The Walkerton Hawks relied on the scoring touch of Brendan Welsh, who netted two goals, to beat the Mitchell Hawks, 3-1.

Welsh scored on the power play at 1:22 into the third period to make the score 2-1 Walkerton and again while 19:51 into the third to make the score 3-1 Walkerton.

The win gave Walkerton a 2-0 lead in the best of seven series.

Mitchell was stymied by the Hawks' netminder Nick Redman, who stopped 29 shots during the victory. Redman certainly lowered his goals against average, which was 2.0 entering the contest.

Walkerton's offense rang up 32 shots on the Hawks' net. The Hawks got an offensive boost from their blueliners, who contributed two goals during the game.

Walkerton additionally got points from Ryan Hamelin, who also finished with one goal and one assist. More assists for Walkerton came via Chris Gillman, who had one and Lauchlin Elder, who had two.

Mitchell was led by Jalen Aitcheson, who scored the team's only goal. Aitcheson scored on the power play 11:21 into the first period to make the score 1-0 Mitchell. The Hawks earned a power play opportunity when Joe Shaw was put in the box for high sticking. Garrett James assisted on the tally.

Walkerton totaled 11 minutes in penalty time with three minors and one major and went 2-for-4 on the power play. For the Hawks, Justin McCrae was ejected from the game. Brock Baier made 29 saves for Mitchell on 32 shots. The Hawks incurred 18 minutes in penalty time with four minors.