After an uneventful opening 10 minutes, John Swanson scored on the power play, roofing a rebound over Aces starter Scott Reid.  A misplay by Reid behind his own net led directly to the second goal, scored by Matt McKnight at 14:34, his first of the season.  Two more penalties led to a five-on-three for Idaho, and Brad Miller celebrated his pro debut by blasting a slap shot past Reid with 3:21 left in the period.  Reid was replaced by Sebastian Dahm, who was greeted with the game's four goal, a rebound stuffed home by Michael Olson, also making his pro debut, with 43 seconds left in the frame.

 

Trailing 4-0, Alaska got back into the game thanks to a series of Idaho penalties, beginning with Alexandre Imbeault's unassisted goal at 12:51 of the second period.  Four minutes later, Mike Stuart ripped a drive from the high slot past Reid (who had re-entered the game at the start of the middle frame) to increase the Idaho spread to 5-1.  Within a minute, the Aces rallied, scoring back-to-back goals on the power play in a span of 36 seconds to trim the gap to 5-3.  Matt Stefanishion ended a 10-game drought with a slapper from the point, and Bryan Leitch, playing his first game in an Alaska sweater after being acquired in a trade two days before, scored from the right circle.  When Brandon Kushniruk was called for a double-minor for high-stickingwith 90 seconds left in the second period, the Aces seemed on the verge of completing the comeback.

But Alaska mustered little on that power play, and the score remained 5-3 until an empty-netter by Swanson, with Idaho again on the power play, sealed the outcome with 1:07 remaining.  Stefanishion scored his second goal of the night, and eighth of the season, with nine seconds left to account for the final margin.