Jonathan Lessard lifted the Allen Americans to a 6-1 victory with a hat trick against the Brampton Beast.

Lessard got on the scoresheet 15:53 into the second period. He then added goals at 2:04 into the third and at 6:33 into the third.

Brampton was stymied by Allen netminder Bryan Pitton, who stopped 31 shots during the victory. Pitton managed to improve on his goals against average, which stood at 2.8 prior to the game.

The Americans' penalty kill excelled, as Allen gave up one goal despite allowing eight power plays.

The Americans surpassed their usual scoring output this season. Allen averages 3.7 goals per game. The Americans' penalty killing units received substantial work throughout the game as Allen finished with 23 penalty minutes. The defense for the Americans played an important role offensively, racking up 11 shots on goal.

Allen additionally got points from Daniel Tetrault, who also tallied one goal and one assist and Spencer Asuchak, who also had one goal and one assist. Kale Kerbashian also scored for Allen. More assists for Allen came via Alex Lavoie, who had three and Tyler Ludwig, Dallas Ehrhardt, Phil Fox, and Jamie Schaafsma, who contributed one a piece.

The Beast were often in penalty trouble, totaling nine minors and one major for 43 minutes in penalty time. Brampton had been averaging 24.0 minutes in penalties per game. The Beast's offense rang up 32 shots on Allen's net.

Brampton was led by Andrew Fournier, who scored the team's only goal. Fournier scored on the power play 19:43 into the first period to make the score 1-1. The Beast had gotten the advantage when the Americans' Tetrault was sent off for cross checking. Rob Collins assisted on the tally.

Allen registered two goals on seven power play opportunities. Brampton's Kristofer Westblom stopped 21 shots out of the 27 that he faced. For the Beast, Ben Woodley was ejected from the game.