The Cambridge Winter Hawks' Chris Taylor had a big offensive game, scoring one goal and contributing two assists in his team's 6-2 win over the Kitchener Dutchmen.

Taylor beat Marc Williams with a shot 1:41 into the third period to make the score 3-1 Cambridge. Andrew Coupland picked up the assist. Taylor dished an assist on Mitch Klie's goal that made the score 1-1 at 16:19 into the first period. He added another helper on Todd Bannerman's goal that made the score 4-1 Cambridge at 1:52 into the third period.

Kitchener's power play was ineffective against Cambridge's penalty kill, which allowed one goal while shorthanded.

Referees had their hands full with a major incident at 9:38 into the third period. Four fighting penalties were dished out along with two game misconducts.

The Winter Hawks' penalty box was a popular destination as the team totaled nine minors and one major for 33 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 28.0 minutes per game Cambridge had been spending in the box. The Winter Hawks forced Dutchmen's netminders to work without much rest, finishing with 40 shots and forcing 34 saves. Williams made 28 stops and Jack Moylan made six. Cambridge outdid its season average for goals scored. The Winter Hawks average 3.8 goals per game.

Cambridge additionally got points from Cody Gratton, who also tallied one goal and one assist, Klie, who also registered one goal and one assist, and Bannerman, who also tallied one goal and one assist. Cambridge also had goals scored by Cameron Pentsa and Trevor Hache, who each put in one. More assists for Cambridge came via Christian Barnard, who had one and Aaron Duggan and Maxime Lamontagne, who contributed two each.

The Dutchmen kept Cambridge's goalie busy throughout the game, and Jordan Lee made 39 saves on 41 shots.

Kitchener was led by Keli Grant, who had one goal. Grant scored 24 seconds into the first period to make the score 1-0 Kitchener. Matt Guild provided the assist. Ryo Kobayashi also scored for Kitchener. In addition, Kitchener received assists from Keegan Calder and John Divo, who each chipped in one.

The Winter Hawks registered one goal on four power play opportunities. For Cambridge, Hudson Michaelis was ejected from the game. The Dutchmen ended with 33 minutes in penalty time with four minors and one major. Kitchener ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Eric Hammerl was ejected from the game.