Igor Leonenko netted a hat trick to lead San Jose Jr Sharks 18U over Pursuit of Excellence 18U, 7-3.

Leonenko's first goal came 3:34 into the first period. He then added goals at 9:16 into the first and at 9:49 into the third.

Pursuit of Excellence 18U's 12 penalties came back to haunt it, as Pursuit of Excellence 18U let up four goals while on the penalty kill.

Referees had their hands full with a major incident at 15:47 into the second period. Four fighting penalties were dished out along with three game misconducts.

San Jose Jr Sharks 18U racked up the penalties in the contest, and ended with eight minors and one major for 31 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 17.0 minutes per game San Jose Jr Sharks 18U had been spending in the box. San Jose Jr Sharks 18U kept Pursuit of Excellence 18U's goalie busy throughout the game, and Cody Porter made 31 saves on 38 shots. San Jose Jr Sharks 18U's goal total was higher than its season average. San Jose Jr Sharks 18U has scored at the pace of 2.4 goals per game during the current campaign.

San Jose Jr Sharks 18U additionally got points from Mick Nisbet, who also tallied two goals and two assists and Quintin Koister, who also registered one goal and one assist. Trevor Jensen also scored for San Jose Jr Sharks 18U. In addition, San Jose Jr Sharks 18U received assists from Travis Burrow, who had two, Matthew Woodley, who had four, and R. Mark Kepple, Benjamin Messick, Zachary Lloyd, and Eric Folgmann, who each chipped in one.

Pursuit of Excellence 18U was often in penalty trouble, totaling 11 minors and one major for 47 minutes in penalty time. Pursuit of Excellence 18U had been averaging 20.0 minutes in penalties per game.

Pursuit of Excellence 18U was helped by Brandon Duhaime, who had one goal. Duhaime scored 4:41 into the second period to make the score 3-2 San Jose Jr Sharks 18U. Jordan Kawaguchi assisted on the tally. Pursuit of Excellence 18U also got a goal from Tanner Browne as well. Other players who recorded assists for Pursuit of Excellence 18U were Fabio Arnold, Linden Hora, and Hunter Zandee, who contributed one a piece.

Antonio Venezio rejected 19 shots on goal for San Jose Jr Sharks 18U. For San Jose Jr Sharks 18U, John Godfrey was ejected from the game. Pursuit of Excellence 18U registered zero goals on two power play opportunities. Pursuit of Excellence 18U ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Arnold was ejected from the game.