The Trenton Golden Hawks relied on the scoring touch of Erlich Doerksen, who netted two goals, to beat the Pickering Panthers, 6-3.

Pickering was unable to stop Trenton from sending pucks towards the net, and the Golden Hawks eventually piled up 33 shots on goal. Trenton's defensemen played an important role in the offense, chipping in three goals.

Trenton additionally got points from Sammy Banga, who also racked up one goal and one assist. Others who scored for Trenton included Ori Abramson, who had one and Jordan Minello, who had two. More assists for Trenton came via Mike Nedoszytko, Loren Ulett, Greg Trichilo, and Truman Landowski, who contributed one a piece and Shawn Hulshof, Alex Leader, and Dillon Warner, who each chipped in two.

The Panthers found themselves short handed often, totaling 34 penalty minutes and allowing nine power plays.

Pickering was led by Sean Levac, who had two goals. Levac scored the first of his two goals at 7:03 into the first period to make the score 1-1. Brodie Tutton picked up the assist. Levac's next tally made the score 3-1 Pickering with 14:32 left in the second period. Tutton provided the assist. Nicholas Lepone also scored for Pickering. Other players who recorded assists for Pickering were Aidan Wallace and Josh Herrington, who contributed one a piece.

Andrew Winsor made 14 saves for the Golden Hawks on 17 shots. Trenton incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors. J P Cesario recorded 27 saves for the Panthers. Pickering registered zero goals on two power play opportunities.