The game between Jersey Shore and Roc City was tight through all 60 minutes, but in the end Jersey Shore emerged with a 5-3 win.

No lead was more than two goals during the contest, and the winning goal was scored by Travis Valvo at 2:35 of the second period.

Austin Crane was all over the ice for Jersey Shore, as he had two goals in the win. Crane scored at 11:56 into the first period to make the score 1-1 and again while on the power play 5:01 into the third to make the score 4-2 Jersey Shore.

Referees had their hands full with a major incident at 15:22 into the second period. Eighteen fighting penalties were dished out along with seven game misconducts.

Jersey Shore forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up 10 minors and five majors for 125 minutes in penalty time. Jersey Shore surpassed its season average of 23.0 penalty minutes per game. Jersey Shore kept Roc City's goalie busy throughout the game, and George Collins made 33 saves on 38 shots.

Jersey Shore also got points from Arthur Raevsky, who also registered one goal and one assist. Vaclav Liprt also scored for Jersey Shore. Other players who recorded assists for Jersey Shore were Konstatin Mamedov, Alexandre Racicot, Adam Person, and Steven McDermitt, who contributed one each.

Roc City racked up the penalties in the contest, and ended with four minors and six majors for 128 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 30.0 minutes per game Roc City had been spending in the box. Roc City forced Jersey Shore's netminders to work between the pipes, racking up 32 shots and forcing 29 saves. Tyger Howat made 11 stops and Marc Schlaeger made 18. Roc City had trouble converting on the power play advantage, managing just two goals on 10 chances.

Roc City was led by Anthony DePetres, who racked up three goals. In addition, Roc City received assists from Brian Wade and Benjamin Myles, who each chipped in one.

Jersey Shore registered one goal on three power play opportunities. For Jersey Shore, Schlaeger, Jiri Hajda, Alexander Tan, Kevin Gruber, and Adam Skutchan were ejected from the contest. Team's Wade, Dominic Gruttadauria, Mason Versage, and Zach Buchholz were slapped with misconducts and ejected from the game.