Philadelphia Little Flyers 18U gutted out a close 3-2 win against St. Louis Selects 18U.

Philadelphia Little Flyers 18U gained the winning advantage on a goal by Eric Lauk 16:04 into the second period and hung on until final buzzer.

Lauk had two goals and one assist to lead Philadelphia Little Flyers 18U. Lauk scored the first of his two goals at 9:08 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Philadelphia Little Flyers 18U. David Nee picked up the assist. Lauk's next tally made the score 3-2 Philadelphia Little Flyers 18U with 3:56 left in the second period. Philadelphia Little Flyers 18U had gotten the advantage when St. Louis Selects 18U's Cory Robinson was sent off for holding. Ryan Lauk assisted on the tally.

Philadelphia Little Flyers 18U also got a goal from Nick Peck as well. In addition, Philadelphia Little Flyers 18U received assists from Liam McCanney and Nicholas Frangos, who contributed one each.

Philadelphia Little Flyers 18U was unable to stop St. Louis Selects 18U from sending pucks towards the net, and St. Louis Selects 18U eventually piled up 32 shots on goal.

St. Louis Selects 18U was helped by Jake Faulkner, who tallied one goal. Faulkner scored on the power play 10:19 into the first period to make the score 1-1. A hooking penalty on Luke Olivo had put St. Louis Selects 18U on the power play. Samir Abouelhana provided the assist. Zach Fizer also scored for St. Louis Selects 18U. More assists for St. Louis Selects 18U came via Joey Rosa, Michael Schrader, and Christian Dahl, who each chipped in one.

Cam Perry rejected 30 shots on goal for Philadelphia Little Flyers 18U. Philadelphia Little Flyers 18U incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors. St. Louis Selects 18U's Kavan Johnson stopped 27 shots out of the 30 that he faced. St. Louis Selects 18U incurred 18 minutes in penalty time with four minors.