A four-goal first period deficit cost the North Middlesex Stars, which could not recover and fell to the Exeter Hawks, 8-1.

Brodie Balcom had two goals and one assist to lead Exeter. Balcom scored the first of his two goals at 6:54 into the first period to make the score 2-0 Exeter. Chiristopher Pfaff picked up the assist. Balcom's next tally made the score 4-0 Exeter with 5:54 left in the first period. The Hawks had taken the advantage when North Middlesex's Josh Bilodeau got sent off for roughing. Trevor Thornton assisted on the tally.

Exeter was led by goalie Dylan Hoover, who finished with 28 saves while allowing one goal. Hoover managed to improve on his goals against average, which stood at 4.15 prior to the game.

The Hawks' penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on eight North Middlesex power plays. Exeter's offense rang up 36 shots on the Stars' net. The Hawks surpassed their usual scoring output this season. Exeter averages 2.8 goals per game.

Exeter additionally got points from Kalvin Thornton, who also tallied one goal and one assist, Pfaff, who also racked up two goals and one assist to lead the team in points, and Robert Campbell, who also registered one goal and one assist. Joe Dykstra also scored for Exeter. In addition, Exeter received assists from Brandon Willis, who had one and Conner Preston, Carter Austin (FAPM), and Nick Laporte, who each chipped in two.

North Middlesex was often in penalty trouble, totaling eight minors and one major for 31 minutes in penalty time. The Stars surpassed its season average of 23.0 penalty minutes per game.

The Hawks totaled 29 minutes in penalty time with seven minors and one major and went 2-for-8 on the power play. Exeter ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Matt Clarke was ejected from the game. North Middlesex's Dane Gubbels stopped 28 shots out of the 36 that he faced. Team's Bilodeau and Dylan Carroll were slapped with misconducts and ejected from the game.