KITCHENER 4, HAMILTON 3

First period

1. Hamilton, Kaliyev 23 (Stillman, Mattinen) 8:24

Penalties: Sherwood, Kit (unsportsmanlike conduct), Garreffa, Kit (hooking), Strome, Ham (roughing) 16:14, Brown, Kit (cross checking) 18:38, Damiani, Kit (unsportsmanlike conduct) 19:41

Second period

2. Hamilton, Kaliyev 24 (Gleason, Strome) 0:31 (pp)

3. Hamilton, Hanley 2 (Bitten, Walters) 1:39 (pp)

4. Kitchener, Bunnaman 21 (Brown, Smith) 9:51 (pp)

5. Kitchener, Mascherin 35 (Brown, McEneny) 15:52 (pp)

Penalties: Mattinen, Ham (high sticking) 9:17, Garreffa, Kit (slashing) 10:16, Culina, Kit (delay of game) 12:00, 14:46, Landry, Ham (hooking) 14:46, Entwistle, Ham (hooking) 15:11

Third period

6. Kitchener, Damiani 17 (unassisted) 5:48 (sh)

7. Kitchener, McHugh 10 (Damiani, Garreffa) 19:23

Penalties: Bench minor, Kit (too many men) 5:29

Goalies: Culina, Kit (W11-5-2-0), Fulcher, Ham (L25-13-3-2)

Shots on goal Kitchener: 7-8-9 = 24

Hamilton: 16-17-7 = 40

Referees: Dave Lewis, Ryan Hutchinson

Linesmen: Kyle Flood, Ryan Holmstead

Attendance: 5,017