The Lumberjacks quickly made it 1-0 as it scored 1:06 into the opening frame. Casey Mutryn (Norwall, Mass.) nearly knotted things up at 11:38 as he sped down the wing past the Muskegon defense and fired one at starting Lumberjacks netminder Will Keane but was blocked aside.

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Just like the opening 20, Muskegon got on the board again early after it was awarded a penalty shot and converted on its try. Mikey Berchild (Minnetonka, Minn.) answered :30 seconds later though to cut the Lumberjacks lead in half. Wyatt Cullen (Moorhead, Minn.) fed the puck towards the crease from the goal line where Berchild was planted as he redirected the shot past Keane.

The Lumberjacks responded, however, on the power play at 3:13 to make it 3-1.

Near the midway mark of the second, Cullen nearly snuck around the net for a wraparound goal but was stopped on the goal line to keep Team USA's deficit at two. Muskegon made it a three-goal game at 12:22 with its second power play tally of the night. 

It was Team USA's turn to get its special teams rolling as Mutryn tallied his second of the year at 15:10 in the second. Off a Dayne Beuker (Portland, Ore.) draw, Luke Schairer (Charlotte, N.C.) sent a blast from the blue line as Mutryn tipped it in to make it 4-2.