The Oakville Blades tried to dig themselves out of a two-goal hole, but the yToronto Lakeshore Patriots held on for a 4-3 victory.

yToronto Lakeshore made the score 4-2 on a goal by Marcus Rose at 9:33 in the third period, and Oakville got as close as 4-3 when Sean Kohler scored 19:41 into the third period.

Doug Bonar had two goals and one assist to lead the Patriots. Bonar scored the first of his two goals on the power play at 3:40 into the first period to make the score 1-0 yToronto Lakeshore. yToronto Lakeshore had taken the advantage when the Blades' Greg Allen got sent off for hooking. Rose provided the assist. Bonar's next tally on the power play made the score 3-2 yToronto Lakeshore with nine seconds left in the second period. A roughing penalty on Ross Sloan had put the Patriots on the power play. Michael Prapavessis assisted on the tally.

Oakville was unable to stop yToronto Lakeshore from sending pucks towards the net, and the Patriots eventually piled up 35 shots on goal.

yToronto Lakeshore also got points from Niko Kovachis, who also finished with one goal and one assist and Rose, who also racked up one goal and one assist. More assists for yToronto Lakeshore came via Andreas Tsogkas and Rory Bell, who contributed one a piece.

The Blades forced yToronto Lakeshore goalie Jeremy Helvig to work between the pipes, taking 37 shots.

Oakville was helped by Greg Campbell, who tallied one goal. Campbell scored 7:38 into the first period to make the score 1-1. Kamil Tkaczuk also scored for Oakville. In addition, Oakville received assists from Chris Poletek and Dalton Bew, who each chipped in one.

Helvig rejected 34 shots on goal for the Patriots. yToronto Lakeshore incurred 12 minutes in penalty time with six minors. Mark Manolescu made 31 saves for the Blades on 35 shots. Oakville incurred 12 minutes in penalty time with six minors. The Blades ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Mark Bzowey was ejected from the game.