Idaho fell behind 2-0 in the first 2:35 of play with Orlando receiving goals from Jaydon Dureau (6th) and Tristan Langan (18th) but from there the Steelheads rattled off five unanswered goals in the first period. Jade Miller (12th) started it off at 5:28 on a blast from the high slot off a feed from behind the cage from Jordan Kawaguchi. Wade Murphy (15th) cashed in on a backhander in front of the net 3:20 later tying the game at 2-2. Jordan Kawaguchi (23rd) picked the top left corner at 10:29 giving Idaho their first lead of the night. With just 4:13 to play in the opening stanza Matt Register (7th) fired a slapshot from the point on the power-play making it 4-2. After a faceoff win from Jack Becker with a little over two minutes to play in the period Justin Misiak (12th) short-side. Tempers picked up at the end of the period as Cody Haiskanen and Willie Knierimcollecting fighting majors at the end of the period, a period which featured 30 penalty minutes. The Steelheads led 5-2 after the opening 20 minutes of play outshooting Orlando 14-6.
The final two periods featured just one goal as Jack Becker (11th) scored an empty netter with four minutes to play in regulation.
Josh Boyko made 28 saves on 30 shots in the win while Jack LaFontaine turned aside 26 of 31 shots he saw in the loss.
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