The Waterloo Siskins fell to the Elmira Sugar Kings, 6-3.

The win gave Elmira a 2-0 lead in the best of seven series.

The Sugar Kings forced Siskins' goalies to work without much rest, racking up 43 shots and forcing 37 saves. Evgeny Kiselev made 22 stops and Bailey DeGasperis made 15.

Elmira was helped by Klayton Hoelscher, who tallied one goal. Hoelscher scored 11:16 into the second period to make the score 4-2 Elmira. Zac Coulter provided the assist. Elmira additionally got points from Marselis Subban, who also finished with one goal and one assist, Eric Palazzolo, who also registered one goal and one assist, and Steven Jakiela, who also grabbed one goal and one assist. Elmira also had goals scored by Mitch Klie and Mitch Wright, who scored one goal each. More assists for Elmira came via Mitch Montgomery, Adam Brubacher, and Jonathan Reinhart, who contributed one each and Mac Clutsam and Kevin Gergely, who each chipped in two.

Waterloo's penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on eight Elmira power plays.

The Siskins were led by Christian Mroczkowski, who had two goals and one assist. Mroczkowski scored the first of his two goals on the power play at 2:20 into the second period to make the score 2-2. Waterloo had gotten the advantage when the Sugar Kings' Jakiela was sent off for high sticking. Eric Cimino picked up the assist. Mroczkowski's next tally on the power play made the score 6-3 Elmira with 15:11 left in the third period. The Siskins earned a power play opportunity when Clutsam was put in the box for hooking. Danny Hanlon assisted on the tally. Waterloo also got a goal from Evan Kearns as well. In addition, Waterloo received assists from Chase Campbell, who had one.

Jonathan Reinhart made 25 saves for Elmira on 28 shots. The Sugar Kings ended with 25 minutes in penalty time with 10 minors and one major. For Elmira, Jakiela was ejected from the game. Waterloo totaled 21 minutes in penalty time with eight minors and one major and went 3-for-9 on the power play. The Siskins ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Cimino was ejected from the game.