Tampa Bay Juniors trailed Florida Eels by two in the first period, but Tampa Bay Juniors did not give up and the game ended in a tie.

Florida Eels kept Tampa Bay Juniors' goalie busy throughout the game, and Jake Cuthbertson made 53 saves on 57 shots.

Florida Eels was led by Clayton Boyd, who registered two goals and one assist. Boyd scored the first of his two goals at 1:11 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Florida Eels. Zachary Boyle picked up the assist. Boyd's next tally made the score 2-0 Florida Eels with 14:00 left in the first period. Jordan Court provided the assist. Florida Eels also got points from Court, who also tallied one goal and one assist. Florida Eels also got a goal from Christof Pontasch as well. Other players who recorded assists for Florida Eels were Zachary Forrest, Stephen Bourque, and Nicholas Guidry, who contributed one a piece.

Tampa Bay Juniors forced Florida Eels goalie Robert Henriksson to work between the pipes, taking 71 shots.

Tampa Bay Juniors was led by Trey Stern, who had one goal and two assists. Stern scored on the power play 8:21 into the third period to make the score 3-3. Peter Lopez picked up the assist. Tampa Bay Juniors additionally got points from Raven Woodring, who also grabbed one goal and one assist. Others who scored for Tampa Bay Juniors included Dylan Longo and Brandon Goudreau, who scored one goal each.

Henriksson rejected 67 shots on goal for Florida Eels. Florida Eels incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors. Tampa Bay Juniors incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors.