Kyle Robinson netted a hat trick to lead the London Nationals over the Strathroy Rockets, 6-4.

Robinson notched his first tally 53 seconds into the third period. He then added goals at 9:02 into the third and at 19:30 into the third.

London was often in penalty trouble, totaling six minors and one major for 27 minutes in penalty time. The Nationals surpassed its season average of 20.0 penalty minutes per game. London's offense rang up 38 shots on Strathroy's net. The Nationals bested their season scoring average. This season, London averages 3.8 goals per contest.

London additionally got points from Austin Kemp, who also registered one goal and one assist and John Warren, who also racked up one goal and one assist. London also got a goal from Scott Dorion as well. In addition, London received assists from Matt MacPherson, Derek Di Iorio, Alex Cimino, and Matt Bean, who contributed one each and Tanner Ferreira and Scott Goodman, who each chipped in two.

The Rockets put up an impenetrable defensive front on the penalty kill, and did not allow the Nationals to score on any of their four power plays. Strathroy kept London's goalie busy throughout the game, and Zack Weir made 30 saves on 34 shots.

The Rockets were led by Riley O`Connell, who had two goals. O`Connell scored the first of his two goals on the power play at 7:47 into the second period to make the score 2-1 London. Strathroy had gotten the advantage when the Nationals' Kevin Madden was sent off for interference. Lucas Latina picked up the assist. O`Connell's next tally on the power play made the score 3-2 Strathroy with 7:01 left in the second period. The Rockets had taken the advantage when London's Callum Ruddock got sent off for slashing. Matt Laberge provided the assist. Others who scored for Strathroy included Wesley Kelly and Codey McRoberts, who scored one goal each. More assists for Strathroy came via Dante Copps, Evan Hogg, Shane Bulitka, Tristan Sedlak, and Kieran Milne, who contributed one each.

The Nationals ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Dorion was ejected from the game. Strathroy's Mat Ouellet stopped 32 shots out of the 37 that he faced. The Rockets totaled 13 minutes in penalty time with four minors and one major and went 2-for-6 on the power play. For Strathroy, Jeff Clarke and Laberge were ejected from the contest.