Final Score: MSU-Mankato 4, Merrimack 3

Attendance: 2098

Referee: John Boche
Assistant Referee: Jon Elvy
Assistant Referee: Jerome Krieger

Merrimack Lineup: Skaters (18): Andrew Fox Stephen Moon Nick Cammarata Greg Classen Mike Rodrigues Sandy Cohen John Pyliotis Drew Hale Ron Mongeau Nick Torretti Chris Halecki Vincent Clevenger Ryan Kiley Lucas Smith Joe Gray Anthony Aquino Tony White Peter Catalano Goaltenders (2): Cris Classen Tom Welby

MSU-Mankato Lineup: Skaters (18): Andy Fermoyle Ben Christopherson Todd George Andy Hedlund Aaron Fox T.J. Guidarelli Tyler Baines Ryan Severson Jesse Rooney B.J. Abel Nate Mauer Joe Bourne Tim Wolfe Jerry Cunningham Ryan Schrick Jon Bushy Peter Holoien B.J. Anderson Goaltenders (3): Eric Pateman Brian Nelson Todd Kelzenberg

Scoring:

1st Period:
MER 15:15 PP Nick Cammarata (John Pyliotis, Greg Classen)
MNK 16:44 Ben Christopherson (B.J. Abel, Tim Wolfe)
MER 17:20 Anthony Aquino (John Pyliotis, Greg Classen)

2nd Period:
MNK 14:29 Nate Mauer (T.J. Guidarelli, Peter Holoien)
MER 18:29 Anthony Aquino (John Pyliotis, Greg Classen)

3rd Period:
MNK 03:48 Aaron Fox (Nate Mauer, Jesse Rooney)
MNK 08:44 Tim Wolfe (Peter Holoien, Tyler Baines)

Merrimack Goaltending:

	1st	2nd	3rd	Total	Minutes
Tom Welby	12	11	7	30	59:10
EMPTY NET					0:50

MSU-Mankato Goaltending:

	1st	2nd	3rd	Total	Minutes
Eric Pateman	10	5	0	15	43:18
EMPTY NET					0:30
Eric Pateman	0	0	8	8	16:12

Merrimack Power-Play: 1/3

MSU-Mankato Power-Play: 0/2

Penalties:

1st Period:
MER 03:08 Nick Cammarata  (2 - Interference)
MNK 07:00 Andy Hedlund  (2 - Cross-Checking)
MNK 14:30 Nate Mauer  (2 - Hitting from Behind)
MER 19:41 Greg Classen  (2 - Tripping)

2nd Period:
MNK 19:40 T.J. Guidarelli  (2 - High-Sticking)

3rd Period:
MNK 18:14 Ben Christopherson  (2 - Roughing)
MER 18:14 Sandy Cohen  (2 - Roughing)

Merrimack Penalties: 3 for 6