Victor face-off specialist T.D. Ierlan finished 17/21 (81%) with three of his four losses coming on technical fouls. Of his 16 non-technical wins, he picked up his own ground ball 14 times. Ierlan led the team in ground balls with defenseman Brandon Kunick adding an additional 6 and defenseman Jack Callahan adding four. R-H goalie, Corey Luty and defenseman Brett Mulvaney finished with five ground balls each to lead the Royal Comets.
Both teams finished the game with approximately the same percentage of shots on cage but the game came down to goalie play and volume. Victor finished with significantly more shots than R-H (42-26) but both had approximately 53% of their shots on cage (22-14). In the cage for R-H, Luty finished with 9 recorded saves. Victor's Brennan Mackey played the majority of the game and finished at 50% (6s/6ga). Justin Young played the final five minutes and also finished at 50% (1s/1ga).