Pittsburgh Viper Stars 18U gutted out a close 5-3 win against California Titans 18U.

Pittsburgh Viper Stars 18U gained the winning advantage on a goal by Alex Pullekines 14:56 into the third period and hung on until final buzzer.

Pittsburgh Viper Stars 18U pulled out the victory even though it was hit with 34 penalty minutes.

Pittsburgh Viper Stars 18U was sparked by Pullekines, who tallied one goal.

Team could not crack California Titans 18U's penalty kill and was held to one power play goal while having nine opportunities to play with the man advantage. Team's forwards weren't the only contributers offensively, and the team's defensemen showcased their scoring touch with two goals.

Pittsburgh Viper Stars 18U also got points from Trevor Recktenwald, who also grabbed one goal and one assist and Carmen Dalesandro, who also registered one goal and one assist. Pittsburgh Viper Stars 18U also got a goal from Ryan Lottes as well. Other players who recorded assists for Pittsburgh Viper Stars 18U were Tanner Gilliland, who had two and Joe Bender, Clayton Bouchard, Jonathan Kasper, Jacob Worcester, and Patrick Hunter, who contributed one a piece.

California Titans 18U was forced to rely heavily on their penalty kill unit throughout the game, as it racked up 60 penalty minutes.

California Titans 18U was led by Liam Stritzinger, who had one goal and one assist. Stritzinger scored on the power play 1:45 into the third period to make the score 3-2 California Titans 18U. Nicholas Wallace provided the assist. Tucker May also scored for California Titans 18U. In addition, California Titans 18U received assists from John Seibel and Connor McPherson, who each chipped in one.

Pittsburgh Viper Stars 18U's Alex Androkites stopped 18 shots out of the 21 that he faced. Jason Semchak made 22 saves for California Titans 18U on 26 shots. California Titans 18U registered one goal on seven power play opportunities. Team's Jay Clarke and May were slapped with misconducts and ejected from the game.