The Exeter Hawks jumped out to a four-point advantage by the end of the first period and beat the Dorchester Dolphins, 8-1.

The win by Exeter clinched the best of seven series at 4-0.

Cody Perriam was all over the ice for the Hawks, as he racked up two goals in the win. Perriam's tallies came at 6:14 into the first period to make the score 2-0 Exeter and 11:54 into the second to make the score 5-1 Exeter.

Exeter forced Dorchester's goalies to work in net, launching 47 shots and forcing 39 saves. Mike Lindner made eight stops and Kent Taylor made 31. The Hawks' power play unit failed to produce, and was held to zero goals on nine chances.

Exeter additionally got points from Chase Thornton, who also finished with one goal and one assist, Max Naus, who also grabbed one goal and one assist, Tyler Coleman, who also registered one goal and one assist, and Liam Melady, who also grabbed one goal and one assist. Exeter also had goals scored by Christopher Pfaff and Tyler McNaughton, who each put in one. In addition, Exeter received assists from Austin Elkin, Jon Baker, Braeden Van Hooydonk, and Dylan Wilson-Foote, who contributed one each and Jake Harrison and Cam Dykstra, who each chipped in two.

The Dolphins stifled Exeter's power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man.

Dorchester was led by Ryan Tuffin, who scored the team's only goal. Tuffin scored on the power play 5:46 into the second period to make the score 4-1 Exeter. The Dolphins had gotten the advantage when the Hawks' Matt Clarke was sent off for hooking. Brendon O Shaughnessy picked up the assist.

James Morreau recorded 20 saves for Exeter. The Hawks incurred 16 minutes in penalty time with eight minors. Dorchester incurred 34 minutes in penalty time with seven minors. The Dolphins ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Tyler Kerr was ejected from the game.