Chris Maniccia lifted the Smiths Falls Bears to a 5-1 victory with a hat trick against the Cornwall Colts.

Maniccia got on the scoresheet 12:44 into the second period. He then added goals at 1:15 into the third and at 13:33 into the third.

Cornwall was stymied by Smiths Falls netminder Patrick Martin, who stopped 37 shots during the victory. Martin certainly lowered his goals against average, which was 3.16 entering the contest.

The Bears' penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on four Cornwall power plays. Smiths Falls' offense rang up 38 shots on the Colts' net.

Smiths Falls additionally got points from Karson McCartney, who also tallied one goal and one assist. Smiths Falls also got a goal from Yannick Crete as well. In addition, Smiths Falls received assists from Jeffrey Carroll and Tyler Akeson, who contributed one a piece and Kevin Millejours and Peter Soligo, who each chipped in two.

Cornwall could not produce up to it normal offensive output. The Colts put an average of 3.2 pucks into the net per game. Cornwall forced the Bears goalie Martin to work between the pipes, taking 38 shots.

The Colts were led by Roman Ammirato, who scored the team's only goal. Ammirato scored 17:50 into the first period to make the score 1-1. Mitch Zion provided the assist.

Smiths Falls incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors. Jordan Piccolino made 33 saves for Cornwall on 38 shots. The Colts incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors.