Ethan Somoza netted a hat trick to lead California Titans 16U over St. Louis Selects 16U, 8-2.

Somoza notched his first tally 7:33 into the first period. He then added goals at 13:01 into the first and at 11:49 into the third.

California Titans 16U forced St. Louis Selects 16U's netminders to work between the pipes, firing 40 shots and forcing 32 saves. Samuel Boyer made 15 stops and Zach Young made 17.

California Titans 16U additionally got points from Jared Turcotte, who also tallied one goal and one assist, Brendan Harris, who also registered one goal and one assist, and Gregory Figg, who also had one goal and one assist. California Titans 16U also got a goal from Franklin Newman as well. More assists for California Titans 16U came via Tanner Dalton and Danny ODonnell, who each chipped in one and Aaron Murray and Grant Minakawa, who contributed three a piece.

The St. Louis Selects 16U penalty box was a popular destination as the team totaled seven minors and one major for 29 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 20.0 minutes per game St. Louis Selects 16U had been spending in the box.

St. Louis Selects 16U was helped by Travis Barrett, who racked up one goal. Barrett scored 10:04 into the first period to make the score 2-2. Tyler Hoffmann assisted on the tally. Charlie Corbett also scored for St. Louis Selects 16U. In addition, St. Louis Selects 16U received assists from Austin Rueschhoff and Caleb Cooper, who each chipped in one.

Trevin Kozlowski made 28 saves for California Titans 16U on 30 shots. California Titans 16U incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors. St. Louis Selects 16U registered zero goals on two power play opportunities. For St. Louis Selects 16U, Corbett was ejected from the game.