sShortly into the second period Hastings Morgan Sweeney was taken down trying to split two Buffalo defenders setting up another Hastings power play.  Once again, Hastings was unable to find the goal during the power play and actually gave Buffalo a  fantastic scoring opportunity when Nathan Mueller was hauled down on shorthanded breakaway attempt and awarded a penalty shot.  Hastings however was able to dodge this bullet as Mueller's penalty shot clanked off the crossbar keeping the game tied.  The next several minutes both teams attempted to give the other the lead as each team traded miscues along with scoring chances.  Hastings was able to end the scoring drought when John Neuman slammed in a rebound off a 2-1 scoring attempt putting Hastings up 2-1.  Hastings appeared to be in control once again as they outshot Buffalo 14-7 during the second period but a late powerplay goal by Preston Perreault assisted by Joe McNamara and John Gaughan evened the score at 2-2.  It appeared the second would end tied just as the first until Morgan Sweeney and Hastings were rewarded for crashing the net late in the period creating another goal and Hastings was back on top a little over a minute after Buffalo had tied game.  The period would end with Hastings possessing a 3-2 lead.

Both teams came out of the break battling for the next goal.  Hastings hoped to extend its lead to two, meanwhile Buffalo was hoping to even the score and eventually take a lead.  Buffalo was the team that got what it wanted when Preston Perreault took a pretty feed from Landon Wittenberg on the powerplay and put the puck in the back of the net to knot the game at 3-3.  Both teams continued to trade opportunities the rest of the way but neither team got the win they were searching for as this hard fought game ended in a 3-3 tie.