Five Alive knew they were in tough to score versus PPP's star goaltender and came out flying but Russ wouldn't be beaten in the first half despite 25 shots against, instead it was the PPP offence that did the damage thanks to a pair from skipper Devin McManus , at the break they held a 3-0 lead.

Shockingly that lead would evaporate quickly in the 2nd stanza thanks to a shift for the ages from Five Alive captains Amanda and Andrew Stephens , in just 80 seconds of game time both Stephens' would beat the previously unbeatable Latham with Andrew setting up rearguard Peter Heron for the other goal and this game was knotted at 3 in what felt like an instant. Many goalies would melt down after that kind of nightmare stretch, but not Latham, he would go on to stop THIRTY FIVE of the next THIRTY FIVE shots as Five Alive absolutely blitzed PPP with scoring chances but wouldn't score again. Mike Stefanic would score a big goal to regain the lead for PPP early in the 2nd and Philthy Phil Graziadei would seal the deal himself with an ENG, his second goal of the game. First star Russ Latham would end up with 60 saves on 63 shots on goal to earn the W.