Kyle Edgar lifted NEW JERSEY SURGE to a 5-3 victory with a hat trick against NEW JERSEY BRAVES.

Edgar's first goal came 1:20 into the first period. He then added goals at 5:11 into the first and at 13:11 into the first.

Team's forwards weren't the only contributers offensively, and the team's defensemen showcased their scoring touch with five goals.

NEW JERSEY SURGE additionally got points from Ryan Scalzo, who also registered one goal and two assists and Ryan Corragio, who also tallied one goal and one assist. More assists for NEW JERSEY SURGE came via Ryan Braun and Tom Beatty, who contributed one each.

NEW JERSEY BRAVES was helped by James Conway, who had one goal. Conway scored 5:15 into the second period to make the score 4-3 NEW JERSEY SURGE. Chris Memarus picked up the assist. NEW JERSEY BRAVES also had goals scored by Pete Hamilton and Sean Bassinger, who scored one goal each. In addition, NEW JERSEY BRAVES received assists from Don Cioffi, who had one and James Copeland, who had three.

James Mendleson made 19 saves for NEW JERSEY SURGE on 22 shots. NEW JERSEY SURGE incurred 14 minutes in penalty time with two minors. NEW JERSEY BRAVES' Hunter Dillion stopped 23 shots out of the 28 that he faced. NEW JERSEY BRAVES incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors.