The Stouffville Spirit could not stop the Aurora Tigers' Cameron Morrison, who tallied a hat trick in a 5-3 win.

Referees had their hands full with a major incident at 19:48 into the third period. Four fighting penalties were dished out along with two game misconducts.

Aurora was often in penalty trouble, totaling seven minors and one major for 39 minutes in penalty time. The Tigers had been averaging 13.0 minutes in penalties per game. Aurora forced Stouffville goalie Aaron Taylor to work between the pipes, taking 35 shots.

Aurora additionally got points from Drake Board, who also racked up one goal and two assists and Jordan DaSilva, who also registered one goal and one assist. In addition, Aurora received assists from Mack Lemmon, who had three and Daniel Mantenuto, Michael Laidley, and Eric Williams, who contributed one each.

The Spirit were helped by Michael Giacometti, who registered one goal. Giacometti scored on the power play 4:09 into the third period to make the score 4-3 Aurora. Stouffville had gained a power play chance when Kyle Locke was whistled for holding. Matthew Heffernan picked up the assist. Stouffville also got points from James Mense-Dietrich, who also tallied one goal and one assist to lead the team in points. Stouffville also got a goal from Christopher Brill-Morgan as well. Other players who recorded assists for Stouffville were Brodie Tutton, who had two.

Andy Munroe made 20 saves for the Tigers on 23 shots. Aurora registered one goal on three power play opportunities. For the Tigers, DaSilva was ejected from the game. Taylor recorded 30 saves for the Spirit. Stouffville totaled 25 minutes in penalty time with five minors and one major and went 2-for-6 on the power play. The Spirit ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Spencer Roberts was ejected from the game.