The Thorold Athletics could not stop the Brantford Blast's Joel Prpic, who tallied a hat trick in an 8-5 win.

Prpic got on the scoresheet 10:20 into the second period. He then added goals at 5:04 into the third and at 13:30 into the third.

Brantford stifled Thorold's power play, and did not give up a single goal while down a man. The Blast's offense rang up 38 shots on the Athletics' net. Brantford's goal total was higher than its season average. The Blast average 4.6 goals per game. Team's forwards weren't the only contributers offensively, and the team's defensemen showcased their scoring touch with two goals.

Brantford additionally got points from Derek Medeiros, who also had one goal and four assists, Dustin Alcock, who also registered one goal and one assist, and Mike Burgoyne, who also tallied one goal and one assist. Brantford also had goals scored by Dave Russell and Chris Rebernik, who scored one goal each. More assists for Brantford came via Cameron Sault, who had two, Brandon Dietrich, who had four, and Jeff Caister and Jamie Williams, who contributed one each.

Thorold's penalty kill unit could not stop Brantford's power play, which converted on three of four opportunities.

The Athletics were helped by Steve Zmudcynski, who tallied two goals. Zmudcynski scored the first of his two goals at 35 seconds into the first period to make the score 1-0 Thorold. JJ Martin assisted on the tally. Zmudcynski's next tally made the score 5-5 with 15:27 left in the third period. Martin picked up the assist. Fraser Smith also scored for Thorold. In addition, Thorold received assists from Ben MacAskill, who had two and Steven Dol, Blake Kerling, and Joe Christiano, who each chipped in one.

Anthony Marshall recorded 24 saves for the Blast. Brantford incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors. Thorold's Frank Novello stopped 30 shots out of the 38 that he faced. The Athletics incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors.