Ferris State nearly tacked on the first goal with a shot in front of the crease, but starting U.S. netminder Luke Carrithers (Maple Grove, Minn.) stretched out for the save. Carrithers continued to turn aside difficult shots as he saw a flurry seconds after the halfway mark. Despite the efforts to keep it scoreless, Ferris State eventually broke through off the ensuing faceoff to make it 1-0 at 10:43.

Victor Plante (Hermantown, Minn.) nearly evened things up on the power play at one a piece as his shot near the crease went wide at 13:58. The pressure from Team USA was turned up with the extra man as Dayne Beuker (Portland, Ore.) sent a shot that rang off the pipe but stayed out at 14:33.

Ferris State made it 2-0 at 4:53 in the second as its penalty kill expired and the player who served scored on the breakaway.

Beuker had another good look, this time at 13:00 of the second, as he skated around the Ferris defender but his backhand chance was denied.

The Bulldogs tallied its third goal of the game at 6:08 of the third to make it 3-0. The U18s continued to push though as it attacked on the power play at 9:02 in the third and peppered the Ferris netminder but were turned aside to keep the teams deficit to three.