Ottawa Canadians and Shawville Pontiacs were evenly matched throughout their contest, but Ottawa Canadians made the most of its opportunities and won, 5-3.

Ottawa Canadians gained the winning advantage on a goal by Stephen Fullum 10:50 into the third period and hung on until final buzzer.

Ottawa Canadians kept Shawville Pontiacs' goalie busy throughout the game, and Danick Boisvert made 32 saves on 37 shots.

Ottawa Canadians additionally got points from Mitch Parker, who also tallied one goal and one assist and Josh Hartley, who also registered one goal and one assist. Others who scored for Ottawa Canadians included Luke Gagnon and Eric Ferguson, who scored one goal each. More assists for Ottawa Canadians came via Jordan Stouros, who had two and Daniel Laframboise, Connor Devereaux, Jamie Molinski, and Ben Hartley, who contributed one a piece.

Ottawa Canadians was unable to stop Shawville Pontiacs from sending pucks towards the net, and Shawville Pontiacs eventually piled up 32 shots on goal.

Shawville Pontiacs was led by Liam Poirier, who grabbed one goal and two assists. Poirier scored 14:41 into the second period to make the score 2-2. Shawville Pontiacs also got points from Lucas Driscoll-McKinnon, who also racked up one goal and one assist. Gilmour Maurice also scored for Shawville Pontiacs. Other players who recorded assists for Shawville Pontiacs were Mackenzie Vezina, who had one.

Drew Rienhardt recorded 29 saves for Ottawa Canadians. Ottawa Canadians totaled 15 minutes in penalty time with five minors and one major and went 0-for-1 on the power play. Shawville Pontiacs totaled 13 minutes in penalty time with four minors and one major and went 0-for-2 on the power play.