HC Gherdëina edged SHC Fassa Falcons 4-3, taking the shootout after a 3-3 regulation tie. Neither side could break the deadlock through sixty minutes, and the game was settled from the shootout.
The teams traded a goal in each period, with the score knotted at 1-1, 2-2, and 3-3 after the first, second, and third frames. Gherdëina converted once in the shootout (SO 0-1) to claim the win.
The defining number was the balance: three periods, three ties, and no lead larger than one goal. Gherdëina's shootout conversion proved the difference in a tightly contested friendly.