Tampa Juniors' Paul Lochner had a big offensive game, scoring one goal and contributing three assists in his team's 7-2 win over East Coast Eagles.

Lochner scored 5:17 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Tampa Juniors. Logan Garst picked up the assist. Lochner dished an assist on Jared Goudreau's goal that made the score 3-0 Tampa Juniors at 10:54 into the first period. He then added assists on Connor Esrick's goal at 8:03 into the second and on Goudreau's goal at 21:03 into the second.

East Coast Eagles' power play was ineffective against Tampa Juniors' penalty kill, which allowed zero goals while shorthanded.

Tampa Juniors forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up nine minors and one major for 43 minutes in penalty time. Tampa Juniors had been averaging 21.0 minutes in penalties per game. Tampa Juniors' penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on eight East Coast Eagles power plays. Tampa Juniors found the back of the net more times than it usually has this season. Tampa Juniors averages 3.1 goals per game.

Tampa Juniors additionally got points from Esrick, who also racked up one goal and two assists, Garst, who also registered one goal and two assists, and Goudreau, who also had two goals and one assist. Tampa Juniors also got a goal from Joona Huunanmaa as well. Other players who recorded assists for Tampa Juniors were Mason Nichols, Tommy Whiteley, and Christopher Bohlin, who each chipped in one.

East Coast Eagles excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in 10 chances. East Coast Eagles' penalty killing units received substantial work throughout the game as East Coast Eagles finished with 24 penalty minutes.

East Coast Eagles was helped by Jonathan Haun, who tallied one goal. Haun scored 19:51 into the first period to make the score 3-2 Tampa Juniors. Nathan Margets provided the assist. Robert Crawford also scored for East Coast Eagles. More assists for East Coast Eagles came via Sean Ozment, who had one.

Nicholas Malvin made 27 saves for Tampa Juniors on 29 shots. East Coast Eagles' Bryan Canter stopped 16 shots out of the 23 that he faced.