SOUTH JERSEY COUGARS, which led by three goals at one point, survived a comeback attempt by HARTFORD FIREANTS CONNECTICUT and clinched a 5-3 victory.

SOUTH JERSEY COUGARS led by three goals at one point and ended with the victory. The largest advantage in the game came when SOUTH JERSEY COUGARS' DON SUSINI scored at 2:00 in the second period to put SOUTH JERSEY COUGARS up 5-2.

TYLER GEAR had two goals and two assists to lead SOUTH JERSEY COUGARS. GEAR scored the first of his two goals at 43 seconds into the first period to make the score 1-0 SOUTH JERSEY COUGARS. JIMMY CANFIELD picked up the assist. GEAR's next tally made the score 3-1 SOUTH JERSEY COUGARS with 8:44 left in the first period. RYAN KILLION assisted on the tally.

SOUTH JERSEY COUGARS additionally got points from CANFIELD, who also grabbed one goal and one assist. Other players who recorded assists for SOUTH JERSEY COUGARS were MIKE BLAZER, who had one.

HARTFORD FIREANTS CONNECTICUT got an offensive boost from its blueliners, who contributed two goals during the game.

HARTFORD FIREANTS CONNECTICUT was helped by Lou Battista, who had one goal and one assist. Battista scored 7:48 into the first period to make the score 1-1. Jim Miller provided the assist. HARTFORD FIREANTS CONNECTICUT also got points from Miller, who also finished with one goal and one assist. Mark Miller also scored for HARTFORD FIREANTS CONNECTICUT.

RICH GEISER made 19 saves for SOUTH JERSEY COUGARS on 22 shots. SOUTH JERSEY COUGARS finished the contest with no penalties and went 0-for-0 with the man advantage. HARTFORD FIREANTS CONNECTICUT's Kyle Cox stopped 14 shots out of the 19 that he faced. HARTFORD FIREANTS CONNECTICUT avoided the penalty box for the entire game and scored zero goals off of zero power plays.