The Carleton Place Canadians' Marcus Joseph had a big offensive game, scoring two goals and contributing three assists in his team's 8-2 win over the Pembroke Lumber Kings.

Joseph's tallies came at 16:57 into the first period to make the score 3-1 Carleton Place and on the power play 1:04 into the second to make the score 5-1 Carleton Place.

Pembroke was doomed by its poor performance on special teams, as Carleton Place was able to score four times while on the power play.

The Canadians bested their season scoring average. Carleton Place has scored at the pace of 4.5 goals per game during the current campaign. The Canadians got an offensive boost from their blueliners, who contributed two goals during the game. Carleton Place could not stay out of the penalty box, as the team accrued 26 minutes in penalties during the game.

Carleton Place additionally got points from Bryce VanHorn, who also finished with two goals and one assist, Brett Murray, who also tallied one goal and two assists, and Jordan Larson, who also racked up one goal and three assists. Others who scored for Carleton Place included Lucas Batt and Connor Merkley, who scored one goal each. More assists for Carleton Place came via Nicolas Carrier, who had two and AJ Klein, Geoff Kitt, Kyle Dowdall, Andrew Dodson, and Alex Friesen, who each chipped in one.

The Lumber Kings were led by Adam Beveridge, who registered one goal and one assist. Beveridge scored on the power play 13:44 into the first period to make the score 1-1. A cross checking penalty on Klein had put Pembroke on the power play. Pembroke also got a goal from Stephen Cooney as well. In addition, Pembroke received assists from Colton Keuhl, who had one.

Colton Point made 24 saves for the Canadians on 26 shots. The Lumber Kings' starting goalie, Sean Green, made 11 saves and finished with the loss before he was taken out in favor of Gabe Mollot-Hill, who stopped nine shots. Pembroke incurred 14 minutes in penalty time with seven minors.