Almonte Thunder climbed out of a two-goal hole to beat Shawville Pontiacs, 5-4.

Almonte Thunder let multiple leads slip away before eventually digging out of a two hole to pick up the win. Almonte Thunder took a 1-0 advantage on a goal by Riley Shore at 1:43 in the first period. Almonte Thunder found itself down 4-2 after Shawville Pontiacs' Christopher Bones put the puck home at 4:54 in the third period. After knotting things up at 4-4 on a goal by Shore at 11:10 in the third, Almonte Thunder got the game-winner from Brandon Mendham at 16:53 in the third period.

Andrew Rowbotham was all over the ice for Almonte Thunder, as he tallied two goals and two assists in the win. Rowbotham scored the first of his two goals on the power play at 9:24 into the first period to make the score 2-1 Almonte Thunder. Almonte Thunder had gotten the advantage when Shawville Pontiacs' Lucas Driscoll-McKinnon was sent off for checking from behind. Brendan Rousselle picked up the assist. Rowbotham's next tally on the power play made the score 4-3 Shawville Pontiacs with 13:42 left in the third period. Justin Marquis assisted on the tally.

Almonte Thunder forced Shawville Pontiacs goalie Danick Boisvert to work between the pipes, taking 35 shots.

Almonte Thunder additionally got points from Mendham, who also tallied one goal and two assists. In addition, Almonte Thunder received assists from Tyler McKechnie, who had one and Luke Martin, who had two.

Shawville Pontiacs kept Almonte Thunder's goalie busy throughout the game, and Richard Barr made 30 saves on 34 shots.

Shawville Pontiacs was led by Mathew Labrosse, who registered two goals. Labrosse scored the first of his two goals at 7:42 into the first period to make the score 1-1. Danick Genest picked up the assist. Labrosse's next tally made the score 3-2 Shawville Pontiacs with 3:02 left in the second period. Shawville Pontiacs had taken the advantage when Almonte Thunder's Josh Roxborough got sent off for roughing. Guillaume Coovi-Sirois provided the assist. Shawville Pontiacs also got a goal from Gabriel Nigig Tolley as well. More assists for Shawville Pontiacs came via Dylan McNamara, who had two and Liam Poirier and Matthew Kreuk, who each chipped in one.

Almonte Thunder incurred 12 minutes in penalty time with six minors. Boisvert recorded 30 saves for Shawville Pontiacs. Shawville Pontiacs incurred 14 minutes in penalty time with seven minors. For Shawville Pontiacs, Driscoll-McKinnon was ejected from the game.