After a scoreless first it was Georgia Tech who opened the scoring in the middle period. Less than two minutes into the stanza Georgia Tech center, Mike Zaucha, lifted a wrist shot over Andrew Barbour’s glove to give his team a 1-0 lead. Duke played strong defense the rest of the period and got several decent chances on net, all of which the Yellow Jackets’ netminder turned aside.

With a little over four minutes gone in the third frame the Blue Devils tied up the score at one apiece. Bert Maidment gave Brandon Jenkins a perfect feed down the right side boards as Jenkins then finished the play with a shot that beat the goaltender high on the short side. Duke continued to play in a disciplined manner, but once again did not have much puck luck as many of their shots were blocked and easily turned away. With nine minutes left in the game the Jackets showed they weren’t going to simply settle for a tie as they slipped passed the Duke defense and managed to get one by Marc Roitman. Duke had several close offensive chances through the closing minutes but could not find the equalizer.