Behind a great game by Keegan Simms, who had two goals and three assists, Van City Raiders defeated Notorious Hawks, 8-7.

Simms found the back of the net 2:55 into the first period to make the score 1-1 and again while 17:41 into the first to make the score 3-2 Van City Raiders.

The win gave Van City Raiders a 1-0 lead in the best of one series.

Van City Raiders forced Notorious Hawks goalie Daneel Jiawan to work between the pipes, taking 35 shots. Van City Raiders was effective with a man advantage, and put in three goals while on the power play. Van City Raiders got an offensive boost from its blueliners, who contributed three goals during the game.

Van City Raiders additionally got points from Braden Bartnik, who also grabbed two goals and one assist and Sina Ronaghi, who also had one goal and one assist. Van City Raiders also got a goal from Cam Nakata as well. Other players who recorded assists for Van City Raiders were joey Kumar and Stefano Tentes, who each chipped in one and Rob Moore and Tyler Wong, who contributed two each.

Notorious Hawks' offense rang up 33 shots on Van City Raiders' net.

Notorious Hawks was led by Brian Luong, who registered two goals and one assist. Luong scored the first of his two goals at 1:58 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Notorious Hawks. Brendan Lee picked up the assist. Luong's next tally made the score 6-5 Notorious Hawks with 4:29 left in the second period. Raj Saroya provided the assist. Notorious Hawks also got points from Lee, who also tallied two goals and one assist. Stanley Truong also scored for Notorious Hawks. In addition, Notorious Hawks received assists from Arthur Chan and Anton Chen, who each chipped in one.

Van City Raiders' Tentes stopped 26 shots out of the 33 that he faced. Van City Raiders incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors. Jiawan rejected 27 shots on goal for Notorious Hawks. Notorious Hawks incurred 12 minutes in penalty time with six minors.