Kris Bennet was all over the ice for the Oakville Blades, as he tallied two goals and three assists in Oakville's 8-4 win over the North York Rangers.

The Blades' goal total was higher than their season average. Oakville has scored at the pace of 5.7 goals per game during the current campaign. The Blades were held back by their power play unit, which tallied two goals on nine chances. Oakville's penalty killing units received substantial work throughout the game as the Blades finished with 24 penalty minutes.

Oakville also got points from Rory Bell, who also registered three goals and two assists to lead the team in points. Nathan Renouf also scored for Oakville. Other players who recorded assists for Oakville were Greg Campbell, who had two, Matt Alvaro, who had three, and Aidan Orbinski, Eli Berg, Jonah Renouf, Zach Berg, and Konner Roskovich, who each chipped in one.

North York could not stay out of the penalty box, as the team accrued 26 minutes in penalties during the game.

The Rangers were helped by Liam Kerins, who finished with two goals. Kerins scored the first of his two goals on the power play at 9:18 into the first period to make the score 2-0 North York. A holding penalty on Vince Palermo had put North York on the power play. Michael Giacometti provided the assist. Kerins' next tally on the power play made the score 3-1 North York with 8:28 left in the first period. Corey Kalk picked up the assist. North York additionally got points from Kalk, who also tallied one goal and one assist. North York also got a goal from Chris Aitcheson as well. In addition, North York received assists from Power Brody, who had one, Valadao Adam, who had two, and John Carpino, who had three.

Oakville's Evan Buitenhuis stopped 25 shots out of the 29 that he faced. The Rangers' starting goalie, Allen Avery, made 17 saves and finished with the loss before he was taken out in favor of Keogh Jacob, who stopped two shots. North York registered one goal on five power play opportunities.