Pikes Peak Miners 18U and Rocky Mountain Roughriders 18U were evenly matched throughout their contest, but Pikes Peak Miners 18U made the most of its opportunities and won, 4-2.

Pikes Peak Miners 18U gained the winning advantage on a goal by Brendan Doyle 20 seconds into the third period and hung on until final buzzer.

Pikes Peak Miners 18U got the win on the strength of a great game by Doyle, who had one goal and two assists.

Pikes Peak Miners 18U's penalty kill excelled, as Pikes Peak Miners 18U gave up one goal despite allowing seven power plays.

Team could not crack Rocky Mountain Roughriders 18U's penalty kill and was held to two power play goals while having nine opportunities to play with the man advantage. Pikes Peak Miners 18U's penalty killing units received substantial work throughout the game as Pikes Peak Miners 18U finished with 24 penalty minutes.

Pikes Peak Miners 18U also got points from Ross Hanson, who also finished with one goal and one assist. Pikes Peak Miners 18U also had goals scored by Calvon Boots and JP Nolette, who scored one goal each. In addition, Pikes Peak Miners 18U received assists from Ethan Daniels, who had two and Vlad Zhidkikh and Trevor Paradise, who contributed one each.

Rocky Mountain Roughriders 18U was often in penalty trouble, totaling seven minors and one major for 39 minutes in penalty time. Rocky Mountain Roughriders 18U surpassed its season average of 19.0 penalty minutes per game. Rocky Mountain Roughriders 18U's defense let in more goals than it usually has this year. Rocky Mountain Roughriders 18U averages 1.6 goal allowed per game.

Rocky Mountain Roughriders 18U was helped by Nicholas Ness, who grabbed two goals. Ness scored the first of his two goals on the power play at 7:00 into the second period to make the score 1-1. Rocky Mountain Roughriders 18U had gotten the advantage when Pikes Peak Miners 18U's Zhidkikh was sent off for tripping. James Crossman provided the assist. Ness' next tally on the power play made the score 3-2 Pikes Peak Miners 18U with 8:14 left in the third period. A boarding call on Kevin Behrens put Rocky Mountain Roughriders 18U on the penalty kill. Crossman picked up the assist. More assists for Rocky Mountain Roughriders 18U came via Zachary Schwenk, who had one.

Jeremy Swayman recorded 21 saves for Pikes Peak Miners 18U. Cody Christofferson made 19 saves for Rocky Mountain Roughriders 18U on 22 shots. Rocky Mountain Roughriders 18U ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Behrens was ejected from the game.