 One of the four team captains, Dean Antos finally got NMU on the board in the second period and the team took off.In what head coach Rick Comley would later call their best period of the season, Northern Michigan scored five unanswered goals in middle frame to take a 5–3 lead after 40 minutes.Comley's counterpart, Jack Parker, responded to the turn of events by replacing his goaltender at for the third.