Rittner Buam had a five-goal lead after two periods and cruised the rest of the way en route to a 7-1 win over SSI Vipiteno Weihenstephan.

After the loss made the series score 3-0 in the best of seven series, SSI Vipiteno Weihenstephan faces elimination next time out.

Rittner Buam was led by goalie Andrew Engelage, who finished with 33 saves while allowing one goal. Despite the solid performance, Engelage will actually see his goals against average rise, as it stood at 0.96 entering the contest.

Rittner Buam pulled out the victory even though it was hit with 16 penalty minutes.

Rittner Buam took advantage of SSI Vipiteno Weihenstephan's penalties, tallying three goals off of five power play opportunities. Rittner Buam got an offensive boost from its blueliners, who contributed two goals during the game.

Rittner Buam was helped by Brad Cole, who finished with one goal and one assist. Cole scored 13:29 into the first period to make the score 2-1 Rittner Buam. Emanuel Scelfo picked up the assist. Rittner Buam additionally got points from Matthias Fauster, who also grabbed one goal and one assist, Alexander Eisath, who also had one goal and one assist, Mark Van Guilder, who also registered one goal and one assist, and Christian Borgatello, who also tallied one goal and one assist. Rittner Buam also got a goal from Alex Frei as well. In addition, Rittner Buam received assists from Thomas Spinell, who had two and Markus Spinell, Luca Ansoldi, and Brendan Cook, who contributed one each.

SSI Vipiteno Weihenstephan was led by Patrick Mair, who scored the team's only goal. Mair scored 6:18 into the first period to make the score 1-0 SSI Vipiteno Weihenstephan. Hannes Stofner assisted on the tally.

SSI Vipiteno Weihenstephan's starting goalie, Dominik Steinmann, made four saves and finished with the loss before he was taken out in favor of Mark Demetz, who stopped 19 shots. SSI Vipiteno Weihenstephan incurred 16 minutes in penalty time with eight minors.