Florida Junior Blades came close to giving away a three-goal lead to Florida Eels, but did just enough to escape with a 6-4 victory.

Florida Junior Blades led by three goals at one point and ended with the victory. The largest advantage in the game came when Florida Junior Blades' Matt Benolkin's scored at 1:59 in the third period to put Florida Junior Blades up 5-2.

Florida Eels' power play was ineffective against Florida Junior Blades' penalty kill, which allowed zero goals while shorthanded.

Florida Junior Blades was led by Jonathan Davidson, who racked up one goal. Davidson scored 1:34 into the second period to make the score 3-2 Florida Junior Blades. Christopher Sune picked up the assist.

Florida Junior Blades forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up seven minors and one major for 29 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 17.0 minutes per game Florida Junior Blades had been spending in the box. Florida Junior Blades' penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on six Florida Eels power plays. Florida Junior Blades' defense let in more goals than it usually has this year. Florida Junior Blades gives up 1.9 goal per game.

Florida Junior Blades also got points from Daniel Thompson, who also had one goal and one assist. Troy Degler also scored for Florida Junior Blades. Other players who recorded assists for Florida Junior Blades were Matthew Salera, who had two and Max Cobb, Austin Hefferin, and Chris Lepore, who contributed one a piece.

The Florida Eels penalty box was a popular destination as the team totaled seven minors and two majors for 44 minutes in penalty time. Florida Eels had been averaging 15.0 minutes in penalties per game. Florida Eels made Florida Junior Blades' goalies to work all game long, taking 51 shots and forcing 47 saves. Eric Sugrue made 43 stops and Jacob Carter made four. Florida Eels put up an impenetrable defensive front on the penalty kill, and did not allow Florida Junior Blades to score on any of its seven power plays.

Florida Eels was led by Joshua DeLezenne, who grabbed two goals. DeLezenne scored the first of his two goals at 5:06 into the first period to make the score 2-1 Florida Eels. Brian Dennerlein assisted on the tally. DeLezenne's next tally made the score 5-4 Florida Junior Blades with 12:52 left in the third period. Keanu Gallegos provided the assist. Florida Eels additionally got points from Dennerlein, who also finished with one goal and one assist. Florida Eels also got a goal from Jonathan Carlson as well. In addition, Florida Eels received assists from Patrick Daniels, who had one.

Florida Eels' Marc Terriault stopped 19 shots out of the 24 that he faced.