The Cumberland Grads could not hold down the Hawkesbury Hawks, and Hawks erased a three-goal deficit en route to a 5-4 win.

Hawkesbury never led in the game until netting the game winner. The Hawks trailed 3-0 after a goal by Cumberland's Marc-Olivier Bouchard at 12:41 in the first period. Hawkesbury knotted things up at 4-4 on a goal by Brett Everson at 6:21 in the third period. The Hawks scored the game winner at 9:21 in the third period on a goal by Everson.

Chris Smith had a great game for Hawkesbury, netting two goals. Smith found the back of the net 14:07 into the first period to make the score 3-1 Cumberland and again while on the power play 15:16 into the second to make the score 3-3.

The Hawks' offense rang up 37 shots on the Grads' net.

Hawkesbury additionally got points from Everson, who also tallied one goal and one assist. Hawkesbury also had goals scored by Eric Theander and Joe Smith, who scored one goal each. More assists for Hawkesbury came via Charles Levesque, who had two and Vincent Crivello, Brandon Barillaro, Julien Denicourt, Jacob Drobczyk, Ryan Jackson, and Bruno Cheff, who contributed one each.

Cumberland could not stay out of the penalty box, as the team accrued 16 minutes in penalties during the game.

The Grads were helped by Raphael Larose, who grabbed one goal. Larose scored 5:16 into the third period to make the score 4-3 Cumberland. Cody Kyle provided the assist. Cumberland also got points from Bouchard, who also racked up one goal and two assists to lead the team in points and Shawn Cameron, who also had one goal and one assist. Mathieu Dubois also scored for Cumberland. In addition, Cumberland received assists from Zackhary Salloum, Tyler Barban, Michael Larose, and Martin Frechette, who each chipped in one.

Cole Skinner made 25 saves for Hawkesbury on 29 shots. The Hawks incurred 14 minutes in penalty time with seven minors. Thierry Messervier recorded 32 saves for Cumberland. The Grads registered one goal on five power play opportunities.