Tampa Bay Juniors had a five-goal lead after two periods and cruised the rest of the way en route to a 7-2 win over Junior Hurricanes.

Tommy Whiteley was all over the ice for Tampa Bay Juniors, as he tallied two goals and one assist in the win. Whiteley scored the first of his two goals at 7:53 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Tampa Bay Juniors. Paul Lochner provided the assist. Whiteley's next tally made the score 2-1 Tampa Bay Juniors with 4:57 left in the first period. Tampa Bay Juniors earned a power play opportunity when Patrik Kittinger was put in the box for holding.

Tampa Bay Juniors forced Junior Hurricanes' goalies to work without much rest, firing 49 shots and forcing 42 saves. William Korczynski made 12 stops and Stephen Yesavage made 30. Tampa Bay Juniors' goal total was higher than its season average. Tampa Bay Juniors has scored at the pace of 3.7 goals per game during the current campaign. Tampa Bay Juniors got an offensive boost from its blueliners, who contributed two goals during the game.

Tampa Bay Juniors also got points from Richard Foy, who also registered one goal and one assist and Lochner, who also had one goal and two assists to lead the team in points. Tampa Bay Juniors also had goals scored by Nick Reed, Nick Frankich, and Nikita Zagryadskiy, who scored one goal each. In addition, Tampa Bay Juniors received assists from Alex McCoy, who had two and Drake Stimpson, Nathaniel Hans, and David Cross, who contributed one a piece.

Junior Hurricanes was led by Robin Lamboley, who finished with one goal. Lamboley scored on the power play 14:43 into the first period to make the score 1-1. A slashing penalty on Whiteley had put Junior Hurricanes on the power play. Clay Plyler picked up the assist. More assists for Junior Hurricanes came via James Christensen, Colin Malone, and Justin VonSpreecken, who each chipped in one.

Nick Malvin made 28 saves for Tampa Bay Juniors on 30 shots. Tampa Bay Juniors incurred 12 minutes in penalty time with six minors. Junior Hurricanes incurred 12 minutes in penalty time with six minors.