The Clarington Eagles could not stop the Uxbridge Bruins' Keegan Cairns, who tallied a hat trick in a 7-3 win.

Cairns notched his first tally 11:21 into the first period. He then added goals at 1:32 into the third and at 9:00 into the third.

Clarington was doomed by its poor performance on special teams, as Uxbridge was able to score four times while on the power play.

Referees had their hands full with a major incident at 10:40 into the third period. Four fighting penalties were dished out along with three game misconducts.

The Bruins racked up the penalties in the contest, and ended with eight minors and one major for 41 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 18.0 minutes per game Uxbridge had been spending in the box. The Bruins surpassed their usual scoring output this season. Uxbridge has scored at the pace of 4.5 goals per game during the current campaign.

Uxbridge additionally got points from Callum Lynch, who also registered one goal and one assist and Shane Smith, who also racked up one goal and one assist. Steve Doutsis also scored for Uxbridge. In addition, Uxbridge received assists from Patrick Morgan, Dylan Locke, Matthew Allen, and Justin Bean, who contributed one a piece and Joey Vocino and Mike Ramsey, who each chipped in two.

The Eagles forced their penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up 11 minors and two majors for 52 minutes in penalty time. Clarington had been averaging 22.0 minutes in penalties per game.

The Eagles were helped by Rory Craddock, who had one goal. Craddock scored on the power play 6:26 into the first period to make the score 2-0 Clarington. Clarington earned a power play opportunity when Doutsis was put in the box for roughing. Brett Brown assisted on the tally. Clarington also got a goal from Graham Snoek as well. More assists for Clarington came via Josh Lucas, Cody Kean, and Liam McDonnell, who contributed one a piece.

The Bruins ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Doutsis was ejected from the game. The Eagles registered one goal on five power play opportunities. For Clarington, Snoek was ejected from the game.