Almonte Thunder tried its best to erase a two-goal deficit, but Ottawa West Golden Knights would not be denied the victory and hung on to win, 3-2.

Ottawa West Golden Knights made the score 3-1 on a goal by Dave Kilrea at 1:59 in the third period, and Almonte Thunder got as close as 3-2 when Justin Marquis scored 15:08 into the third period.

Ottawa West Golden Knights was led by Kilrea, who finished with one goal.

Others who scored for Ottawa West Golden Knights included Connor Gavan-Coady and Marc Shanks, who scored one goal each. More assists for Ottawa West Golden Knights came via Jeff Gottzman, who had two and Derrin Lahoux and Matt Connolly, who each chipped in one.

Almonte Thunder excelled on the penalty kill, not giving up a single goal in four chances.

Almonte Thunder also got a goal from Tyler McKechnie as well. In addition, Almonte Thunder received assists from Kane Abbis-Mills, Justin Shimizu, Riley Shore, and Kyle Killeen, who contributed one a piece.

JJ Pristanski made 25 saves for Ottawa West Golden Knights on 27 shots. Ottawa West Golden Knights incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors. Almonte Thunder's Alex Daley stopped 25 shots out of the 28 that he faced. Almonte Thunder incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors.