Joseph Lambert had two goals to lead the Palm Beach Hawks to a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Juniors.

Lambert's tallies came on the power play at 10:46 into the third period to make the score 2-1 Palm Beach and on the power play 17:20 into the third to make the score 3-1 Palm Beach.

Palm Beach was led by goalie David Kutnar, who finished with 40 saves while allowing one goal. The solid play of Kutnar will be reflected in his goals against average, which pre-game was 4.35.

The Hawks pulled out the victory even though they were hit with 18 penalty minutes.

Palm Beach's penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on six Tampa Bay power plays. The Hawks' defensemen played an important role in the offense, chipping in two goals.

James Leicht also scored for Palm Beach. Other players who recorded assists for Palm Beach were JJ Augusta, who had one and Shane Visnick, who had two.

Tampa Bay 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 Juniors had been averaging 14.0 minutes in penalties per game. Tampa Bay did not reach the goal total it has come to expect this season. The Juniors average 4.7 goals per game. Palm Beach was unable to stop Tampa Bay from sending pucks towards the net, and the Juniors eventually piled up 41 shots on goal.

Tampa Bay was led by Brendan Nicholson, who scored the team's only goal. Nicholson scored 7:21 into the second period to make the score 1-1.

The Hawks registered two goals on seven power play opportunities. The Juniors' Emil Eriksson stopped 24 shots out of the 26 that he faced.