The Cumberland Grads fell behind early, and the Smiths Falls Bears kept piling on the points on the way to a 10-0 victory.

Patrick Martin frustrated Cumberland's offense all game, and stopped 35 shots en route to a shutout. Martin managed to improve on his goals against average, which stood at 3.0 prior to the game.

Smiths Falls got the win on the strength of a great game by Blaine Byron, who had one goal and two assists. Byron scored 6:17 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Smiths Falls. Michael Buonincontri assisted on the tally.

The Bears forced Grads' netminders to work between the pipes, taking 44 shots and forcing 34 saves. Devan Tremblay made 18 stops and Reilly Turner made 16. Smiths Falls' defensive play was more effective than usual against the Grads. The Bears gives up 2.9 goals on average per game. Smiths Falls found the back of the net more times than it usually has this season. The Bears average 3.8 goals per game.

Smiths Falls also got points from Yannick Crete, who also finished with one goal and one assist, Ryan Eardley, who also racked up one goal and one assist, Nic Marchand, who also registered two goals and two assists to lead the team in points, and Buonincontri, who also grabbed one goal and two assists. Smiths Falls also had goals scored by Karson McCartney, who had two and Chris Maniccia and Stefano Momesso, who scored one goal each. In addition, Smiths Falls received assists from Dylan Mascarin, Connor McLaren, and Tyler Akeson, who each chipped in one and Ryan McCaughan, Peter Soligo, and Brett Costello, who contributed two a piece.

Cumberland did not reach the goal total it has come to expect this season. The Grads put an average of 3.1 pucks into the net per game. Cumberland forced Smiths Falls goalie Martin to work between the pipes, taking 35 shots.

The Bears totaled seven minutes in penalty time with one minor and one major and went 1-for-3 on the power play. For Smiths Falls, Adam Abu-Ali was ejected from the game. The Grads totaled 11 minutes in penalty time with three minors and one major and went 0-for-1 on the power play. Cumberland ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Kevin Giroux was ejected from the game.