The Trenton Golden Hawks, who led by five goals at one point, survived a comeback attempt by Trenton and clinched a 6-4 victory.

The Golden Hawks led by five goals at one point and ended with the victory. The largest advantage in the game came when Trenton's Shawn Hulshof's scored at 12:15 in the first period to put the Golden Hawks up 5-0.

The Cobourg Cougars' power play was ineffective against Trenton's penalty kill, which allowed one goal while shorthanded.

The Golden Hawks outdid their season average for goals scored. This season, Trenton averages 3.8 goals per contest. The defensemen of the Golden Hawks were also effective in Cobourg's zone, and came away with two goals.

Others who scored for Trenton included Kenzie Smith, who had two and Truman Landowski and Sammy Banga, who scored one goal each. More assists for Trenton came via Jordan Minello, Mike Nedoszytko, Conor Carson, Robbie Hall, Nolan Martin, Brandon Scott, Krystian Yorke, and Brady Wiffen, who contributed one a piece and Josh Timpano and Erlich Doerksen, who each chipped in two.

The Cougars put up an impenetrable defensive front on the penalty kill, and did not allow Trenton to score on any of its four power plays. Cobourg forced the Golden Hawks goalie Andrew Winsor to work between the pipes, taking 32 shots.

The Cougars were led by Connor Armour, who registered one goal and two assists. Armour scored 7:31 into the third period to make the score 6-4 Trenton. Colbie Andrews assisted on the tally. Cobourg additionally got points from Andrews, who also tallied one goal and two assists and Justin Danforth, who also racked up one goal and one assist. Cobourg also got a goal from Matt Martin as well. In addition, Cobourg received assists from Evan Jasper and Taylor Gauld, who contributed one a piece.

Winsor rejected 28 shots on goal for Trenton. The Golden Hawks incurred 16 minutes in penalty time with eight minors. Trenton ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Yorke was ejected from the game. Joe Keyser took the loss and made nine saves before being replaced by Cole Mahoney APM who made two saves. Cobourg incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors.