The Hawkesbury Hawks' Chris Smith had a big offensive game, scoring two goals and contributing one assist in his team's 6-2 win over the Kemptville 73s.

Smith scored at 7:47 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Hawkesbury and again while 17:38 into the third to make the score 4-2 Hawkesbury.

Hawkesbury stifled Kemptville's power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. The 73s were unable to stop the Hawks from sending pucks towards the net, and Hawkesbury eventually piled up 35 shots on goal. The Hawks outdid their season average for goals scored. This season, Hawkesbury averages 3.6 goals per contest.

Hawkesbury also got points from Jonathan Cyr, who also finished with one goal and one assist. Hawkesbury also had goals scored by Charles Levesque, Liam Manning, and Adriano Leone, who scored one goal each. More assists for Hawkesbury came via Damien Charette, Mike Finger, Vincent Crivello, Joe Smith, Bruno Cheff, Brett Everson, Reid Murphy, and Jonathan Tecce, who contributed one each.

Kemptville forced its penalty killing units to work especially hard during the game, picking up seven minors and one major for 19 minutes in penalty time. The 73s surpassed its season average of 16.0 penalty minutes per game.

Kemptville was helped by Tyson Kirkby, who tallied one goal. Kirkby scored 13:28 into the first period to make the score 1-1. Matthew Titus assisted on the tally. Kemptville additionally got points from Titus, who also had one goal and one assist. In addition, Kemptville received assists from Quinn Wichers, Tyler Beauparlant, and Liam Watson, who each chipped in one.

Andrew Tucci recorded 21 saves for the Hawks. Hawkesbury incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors. The 73s' Nicholas Hodgins stopped 29 shots out of the 34 that he faced. Kemptville registered zero goals on four power play opportunities. The 73s ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Cameron Bisson was ejected from the game.