Behind a great game by Mikel Williams, who had one goal and two assists, the Maksymum Junior Hockey (Rochester) defeated the Buffalo Stars, 10-1.

Williams scored 4:55 into the second period to make the score 2-0 Maksymum. Joseph Snook provided the assist. Williams dished an assist on Snook's goal that made the score 3-0 Maksymum at 12:27 into the second period. He added another helper on Kevin DiMagno's goal that made the score 8-1 Maksymum at 14:09 into the third period.

Buffalo's power play was ineffective against Maksymum's penalty kill, which allowed one goal while shorthanded.

The Junior Hockey (Rochester) made Stars' netminders to work all game long, racking up 59 shots and forcing 49 saves. Lawson Fenton made 35 stops and Alec Horwitz made 14. Maksymum's goal total was higher than its season average. The Junior Hockey (Rochester) average 3.9 goals per game. Maksymum's defensemen played an important role in the offense, chipping in two goals. The Junior Hockey (Rochester) could not stay out of the penalty box, as the team accrued 32 minutes in penalties during the game.

Maksymum also got points from Snook, who also tallied one goal and one assist, Michael Whitehair, who also had two goals and two assists to lead the team in points, Dylan Versage, who also registered one goal and two assists, and Holvey, who also finished with two goals and one assist. Anton Vavenkov also scored for Maksymum. More assists for Maksymum came via Christopher Molnar, who had two and Daniel Goldstein, Austin Harding, and Seth Giles, who contributed one a piece.

The Stars struggled to stay out of the sin bin throughout the game as they finished the game with 32 penalty minutes for six opposing power plays.

Maksymum's starting goalie, Jake Bryniarski, made 16 saves and finished with the win before he was taken out in favor of Ryan Morey, who stopped two shots.