Ottawa West Golden Knights could not stop Gatineau Mustangs' Vincent Lauzon, who tallied a hat trick in a 7-4 win.

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

Referees had their hands full with a major incident at 7:59 into the second period. Four fighting penalties were dished out along with two game misconducts.

Gatineau Mustangs forced Ottawa West Golden Knights goalie JJ Pristanski to work between the pipes, taking 37 shots.

Gatineau Mustangs also got points from Joey Mazerolle, who also registered one goal and three assists and Dominik Robinson, who also racked up two goals and one assist. Gatineau Mustangs also got a goal from Jacob Osborne as well. In addition, Gatineau Mustangs received assists from Simon Damphousse, who had two, Cédric Parker, who had three, and Raphael Grandmaison and Benoît Lavigne, who each chipped in one.

Ottawa West Golden Knights kept Gatineau Mustangs' goalie busy throughout the game, and Jean-Philippe Giroux made 30 saves on 34 shots.

Ottawa West Golden Knights was led by Derrin Lehoux, who had two goals. Lehoux scored the first of his two goals at 7:50 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Ottawa West Golden Knights. Zac Rodier assisted on the tally. Lehoux's next tally made the score 3-2 Gatineau Mustangs with 4:25 left in the second period. Ottawa West Golden Knights had taken the advantage when Gatineau Mustangs' Lauzon got sent off for slashing. Dave Kilrea picked up the assist. Ottawa West Golden Knights additionally got points from Kilrea, who also grabbed one goal and one assist. Mike Darnowski also scored for Ottawa West Golden Knights. Other players who recorded assists for Ottawa West Golden Knights were Ethan Allard, who had two and Corey Tam and Jeff Gottzmann, who contributed one a piece.

Gatineau Mustangs totaled 30 minutes in penalty time with 10 minors and two majors and went 2-for-7 on the power play. Team's Jérémie Bonneville and Mazerolle were slapped with misconducts and ejected from the game. Pristanski rejected 30 shots on goal for Ottawa West Golden Knights. Ottawa West Golden Knights totaled 34 minutes in penalty time with 12 minors and two majors and went 1-for-5 on the power play. For Ottawa West Golden Knights, Phil Edgar and Allard were ejected from the contest.