Attendance: 5,745
Starters
| Craig | Dalpe | Tynan | |||
| Kukan | Sifers | ||||
| Forsberg | |||||
| Kristo | Poturalski | Brickley | |||
| Chelios | Carrick | ||||
| McCollum | |||||
The Monsters were the first to strike 11:45 into the game. Dean Kukan passed to an open Ryan Craig who backhanded the puck into the net.
The Checkers struck back three minutes later.