Zach McQuade was all over the ice for the Thorold Blackhawks, as he tallied two goals and one assist in Thorold's 7-2 win over the Ancaster Avalanche.

McQuade's tallies came on the power play at 2:48 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Thorold and 3:22 into the third to make the score 5-2 Thorold.

The win by the Blackhawks broke a deadlock and gave Thorold a 2-1 advantage in the best of seven series.

Ancaster fell victim to a deadly the Blackhawks power play, which ripped the Avalanche for four goals.

Thorold's offense rang up 41 shots on Ancaster's net. The Blackhawks got an offensive boost from their blueliners, who contributed two goals during the game.

Thorold additionally got points from Kevin Lavoie, who also had one goal and three assists and Joe Mitchell, who also registered one goal and one assist. Thorold also had goals scored by Liam VanBuren, Kyle Tanev, and Kevin Millejours, who scored one goal each. In addition, Thorold received assists from Christian Difelice, who had one, Drake Hart, who had two, and Owen Sobchak, who had four.

The Avalanche forced Thorold goalie Brendan Polasek to work between the pipes, taking 41 shots.

Ancaster was helped by Zach Nieminen, who grabbed one goal. Nieminen scored on the power play 9:41 into the first period to make the score 1-1. The Avalanche had taken the advantage when the Blackhawks' Lavoie got sent off for slashing. Max Balinson assisted on the tally. Ancaster also got a goal from Ryan Lewis as well. More assists for Ancaster came via Blake Luscombe, Luke Zupan, and Christopher Klack, who contributed one each.

Brendan Polasek made 39 saves for Thorold on 41 shots. The Blackhawks incurred 16 minutes in penalty time with eight minors. For Thorold, Jason Abbott was ejected from the game. Matt Calas rejected 34 shots on goal for Ancaster. The Avalanche incurred 36 minutes in penalty time with eight minors.