Ryan Valentini had one goal and two assists to lead the St. Thomas Stars to an 8-5 victory over the Leamington Flyers.

Valentini scored on the power play 8:41 into the second period to make the score 4-2 St. Thomas. St. Thomas earned a power play opportunity when Colin Moore was put in the box for high sticking. Andrew Chambers assisted on the tally. Valentini dished an assist on Carson Moniz's goal that made the score 5-2 St. Thomas at 9:35 into the second period. He added another helper on Carson Brookshaw's goal that made the score 6-2 St. Thomas at 10:05 into the second period.

Leamington was doomed by its poor performance on special teams, as the Stars were able to score four times while on the power play.

Referees had their hands full with a major incident at 2:42 into the second period. Four fighting penalties were dished out along with three game misconducts.

St. Thomas' penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on four Leamington power plays. The Stars surpassed their usual scoring output this season. St. Thomas averages 3.3 goals per game.

St. Thomas also got points from Moniz, who also had one goal and three assists to lead the team in points, Adam Truax, who also tallied one goal and one assist, Carter McCormick, who also had one goal and one assist, and Chambers, who also registered one goal and one assist. St. Thomas also had goals scored by Josh Slegers and Brett Van Dusen, who each put in one. In addition, St. Thomas received assists from Jay Dekker, who had three and Blair Mincer, Spencer Hutchinson, and Jordan Babb, who each chipped in one.

The Flyers were often in penalty trouble, totaling nine minors and two majors for 28 minutes in penalty time. The total exceeded the 23.0 minutes per game Leamington had been spending in the box. The Flyers' offense rang up 40 shots on the Stars' net.

Leamington was led by Alex Friesen, who grabbed one goal and one assist. Friesen scored 6:59 into the second period to make the score 3-2 St. Thomas. Cale Allen picked up the assist. Leamington additionally got points from Travis Campbell, who also racked up one goal and one assist to lead the team in points. Others who scored for Leamington included Matthew Opblinger and Mitchell Amante, who scored one goal each. Other players who recorded assists for Leamington were Jacob McGhee, Cale Phibbs, Eric Henderson, Chris Scott, and Thomas Virban, who contributed one each.

Brendan Polasek rejected 35 shots on goal for St. Thomas. The Stars ended with 20 minutes in penalty time with five minors and two majors. For St. Thomas, Van Dusen was ejected from the game. The Flyers' Michael Barrett stopped 22 shots out of the 30 that he faced. Team's Ryan Muzzin, Zack Guilbeault, and Kyle Quick were slapped with misconducts and ejected from the game.