Justin Meers netted a hat trick to lead St. Louis Selects 18U over Thunder Bay Kings 18U, 9-1.

Meers notched his first tally 3:35 into the second period. He then added goals at 6:09 into the second and at 12:38 into the second.

The game was close after the first frame, but St. Louis Selects 18U banged in six goals during the second period to put the victory out of reach for Thunder Bay Kings 18U.

St. Louis Selects 18U surpassed its usual scoring output this season. St. Louis Selects 18U has scored at the pace of 3.0 goals per game during the current campaign.

St. Louis Selects 18U additionally got points from Cory Robinson, who also racked up two goals and two assists, Jake Russo, who also had one goal and two assists, Tyler McAtee, who also registered one goal and one assist, and Zach Fizer, who also had one goal and one assist. Joey Rosa also scored for St. Louis Selects 18U. More assists for St. Louis Selects 18U came via Jake Faulkner, who had two, Samir Abouelhana, who had three, and Dalton Graves and Christian Dahl, who each chipped in one.

Thunder Bay Kings 18U was led by Baldino Aiello, who scored the team's only goal. Aiello scored 4:18 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Thunder Bay Kings 18U. Jayden Wojciechowski picked up the assist.

St. Louis Selects 18U's Kavan Johnson stopped 24 shots out of the 25 that he faced. St. Louis Selects 18U incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors. Ryan Fanti took the loss and made 11 saves before being replaced by Tyler Szturm who made eight saves. Thunder Bay Kings 18U incurred 32 minutes in penalty time with six minors.