Denver took a 4-1 decision at Alaska Anchorage, breaking a tied game open with a three-goal third period. The Pioneers never needed overtime; the result was settled in regulation on the strength of one dominant 20-minute stretch.
Denver got the only goal of the first period to lead 1-0, and Anchorage answered in the second to pull even at 1-1 heading to the intermission. From there the game turned decisively: Denver scored three times in the third, and the Seawolves could not respond.
The number that defines it is the period-by-period split — 0-1, 1-0, 0-3. Anchorage matched the Pioneers for 40 minutes before conceding three unanswered in the final frame.