The Ohio Machine could not stop the Rochester Rattlers' Kevin Rice, who tallied a hat trick in a 12-8 win. Rice got on the scoresheet 11:33 into the 2nd quarter. Then added goal at 1:56 into the 3rd and at 10:47 into the 3rd.

Rochester kept Ohio's goalie busy throughout the game, and Brian Phipps made nine saves on 21 shots.

Rochester additionally got points from Kyle Denhoff, who also registered one goal and one assist, Jordan MacIntosh, who also registered one goal and two assists, Randy Staats, who also registered two goals and one assist and Mark Matthews, who also registered two goals and one assist. Others who scored for Rochester included John Ranagan, who had two and Dave Lawson, who had one. More assists for Rochester came via Joel White, Jordan Wolf and Donny Moss, who contributed one apiece.

The Machine kept the Rattlers' goalie busy throughout the game, and John Galloway made 15 saves on 22 shots.

Ohio was led by Marcus Holman, who finished with three goals. Ohio also got points from Tom Schreiber, who also registered one goal and one assist to lead the team in points. Ohio also had goals scored by Holman, who had three and Jake Bernhardt, Jimmy Bitter and Brian Farrell, who scored one goal each. Other players who recorded assists for Ohio were Kyle Harrison, who had one.

The Machine won 15 faceoffs to eight for Rochester. Greg Puskuldjian won 15 for the Machine.