Traverse City Hounds and Motor City Monarchs were evenly matched throughout their contest, but Traverse City Hounds made the most of its opportunities and won, 4-2.

Traverse City Hounds gained the winning advantage on a goal by Howard Rose 11:21 into the third period and hung on until final buzzer.

The win by Traverse City Hounds clinched the best of three series at 2-0.

Rose had one goal and two assists to lead Traverse City Hounds.

Traverse City Hounds pulled out the victory even though it was hit with 63 penalty minutes.

Traverse City Hounds also got a goal from Patrick Rogowski as well. In addition, Traverse City Hounds received assists from Kevin Hansen, who had two and Austin Flores, Jacob Gillis, and Greg Meuser, who each chipped in one.

Motor City Monarchs was helped by Adam Jonak, who tallied one goal. Jonak scored 11:04 into the first period to make the score 1-1. Tory Shand provided the assist. Motor City Monarchs additionally got points from Shand, who also had one goal and one assist to lead the team in points. Other players who recorded assists for Motor City Monarchs were Anthony Wojciechowski and Matthew Snyder, who contributed one each.

David Krejcik recorded 27 saves for Traverse City Hounds. Traverse City Hounds registered one goal on one power play opportunities. Stephan Demmers made 23 saves for Motor City Monarchs on 26 shots. Motor City Monarchs totaled 63 minutes in penalty time with nine minors and one major and went 1-for-6 on the power play. For Motor City Monarchs, Jonak was ejected from the game.