Behind a great game by Brett Van Dusen, who had two goals, the St. Thomas Stars defeated the Strathroy Rockets, 5-1.

Van Dusen scored short handed at 12:31 into the first period to make the score 1-0 St. Thomas and again while on the power play 18:09 into the first to make the score 2-0 St. Thomas.

St. Thomas' Riley Brown was a brick wall in net, as he came up with 36 saves and let only one puck past him. Brown managed to improve on his goals against average, which stood at 3.1 prior to the game.

The Stars kept Strathroy's goalie busy throughout the game, and Tynan Lauziere made 27 saves on 32 shots. St. Thomas' goal total was higher than its season average. The Stars have scored at the pace of 2.9 goals per game during the current campaign.

St. Thomas additionally got points from Luc Knight, who also grabbed one goal and one assist and Josh Coyle(APM), who also finished with one goal and one assist to lead the team in points. St. Thomas also got a goal from Ryan Hamelin as well. Other players who recorded assists for St. Thomas were Lucas Triemstra, Spencer Hutchinson, Alex Morgan, and Avery Antone, who each chipped in one.

The Rockets were held below their usual level of production. Strathroy puts an average of 4.0 pucks into the net per game. St. Thomas was unable to stop the Rockets from sending pucks towards the net, and Strathroy eventually piled up 37 shots on goal.

The Rockets were led by Tyler Duarte, who scored the team's only goal. Duarte scored on the power play 14:15 into the second period to make the score 2-1 St. Thomas. Strathroy had gotten the advantage when the Stars' Aiden Jamieson was sent off for roughing. Wes Baker picked up the assist.

St. Thomas incurred 12 minutes in penalty time with six minors. The Stars ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Mitch Klie was ejected from the game. The Rockets incurred 14 minutes in penalty time with seven minors.