West Michigan Hounds 18U failed to take advantage of its power play opportunities and San Jose Jr. Sharks 18U shook off a number of penalties to win, 4-1.

San Jose Jr. Sharks 18U was sparked by Felix Takacsi-Nagy, who registered one goal and one assist. Takacsi-Nagy scored 1:12 into the first period to make the score 2-0 San Jose Jr. Sharks 18U. Lucas Semkiw picked up the assist.

San Jose Jr. Sharks 18U forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up eight minors and one major for 31 minutes in penalty time. San Jose Jr. Sharks 18U had been averaging 16.0 minutes in penalties per game. San Jose Jr. Sharks 18U stifled West Michigan Hounds 18U's power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man.

San Jose Jr. Sharks 18U also got points from Aidan Ward, who also had one goal and one assist. San Jose Jr. Sharks 18U also got a goal from Eric Pinsky as well. More assists for San Jose Jr. Sharks 18U came via Aaron Burden and Matthew Ebertin, who contributed one each.

West Michigan Hounds 18U was led by Collin Schieman, who scored the team's only goal. Schieman scored 1:34 into the third period to make the score 3-1 San Jose Jr. Sharks 18U. Mason Graves assisted on the tally.

Austin Knoebel made 22 saves for San Jose Jr. Sharks 18U on 23 shots. San Jose Jr. Sharks 18U registered one goal on five power play opportunities. San Jose Jr. Sharks 18U ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Ethan Jones was ejected from the game. West Michigan Hounds 18U's Alex Wilder stopped 22 shots out of the 26 that he faced. West Michigan Hounds 18U incurred 32 minutes in penalty time with six minors.