Game two of the Dunedin Thunder vs the West Auckland Admirals was a much closer contest than the previous night. The Thunder started the game with fire in their bellies and put the Admirals on their heals early. Their renewed effort saw them take a 1-0 lead late in the first period. Martin Millerioux let a slap shot go from the point while on the powerplay.

The Thunder added to their lead in the second with Millerioux again firing an accurate slap shot in to cleanly beat Admirals goalie Michael Hopkinson. The Admirals would not lie down however. Travis McMaster got the Admirals on the board with a wrap around goal following some effective work down low. Joonis Markko would then tie the game to send the teams to the change rooms with a 2-2 tie after 2 periods. Fortunately for the Thunder, a scary moment seeing an Admirals player collide with Rick Parry in the crease resulted in no injury. With his helmet knocked off, Parry remained on the ice for some time before regaining his feet and continuing the game.

The 3rd period remained very tight with the game looking like it was headed into overtime. With less then half a period remaining, Andy Hart scored a timely goal to put the Admirals up 3-2. The Thunder kept pressuring for an equalizer however the Admirals scored an empty net goal to seal the victory 4-2. So despite the Thunder looking much more like a team than the previous nights encounter, the Admirals also lifted there game to see them return to Auckland with 6 important competition points to keep them in the hunt for the finals. For the Thunder the closeness of the competition keeps them in it, but will need to win most if not all of their remaining games.