Brett Norman netted a hat trick to lead Ontario Avalanche over Lake Tahoe Blue, 7-1.

Lake Tahoe Blue trailed by one after the first period, but Ontario Avalanche went into the second intermission with a 5-1 lead and never looked back.

Lake Tahoe Blue's power play was ineffective against Ontario Avalanche's penalty kill, which allowed zero goals while shorthanded.

Ontario Avalanche put up an impenetrable defensive front on the penalty kill, and did not allow Lake Tahoe Blue to score on any of its eight power plays. Lake Tahoe Blue was unable to stop Ontario Avalanche from sending pucks towards the net, and Ontario Avalanche eventually piled up 36 shots on goal. Ontario Avalanche outdid its season average for goals scored. Ontario Avalanche averages 4.4 goals per game. Ontario Avalanche's penalty killing units received substantial work throughout the game as Ontario Avalanche finished with 62 penalty minutes.

Ontario Avalanche also got points from Luke Rendino, who also tallied two goals and three assists and Lubomir Fetkovic, who also finished with one goal and four assists. Kevin Leuenberger also scored for Ontario Avalanche. Other players who recorded assists for Ontario Avalanche were Antoine Maillard, who had one and Zechariah Roberts and Joe Cangelosi, who each chipped in two.

Lake Tahoe Blue could not produce up to it normal offensive output. Lake Tahoe Blue averages 4.5 goals per game. Lake Tahoe Blue could not stay out of the penalty box, as the team accrued 46 minutes in penalties during the game.

Lake Tahoe Blue was led by Tom Doverhjelm, who scored the team's only goal. Doverhjelm scored 15:22 into the first period to make the score 2-1 Ontario Avalanche. Evan Brown picked up the assist.

Ontario Avalanche's Drake Koegel stopped 23 shots out of the 24 that he faced. Ontario Avalanche registered two goals on eight power play opportunities. Ontario Avalanche ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Leuenberger was ejected from the game. Jakub Novotny rejected 29 shots on goal for Lake Tahoe Blue.