The St. Catharines Falcons were firing on all cylinders against the Welland Jr. Canadians, and when the final buzzer sounded Falcons emerged with a 5-1 win.

St. Catharines was paced by Tyler Jackson, who grabbed one goal. Jackson scored 4:01 into the first period to make the score 2-0 St. Catharines. Ben Walsh assisted on the tally.

Referees had their hands full with a major incident at 17:49 into the third period. Four fighting penalties were dished out along with three game misconducts.

The Falcons were often in penalty trouble, totaling 10 minors and two majors for 60 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 28.0 minutes per game St. Catharines had been spending in the box. The Falcons made Jr. Canadians' goaltenders to work in net, totaling 40 shots and forcing 35 saves. Chris McDougall made four stops and Matt Coulombe made 31. St. Catharines' penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on five Welland power plays.

St. Catharines also got points from Aaron Taylor, who also had one goal and one assist. Kyle Woodhouse also scored for St. Catharines. Other players who recorded assists for St. Catharines were Jordan Bailey, who had two and Dan MacEachern, Jesse Miller, Julian Luciani, Mitch Bursey, and Riley Dunda, who each chipped in one.

Welland forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up eight minors and three majors for 81 minutes in penalty time. The Jr. Canadians surpassed its season average of 21.0 penalty minutes per game. Welland was held below its usual level of production. The Jr. Canadians average 3.9 goals per game.

Welland was led by Cole McKnight, who scored the team's only goal. McKnight scored 16:53 into the first period to make the score 3-1 St. Catharines. Mack Seebach picked up the assist.

The Falcons' Stormer Santana stopped 22 shots out of the 23 that he faced. St. Catharines registered two goals on six power play opportunities. Team's Spencer DeWolfe and Luciani were slapped with misconducts and ejected from the game. For the Jr. Canadians, Jason Lacroix, Seebach, and Ryan Migliaccio were ejected from the contest.