Will Cymbaluk got the Lakers on the board early on as he converted a pass from Hudson Pettit at the 2:49 mark of the opening period.  A power play goal by Owen Chiodo at 7:28 was assisted by Cole Deraney and Brock Bender, giving the Lakers a 2-0 lead.  Shane Zierden responded on the power play to get the Otters on the scoreboard at 13:23.  Michael Schmidt and Leighton Buckmeier had assists on the goal as Fergus Falls cut the lead to 2-1 at the end of the first period of play.

Kellen Stenstrom tied the game at 2-2 with a goal from Zierden at the 5:32 mark of the second.  A power play goal by Dalton Songstad put the lead back on the Lakers side of the scoresheet at 3-2.  Pettit earned an assist on the goal.  DL increased their lead to 4-2 when Lawson Justesen scored from Songstad at 15:20.

Stenstrom notched his second goal of the night with an assist from Griffin Babolian at 13:58 of the third period, drawing the Otters within a goal at 4-3, however, Kash Benson’s empty net goal with 59 seconds remaining in the game gave the Lakers a two goal win, avenging an opening day loss to the Otters.

Fergus Falls (3-7) will host Warroad on Friday night and Hutchinson on Saturday afternoon.