The Newmarket Hurricanes survived a determined comeback attempt by the Whitby Fury on the way to a 4-3 win.

Newmarket made the score 4-1 on a goal by Thomas Beretta at 12:55 in the second period, and Whitby got as close as 4-3 when Steven Deeg scored 13:48 into the third period.

With the win, the Hurricanes evened the series at 2-2 in the best of seven showdown.

In the losing effort, the Fury were paced by Deeg, who racked up two goals. Deeg scored the first of his two goals on the power play at 4:38 into the third period to make the score 4-2 Newmarket. Whitby earned a power play opportunity when Ian Farrell was put in the box for boarding. Greg Milner assisted on the tally. Deeg's next tally on the power play made the score Newmarket with 6:12 left in the third period. The Fury had gotten the advantage when Newmarket's Alex Bontje was sent off for high sticking. Matt Eddy picked up the assist.

The Hurricanes were helped by Ryan Johnson, who tallied one goal. Johnson scored 3:11 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Newmarket. Sean Walker provided the assist. Newmarket also got points from Taylor Chick, who also registered one goal and one assist and Calvin Higley, who also had one goal and one assist. In addition, Newmarket received assists from Brandon Francisco, who had two.

Whitby excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in six chances.

Whitby additionally got points from Henry Thompson, who also racked up one goal and one assist. More assists for Whitby came via Mike Panowyk, who had one and Taylor Best, who had two.

Matthew Wintjes rejected 26 shots on goal for Newmarket. The Hurricanes incurred 14 minutes in penalty time with seven minors. The Fury's Tyler Feaver stopped 26 shots out of the 30 that he faced. Whitby incurred 14 minutes in penalty time with seven minors.