Hampton Roads Whalers came close to giving away a three-goal lead to East Coast Eagles, but did just enough to escape with a 4-2 victory.

Hampton Roads Whalers led by three goals at one point and ended with the victory. The largest advantage in the game came when Hampton Roads Whalers' Taylor Paasch's scored at 13:36 in the second period to put Hampton Roads Whalers up 4-1.

Hampton Roads Whalers' penalty kill excelled, as Hampton Roads Whalers gave up zero goals despite allowing seven power plays.

Hampton Roads Whalers was led by Cameron Snyder, who finished with one goal. Snyder scored 4:53 into the second period to make the score 3-1 Hampton Roads Whalers. Clayton Kanemitsu assisted on the tally.

Hampton Roads Whalers was often in penalty trouble, totaling six minors and one major for 27 minutes in penalty time. Hampton Roads Whalers surpassed its season average of 20.0 penalty minutes per game. Hampton Roads Whalers stifled East Coast Eagles' power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. Hampton Roads Whalers' offense rang up 40 shots on East Coast Eagles' net.

Hampton Roads Whalers additionally got points from Alexander Brissette, who also registered one goal and one assist to lead the team in points. Matthew Culcasi also scored for Hampton Roads Whalers. Other players who recorded assists for Hampton Roads Whalers were Cody Pessig, who had two and Matthew Zendejas, Christopher Haynes, and Christopher Marro, who each chipped in one.

East Coast Eagles stifled Hampton Roads Whalers' power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. East Coast Eagles forced Hampton Roads Whalers goalie Blake Scott to work between the pipes, taking 31 shots.

East Coast Eagles was helped by Robert Crawford, who grabbed one goal. Crawford scored 2:40 into the first period to make the score 1-0 East Coast Eagles. Ryan Pfau provided the assist. East Coast Eagles also got a goal from Nathan Margets as well.

Scott recorded 29 saves for Hampton Roads Whalers. Hampton Roads Whalers registered zero goals on three power play opportunities. Hampton Roads Whalers ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Zendejas was ejected from the game. Nicholas Poulos made 36 saves for East Coast Eagles on 40 shots. East Coast Eagles incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors.