“This was a battle. It was a 5-2 game, but it was a battle,” head coach Andy Murray told reporters in the post-game press conference.
The Bulldogs would strike first on the power play. Senior forward Dominic Toninato found the back of the net to give his team a 1-0 lead. Senior defenseman Taylor Fleming would tie the game up after causing a turnover in front of the Bulldogs net and going top shelf against freshman goaltender Hunter Miska. The Bulldogs battled back and took the lead late in the period. Freshman defenseman Jarod Hilderman fired a shot from the point which would find its way to the stick of senior forward Kyle Osterberg who poked the puck passed freshman goaltender Ben Blacker to go up 2-1.