The Napanee Raiders tried their best to erase a three-goal deficit, but the Port Hope Panthers would not be denied the victory and hung on to win, 4-3.

Port Hope made the score 4-1 on a goal by Hunter Baker at 10:26 in the second period, and Napanee got as close as 4-3 when Brodie Butt scored 19:11 into the third period.

After the loss made the series score 3-0 in the best of seven series, the Raiders face elimination next time out.

Chandler Gillespie had a great game for the Panthers, netting two goals. Gillespie scored at 2:04 into the second period to make the score 2-1 Port Hope and again while on the power play 6:35 into the second to make the score 3-1 Port Hope.

Port Hope also got a goal from Dan Lagrois as well. More assists for Port Hope came via Jacob Spicer and Nathan Snoek, who each chipped in one and Cameron McGill, Rory Milne, and Kallen McFarland, who contributed two each.

Napanee's offense rang up 34 shots on Port Hope's net.

The Raiders were helped by Josh Murphy, who registered one goal. Murphy scored on the power play 4:01 into the third period to make the score 4-2 Port Hope. Evan Brown also scored for Napanee. In addition, Napanee received assists from Keenan Murray, who had one and Austin Boulard, who had two.

Devan Tremblay rejected 31 shots on goal for the Panthers. Port Hope incurred 16 minutes in penalty time with eight minors. For the Panthers, Josh Cameron and Braeden Kublick were ejected from the contest. Tomo Mikuljan took the loss and made 14 saves before being replaced by Cameron Parr who made 12 saves. Napanee incurred 24 minutes in penalty time with seven minors. For the Raiders, Adam Bennett was ejected from the game.