The Steelheads defeated the Rapid City Rush 7-5 the Steelheads would fall behind 1-0 as Rush Captain Alex Aleardi scored 4:16 into the period but Idaho Forward Keaton Mastrodonato tied the score at one 2:17 later then 1:49 later Conner Mylymok gave Idaho the 2-1 lead but 3:59 into the second period Keanu Yamamoto tied the score at two then 1:19 later Mark Rassell gave Idaho back the lead and skip forward to 12:26 of the second Will Merchant added a power play goal to give the Steelheads a 4-2 lead but 2:04 later Alex Aleardi made it a one goal game but 15 seconds later Jordan Kawaguchi made it 5-3 Idaho 4:43 into the third Jade Miller made it 6-3 but 66 seconds later Tyson Helgeson made it just a two goal Idaho lead and with 43 seconds left Ilya Nikolaev made it a one goal game but with 4 seconds left Mark Rassell made it 7-5 with an empty net goal.