Skylands relied on the scoring touch of Billy Rafferty, who netted two goals, to beat East Coast, 6-3.

Rafferty found the back of the net 12:33 into the third period to make the score 4-3 Skylands and again while 14:19 into the third to make the score 5-3 Skylands.

Skylands forced East Coast goalie Travis Spangle to work between the pipes, taking 43 shots. Skylands got an offensive boost from its blueliners, who contributed two goals during the game.

Skylands additionally got points from Cory Decosta, who also grabbed two goals and one assist and Hunter Ledwith, who also racked up two goals and two assists to lead the team in points. In addition, Skylands received assists from Ernest Komarnitskii, who had three, Sean Johnson and Zach Mazzarisi, who contributed one each, and Cole Skelly and Alex Linquito, who each chipped in two.

East Coast's offense rang up 34 shots on Skylands' net.

East Coast was helped by Albert Wiggins, who had one goal. Wiggins scored 14:38 into the second period to make the score 3-2 East Coast. Jon Macdonald assisted on the tally. East Coast also had goals scored by Mason Smith and Chris Usseglio, who scored one goal each. More assists for East Coast came via Jon Mathieu, who had two and Jacob Lillidahl, Michael Bellmore, and Rick Mulligan, who contributed one each.

Evan Barghout made 31 saves for Skylands on 34 shots. Skylands incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors. Spangle rejected 37 shots on goal for East Coast. East Coast incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors.