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John Marshall tried to dig itself out of a three-goal hole, but Ringgold held on for a 7-6 victory.

Ringgold made the score 7-4 on a goal by Kevin Mosqueda at 15:56 in the second period, and John Marshall got as close as 7-6 when Gage Wilson scored 14:46 into the third period.

Ringgold got the win behind a great game by Chris Dumod, who had two goals and two assists. Dumod scored the first of his two goals at 8:40 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Ringgold. Dumod's next tally made the score 4-4 with 14:08 left in the second period. Ringgold earned a power play opportunity when Nicholas Solema was put in the box for hooking. Devin Brown picked up the assist.

Ringgold outdid its season average for goals scored. This season, Ringgold averages 4.5 goals per contest. Ringgold's penalty killing units received substantial work throughout the game as Ringgold finished with 16 penalty minutes.

Ringgold also got points from Brown, who also racked up two goals and two assists. Daniel Marek also scored for Ringgold. More assists for Ringgold came via Jacob Bednar and Brendon Lewis, who contributed one each.

John Marshall forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up seven minors and one major for 29 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 22.0 minutes per game John Marshall had been spending in the box. Ringgold was unable to stop John Marshall from sending pucks towards the net, and John Marshall eventually piled up 38 shots on goal. John Marshall's goal total was higher than its season average. John Marshall averages 3.5 goals per game.

John Marshall was helped by Nicholas Fitzpatrick, who tallied two goals. Fitzpatrick scored the first of his two goals at 16:46 into the first period to make the score 3-2 John Marshall. Solema provided the assist. Fitzpatrick's next tally made the score 4-2 John Marshall with 3:08 left in the first period. John Marshall additionally got points from Luke Neary, who also registered one goal and two assists and Wilson, who also finished with two goals and one assist. John Marshall also got a goal from Ryley Jones as well. In addition, John Marshall received assists from Bret Bosworth and Christian Hayden, who each chipped in one.

Ringgold's Cole Crownover stopped 32 shots out of the 38 that he faced. Ringgold registered two goals on eight power play opportunities. Hunter Staten took the loss and made four saves before being replaced by Levi Smith who made 10 saves. John Marshall registered two goals on seven power play opportunities. For John Marshall, Jones was ejected from the game.