Three periods of regulation and an overtime session were not enough to settle matters as Thunder Bay Kings 18U defeated Arizona Bobcats 18U in a shootout 3-2.

Thunder Bay Kings 18U came back from a two-goal deficit to capture the victory. Thunder Bay Kings 18U trailed 2-0 after a goal by Arizona Bobcats 18U's Tony Cimato at 9:59 in the first period. Thunder Bay Kings 18U knotted things up at 2-2 on a power play goal by Logan Mihalcin at 7:31 in the third period.

Thunder Bay Kings 18U also got points from Kirk Coppock, who also had one goal and one assist to lead the team in points. More assists for Thunder Bay Kings 18U came via Jayden Wojciechowski and Robert McCollum, who each chipped in one.

Arizona Bobcats 18U kept Thunder Bay Kings 18U's goalie busy throughout the game, and Ryan Fanti made 33 saves on 35 shots.

Arizona Bobcats 18U was helped by Matt Tweten, who racked up one goal. Tweten scored 56 seconds into the first period to make the score 1-0 Arizona Bobcats 18U. Jared Sanchez picked up the assist. In addition, Arizona Bobcats 18U received assists from Jordan Nolan and Jacob Kerns, who contributed one each.

Thunder Bay Kings 18U incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors. Brad Donaldson made 17 saves for Arizona Bobcats 18U on 19 shots. Arizona Bobcats 18U incurred four minutes in penalty time with two minors.