Luke Karaim gave the St. Catharines Falcons a 4-3 (OT) victory over the Thorold Blackhawks when he scored 7:14 into the extra period.

After the loss made the series score 3-2 in the best of seven series, Thorold faces elimination next time out.

St. Catharines came back from a two-goal deficit to capture the victory. The Falcons was down 3-1 after a goal by the Blackhawks' Greg Cerilli at 10:02 in the third period. St. Catharines knotted things up at 3-3 on a goal by Nick Hovanessian at 19:51 in the third period.

The Falcons were led by Karaim, who tallied one goal.

St. Catharines stifled Thorold's power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. The Blackhawks were unable to stop the Falcons from sending pucks towards the net, and St. Catharines eventually piled up 37 shots on goal.

Tyler Jackson also scored for St. Catharines. More assists for St. Catharines came via Kenny Bradford, who had three and Matt Melo, Spencer DeWolfe, Johnson Andrews, and Ben Dubois, who each chipped in one.

Thorold put up an impenetrable defensive front on the penalty kill, and did not allow the Falcons to score on any of their four power plays.

The Blackhawks were helped by Dan Chudobiak, who grabbed one goal. Chudobiak scored 18:41 into the second period to make the score 2-1 Thorold. Joel Forestell provided the assist. Thorold also got a goal from Ed Creighton as well. In addition, Thorold received assists from Kevin Lavoie, Owen Sobchak, and Kyle Leto, who contributed one a piece.

Brad Pope made 19 saves for St. Catharines on 22 shots. The Falcons incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors. For St. Catharines, Koddi Quick was ejected from the game. Thorold's Evan Buitenhuis stopped 33 shots out of the 37 that he faced. The Blackhawks incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors.