Luka Znidarsic netted a hat trick to lead Decatur Blaze over Soo Firehawks, 7-1.

Znidarsic's first goal came 17:00 into the first period. He then added goals at 14 seconds into the second and at 12:43 into the second.

Decatur Blaze's Matthew Hatcher was a brick wall in net, as he came up with 35 saves and let only one puck past him. Hatcher managed to improve on his goals against average, which stood at 2.99 prior to the game.

Decatur Blaze racked up the penalties in the contest, and ended with eight minors and one major for 31 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 17.0 minutes per game Decatur Blaze had been spending in the box. Decatur Blaze stifled Soo Firehawks' power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. Decatur Blaze's offense rang up 43 shots on Soo Firehawks' net. Decatur Blaze surpassed its usual scoring output this season. Decatur Blaze has scored at the pace of 3.2 goals per game during the current campaign.

Decatur Blaze also got points from Dylan Farmer, who also racked up two goals and two assists to lead the team in points and Ryan Redpath, who also registered one goal and one assist. Decatur Blaze also got a goal from Shane Johnson as well. Other players who recorded assists for Decatur Blaze were Blake Rowe, Brandon Adler, Curtis Schlereth, Duncan Irvine, and Brock Oyler, who contributed one each and Garret Maged and Micah Young, who each chipped in three.

Soo Firehawks forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up 11 minors and one major for 37 minutes in penalty time. Soo Firehawks surpassed its season average of 19.0 penalty minutes per game. Soo Firehawks' penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on seven Decatur Blaze power plays. Decatur Blaze was unable to stop Soo Firehawks from sending pucks towards the net, and Soo Firehawks eventually piled up 36 shots on goal.

Mackenzie Bruce made 36 saves for Soo Firehawks on 43 shots. Soo Firehawks registered zero goals on four power play opportunities.