The Elmira Sugar Kings, who led by three goals at one point, survived a comeback attempt by Elmira and clinched a 4-2 victory.

The Sugar Kings led by three goals at one point and ended with the victory. The largest advantage in the game came when Elmira's Adam Campagnolo's scored on the power play at 13:58 in the second period to put the Sugar Kings up 3-0.

In the losing effort, the Cambridge Winter Hawks were led by Alex Bottigoni, who finished with two goals. Bottigoni scored the first of his two goals at 17:27 into the second period to make the score 3-1 Elmira. Bottigoni's next tally made the score 3-2 Elmira with 14:21 left in the third period. Hudson Michaelis picked up the assist.

Elmira was paced by Mitch Wright, who grabbed one goal and one assist. Wright scored 6:24 into the second period to make the score 2-0 Elmira. Justin Cooke assisted on the tally.

The Sugar Kings stifled Cambridge's power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. Elmira forced the Winter Hawks goalie Lucas Machalski to work between the pipes, taking 40 shots.

Elmira additionally got points from Campagnolo, who also racked up one goal and one assist. Elmira also had goals scored by Brodie Whitehead and Mitch Klie, who scored one goal each. Other players who recorded assists for Elmira were David Savery, Adam Brubacher, and Cass Frey, who contributed one a piece.

Hayden Neuman rejected 26 shots on goal for the Sugar Kings. Elmira totaled 15 minutes in penalty time with five minors and one major and went 1-for-5 on the power play. The Sugar Kings ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Cooke was ejected from the game. Machalski recorded 36 saves for Cambridge. The Winter Hawks totaled 22 minutes in penalty time with six minors and two majors and went 0-for-3 on the power play. For Cambridge, Cameron Pentsa, Maxime Lamontagne, and Tyler Peters were ejected from the contest.