Hunter Racine netted a hat trick to lead the Ottawa Senators over the Kemptville 73s, 7-4.

Racine got on the scoresheet 12:37 into the first period. He then added goals at 19:38 into the first and at 10:28 into the third.

Ottawa forced Kemptville goalie Matt Couvrette to work between the pipes, taking 35 shots. The Senators surpassed their usual scoring output this season. Ottawa has scored at the pace of 4.2 goals per game during the current campaign.

Ottawa additionally got points from Ryan Collins, who also racked up one goal and three assists. Others who scored for Ottawa included Justin Charbonneau, Eric Clitsome, and Thomas Crevier, who each put in one. More assists for Ottawa came via Zac Tierney, who had two and Yannick Crete, Luc Deschamps, Joey Champigny, Deric Boudreau, and Matthew Dupont, who each chipped in one.

The 73s' offense rang up 32 shots on the Senators' net.

Kemptville was led by Erik Brown, who had three goals and one assist. Daniele Disipio also scored for Kemptville. In addition, Kemptville received assists from Jonathon Masters, Dean Galasso, Quinn Carroll, Jesse Blais, Alex Row, and Hayden Hanson, who contributed one a piece.

Ottawa's Alexandre Savard-Belanger stopped 28 shots out of the 32 that he faced. The Senators incurred 12 minutes in penalty time with six minors. Couvrette rejected 28 shots on goal for the 73s. Kemptville incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors.