The Orangeville Flyers climbed out of a two-goal hole to beat the Hamilton Red Wings, 3-2.

Orangeville never led in the game until netting the game winner. The Flyers was down 2-0 after a goal by Hamilton's Cole Poliziani at 38 seconds in the second period. Orangeville tied things up at 2-2 on a goal by Devon Gillham at 18:03 in the second period. The Flyers scored the game winner at 9:54 in the third period on a goal by Gillham.

The Red Wings' power play was ineffective against Orangeville's penalty kill, which allowed zero goals while shorthanded.

The Flyers racked up the penalties in the contest, and ended with seven minors and one major for 29 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 20.0 minutes per game Orangeville had been spending in the box. The Flyers excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in seven chances.

Orangeville was helped by Connor Stack, who racked up one goal. Orangeville additionally got points from Brandon Gaudette, who also registered one goal and one assist to lead the team in points. More assists for Orangeville came via Austin Rigney, Matt Mercer, Emmerson Small, Ian Nichols, and Lucas Smilsky, who contributed one a piece.

Hamilton forced the Flyers goalie Taylor Welsh to work between the pipes, taking 50 shots.

The Red Wings were led by Niko Porikos, who grabbed one goal and one assist. Porikos scored 17:53 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Hamilton. Liam Bird picked up the assist. In addition, Hamilton received assists from Luke Sinclair and Chance MacDonald, who each chipped in one.

Orangeville's Welsh stopped 48 shots out of the 50 that he faced. The Flyers registered one goal on two power play opportunities. Orangeville ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Mercer was ejected from the game. Mark Sinclair made 27 saves for Hamilton on 30 shots. The Red Wings ended with 15 minutes in penalty time with five minors and one major. Team's Justin Whitwell, Ryan Laufman, and Bird were slapped with misconducts and ejected from the game.