Jamie Molinski lifted Ottawa Canadians to an 8-5 victory with a hat trick against Almonte Thunder.

Ottawa Canadians made Almonte Thunder's netminders to work between the pipes, finishing with 42 shots and forcing 34 saves. Alex Daley made 16 stops and Richard Barr made 18. Ottawa Canadians surpassed its usual scoring output this season. Ottawa Canadians averages 4.0 goals per game.

Ottawa Canadians additionally got points from Casey Doner, who also racked up one goal and one assist, Mitch Parker, who also registered one goal and two assists, Chad Millett, who also had one goal and two assists, and Jordan Stouros, who also tallied one goal and one assist. Ottawa Canadians also got a goal from Mitch Robertson as well. In addition, Ottawa Canadians received assists from Scott MciLroy, who had two and Eric Ferguson, Josh Hartley, Ben Hartley, and Stephen Fullum, who contributed one a piece.

Almonte Thunder forced Ottawa Canadians' goalies to work all game long, launching 40 shots and forcing 35 saves. Dominic Plaschy made 34 stops and Drew Rienhardt made one.

Almonte Thunder was helped by Luke Martin, who racked up two goals. Martin scored the first of his two goals at 16:43 into the first period to make the score 2-1 Ottawa Canadians. Ben Wade picked up the assist. Martin's next tally made the score 4-3 Ottawa Canadians with 15:14 left in the second period. Almonte Thunder also got points from Liam Killeen, who also registered one goal and one assist to lead the team in points. Almonte Thunder also had goals scored by Andrew Rowbotham and Brandon Mendham, who each put in one. Other players who recorded assists for Almonte Thunder were Terry Mallon, who had two and Tyler McKechnie, Brock Saunders, and Conor Rolland, who each chipped in one.

Ottawa Canadians incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors. Almonte Thunder incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors.