Sharpshooters could not stop Honey Badgers' Justin Foo, who tallied a hat trick in an 8-5 win.

Foo's first goal came 16:24 into the first period. He then added goals at 5:03 into the second and at 9:41 into the second.

The win gave Honey Badgers a 1-0 lead in the best of one series.

Honey Badgers' penalty kill was ineffective, and let in two goals to Sharpshooters' power play unit. Team's forwards weren't the only contributers offensively, and the team's defensemen showcased their scoring touch with four goals.

Honey Badgers additionally got points from Victor Chan, who also tallied one goal and one assist and Rick Chou, who also had one goal and one assist. David Hui also scored for Honey Badgers. More assists for Honey Badgers came via Alvin Seetoh and Bryan Panchuk, who contributed one each and Kevin Chow, Thomas Cheng, and Paul Chang, who each chipped in two.

Sharpshooters' defensemen played an important role in the offense, chipping in three goals.

Sharpshooters was led by Derek Kwan, who registered three goals and two assists. Sharpshooters also got points from Amir Khaledi, who also finished with two goals and one assist. Other players who recorded assists for Sharpshooters were Justin Cleveland, who had two.

David Sebela rejected 13 shots on goal for Honey Badgers. Honey Badgers incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors. Sharpshooters' Lance Nguyen stopped 14 shots out of the 21 that he faced. Sharpshooters incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors.