36 that he faced. Alpena Flyers incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors.