Rebels' Jeremy Carter had a big offensive game, scoring two goals and contributing three assists in his team's 7-5 win over SSSK.

Carter's tallies came at 6:13 into the second period to make the score 4-4 and 14:01 into the second to make the score 6-4 Rebels.

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

Rebels led by three goals at one point and ended with the victory. The largest advantage in the game came when Rebels' David Hui scored short handed at 16:04 in the second period to put Rebels up 7-4.

Rebels struggled on the penalty kill, allowing SSSK to score three power play goals on five chances. Rebels got an offensive boost from its blueliners, who contributed two goals during the game.

Rebels additionally got points from Curtis Hughesman, who also grabbed one goal and one assist. Mike Bruzzese also scored for Rebels. In addition, Rebels received assists from Carl Chia, Derick Pang, and Peter Kim, who each chipped in one.

SSSK's defensemen played an important role in the offense, chipping in four goals.

SSSK was led by Derek Chastkavich, who tallied one goal and two assists. Chastkavich scored on the power play 2:37 into the second period to make the score 3-3. SSSK had gained a power play chance when William Campbell was whistled for hooking. SSSK also got points from Jay Jay Lu, who also had one goal and one assist and Matt Lee, who also registered one goal and one assist. SSSK also had goals scored by Kevin Langdale and Matthew Chong, who scored one goal each. Other players who recorded assists for SSSK were Graham Fitzpatrick, who had one.

Rebels' Edmund Woo stopped 18 shots out of the 23 that he faced. Rebels incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors. Lukas Kowalyk rejected 12 shots on goal for SSSK. SSSK incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors.