East Coast could not stop Skylands' Cory Decosta, who tallied a hat trick in a 5-1 win.

Decosta notched his first tally 12:36 into the first period. He then added goals at 16:53 into the first and at 6:12 into the second.

Skylands' penalty box was a popular destination as the team totaled seven minors and one major for 29 minutes in penalty time. Skylands surpassed its season average of 17.0 penalty minutes per game. Skylands stifled East Coast's power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man.

Skylands additionally got points from Alec Sanchez, who also finished with two goals and one assist to lead the team in points. More assists for Skylands came via Jack Nussbaum, Sean Johnson, Antonio Martiniello, Aaron Segnello, Hunter Ledwith, Mike King, and Ernest Komarnitskii, who contributed one each.

East Coast was led by Curtis Harper, who scored the team's only goal. Harper scored 9:57 into the first period to make the score 1-1. Jon Mathieu provided the assist.

Ryan Bartholomew made 23 saves for Skylands on 24 shots. Skylands registered one goal on two power play opportunities. Aidan Critchlow rejected 15 shots on goal for East Coast. East Coast totaled 23 minutes in penalty time with four minors and one major and went 0-for-5 on the power play.