The game between the Cobourg Cougars and the Trenton Golden Hawks was tight through all 60 minutes, but in the end Cobourg emerged with a 4-2 win.

No lead was more than two goals during the contest, and the winning goal was scored by Theo Lewis at 17:00 of the second period.

With the win, the Cougars avoided elimination to make the series score 3-2 in the best of seven series.

Liam Grande had a great game for Cobourg, netting two goals. Grande scored on the power play at 13:25 into the first period to make the score 2-1 Cobourg and again while 7:47 into the third to make the score 4-2 Cobourg.

The Cougars forced Trenton goalie Justin Kapelmaster to work between the pipes, taking 32 shots.

Mitchell Gibson also scored for Cobourg. Other players who recorded assists for Cobourg were Matt Watson, Spencer Holt, Connor Armour, Alex Riche, and Mark MacAulay, who contributed one each.

The Golden Hawks were helped by Brady Wiffen, who tallied one goal. Wiffen scored on the power play 2:08 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Trenton. Trenton had gotten the advantage when Cobourg's Lewis was sent off for high sticking. Zach de Concilys picked up the assist. Trenton also got points from de Concilys, who also registered one goal and one assist. In addition, Trenton received assists from Braden Hellems, who had one.

Stefano Durante made 26 saves for the Cougars on 28 shots. Cobourg incurred 22 minutes in penalty time with six minors. The Golden Hawks' Kapelmaster stopped 28 shots out of the 32 that he faced. Trenton incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors.