The Brockville Braves' Sean King had a big offensive game, scoring two goals and contributing one assist in his team's 4-1 win over the Pembroke Lumber Kings.

King's tallies came at 7:36 into the second period to make the score 2-0 Brockville and 18:58 into the third to make the score 4-1 Brockville.

The win gave Brockville a 1-0 lead in the best of seven series.

Pembroke was stymied by the Braves' netminder Bo Taylor, who stopped 39 shots during the victory. Despite the solid performance, Taylor will actually see his goals against average rise, as it stood at 1.0 entering the contest.

Brockville additionally got points from Jack Billings, who also had one goal and two assists. Liam Folkes also scored for Brockville. In addition, Brockville received assists from Owen Gill, who had two and Tre Folkes and Andrew Peski, who each chipped in one.

The Lumber Kings stifled Brockville's power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. Pembroke forced the Braves goalie Taylor to work between the pipes, taking 40 shots.

The Lumber Kings were led by Jesse Blais, who scored the team's only goal. Blais scored on the power play 15:06 into the second period to make the score 2-1 Brockville. Pembroke had taken the advantage when Brockville's Tristan Whynot got sent off for too many men. Stephan Beauvais picked up the assist.

The Braves incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors. The Lumber Kings' Jordan Piccolino stopped 26 shots out of the 30 that he faced. Pembroke incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors.