Ottawa West Golden Knights came close to giving away a three-goal lead to Shawville Pontiacs, but did just enough to escape with a 5-3 victory.

Ottawa West Golden Knights led by three goals at one point and ended with the victory. The largest advantage in the game came when Ottawa West Golden Knights' Derrin Lahoux's scored at 1:17 in the second period to put Ottawa West Golden Knights up 4-1.

Shawville Pontiacs' power play was ineffective against Ottawa West Golden Knights' penalty kill, which allowed one goal while shorthanded.

Ottawa West Golden Knights kept Shawville Pontiacs' goalie busy throughout the game, and Trevor McGee made 27 saves on 32 shots.

Ottawa West Golden Knights was led by Phil Edgar, who registered two goals and one assist. Edgar scored the first of his two goals at 7:03 into the first period to make the score 2-1 Ottawa West Golden Knights. Edgar's next tally made the score 5-3 Ottawa West Golden Knights with 1:23 left in the third period. Dave Kilrea provided the assist. Ottawa West Golden Knights additionally got points from Kilrea, who also finished with one goal and one assist. Ottawa West Golden Knights also got a goal from Eric Turner as well. In addition, Ottawa West Golden Knights received assists from Corey Waddell-Harris, Jeffrey Clarke, Jeff Gottzman, Mike Milito, and Mike Darnowski, who contributed one a piece.

Shawville Pontiacs excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in three chances. Shawville Pontiacs forced Ottawa West Golden Knights goalie JJ Pristanski to work between the pipes, taking 33 shots.

Shawville Pontiacs was helped by Danick Genest, who grabbed two goals. Genest scored the first of his two goals at 4:20 into the first period to make the score 1-1. Julian Dumont picked up the assist. Genest's next tally made the score 4-3 Ottawa West Golden Knights with 8:56 left in the third period. Shawville Pontiacs had taken the advantage when Ottawa West Golden Knights' Jake Gaudet got sent off for roughing. Guillaume Coovi-Sirois provided the assist. Shawville Pontiacs also got points from Mathew Labrosse, who also racked up one goal and two assists. Other players who recorded assists for Shawville Pontiacs were Etienne Tremblay-Fortin, who had one.

Ottawa West Golden Knights' Pristanski stopped 30 shots out of the 33 that he faced. Ottawa West Golden Knights ended with 23 minutes in penalty time with nine minors and one major. For Ottawa West Golden Knights, Zach Cross was ejected from the game. Shawville Pontiacs incurred 14 minutes in penalty time with seven minors.