The Palm Beach Hawks Hawks and Tampa Bay Juniors were evenly matched throughout their contest, but Palm Beach Hawks made the most of its opportunities and won, 3-2.

Neither team gained more than a one-goal lead, and Grant Fisher's goal in the third period proved to be the difference maker.

With three goals and two assists between them, Robert Ferrari and Fisher teamed up to power the Hawks' offense. Ferrari racked up two goals and one assist and Fisher also notched one goal and one assist.

Palm Beach Hawks also got points from Fisher, who also finished with one goal and one assist. More assists for Palm Beach Hawks came via Tyler McConnell and Larri Heinonen, who contributed one a piece.

Palm Beach Hawks was unable to stop Tampa Bay Juniors from sending pucks towards the net, and Tampa Bay Juniors eventually piled up 41 shots on goal.

Tampa Bay Juniors was helped by Jonathan Hall, who had two goals. Hall scored the first of his two goals at 1:12 into the second period to make the score 1-1. Tucker Barone assisted on the tally. Hall's next tally made the score 2-1 Tampa Bay Juniors with 14:36 left in the second period. Barone picked up the assist. Other players who recorded assists for Tampa Bay Juniors were Connor Smith, who had one.

The Hawks' Tyler Perhac stopped 39 shots out of the 41 that he faced. Palm Beach Hawks incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors. George McLeod rejected 27 shots on goal for Tampa Bay Juniors. Tampa Bay Juniors incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors.