Florida Junior Blades scored five goals in the second period to pull away from East Coast Eagles and clinch a 9-3 win.

The win gave Florida Junior Blades a 1-0 lead in the best of one series.

DJ Thomas had two goals and one assist to lead Florida Junior Blades. Thomas scored the first of his two goals on the power play at 18:58 into the second period to make the score 7-3 Florida Junior Blades. Florida Junior Blades earned a power play opportunity when Robert Paddock was put in the box for hooking. Eryn Siracusa provided the assist. Thomas' next tally on the power play made the score 8-3 Florida Junior Blades with 12:17 left in the third period. Florida Junior Blades had taken the advantage when East Coast Eagles' Elijah Spear got sent off for hooking. Siracusa assisted on the tally.

Florida Junior Blades took advantage of East Coast Eagles' penalties and slotted in three goals on the power play.

Florida Junior Blades forced East Coast Eagles goalie Scott Jackson to work between the pipes, taking 66 shots.

Florida Junior Blades also got points from Troy Degler, who also finished with one goal and one assist, Siracusa, who also registered one goal and three assists, and Thomas, who also grabbed two goals and one assist. Others who scored for Florida Junior Blades included Joshua Stanclift, who had one and Joshua Koerner and JP Larmoyeux, who each put in two. More assists for Florida Junior Blades came via Jonathan Davidson, who had two and Jacob Leonard, Michael DiVico, Blake ONeill, and Ty Lasker, who contributed one each.

East Coast Eagles got an offensive boost from its blueliners, who contributed two goals during the game.

East Coast Eagles was helped by AJ Seffels, who tallied two goals. Seffels scored the first of his two goals at 2:07 into the second period to make the score 2-2. Brian Clare provided the assist. Seffels' next tally made the score 6-3 Florida Junior Blades with 4:31 left in the second period. East Coast Eagles had gained a power play chance when Lasker was whistled for tripping. Graff Richards assisted on the tally. East Coast Eagles additionally got points from Samuel Banasiewicz, who also racked up one goal and one assist. Other players who recorded assists for East Coast Eagles were Joshua Martinez, who had one.

Joseph Keyser recorded 21 saves for Florida Junior Blades. Florida Junior Blades incurred 12 minutes in penalty time with six minors. East Coast Eagles' Jackson stopped 57 shots out of the 66 that he faced. East Coast Eagles incurred 20 minutes in penalty time with five minors.