A hat trick by Ryan Doucette was the highlight in Falcons' 12-1 win against the Fort Erie Meteors.

Doucette notched his first tally 18:34 into the first period. He then added goals at 4:13 into the third and at 5:37 into the third.

The St. Catharines Falcons led 5-0 after the opening frame the first period and maintained a healthy margin after.

St. Catharines' Jonathan D Ilario was a brick wall in net, as he came up with 31 saves and let only one puck past him. The solid play of D Ilario will be reflected in his goals against average, which pre-game was 2.01.

Referees had their hands full with a major incident at 4:45 into the third period. Four fighting penalties were dished out along with three game misconducts.

The Falcons were often in penalty trouble, totaling 10 minors and one major for 25 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 21.0 minutes per game St. Catharines had been spending in the box. The Falcons forced Fort Erie's goalies to work without much rest, taking 44 shots and forcing 32 saves. Liam Conway made five stops and Sebastian Iannone made 27. St. Catharines stifled the Meteors' power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. The Falcons surpassed their usual scoring output this season. This season, St. Catharines averages 5.7 goals per contest.

St. Catharines additionally got points from Justin Felker, who also tallied one goal and three assists, Brady Cranwell, who also racked up one goal and one assist, Tyler Morrison, who also registered one goal and four assists, Tyler Jackson, who also finished with two goals and three assists, and Tyler Hildebrant, who also grabbed one goal and one assist. Paolo De Sousa also scored for St. Catharines. In addition, St. Catharines received assists from Nicholas Dozzi and Devon Rymarchuk, who contributed one each and Broderick Kelly, Brandon Cercone, and Manny Manns, who each chipped in two.

Fort Erie forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up 11 minors and one major for 57 minutes in penalty time. The Meteors surpassed its season average of 31.0 penalty minutes per game. Fort Erie's offense rang up 32 shots on the Falcons' net.

St. Catharines registered two goals on six power play opportunities. The Falcons ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and De Sousa was ejected from the game. The Meteors registered zero goals on seven power play opportunities. For Fort Erie, Dalton Tartaglia and Tristan Drescher were ejected from the contest.