Cumberland Grads kept Nepean Raiders's goalie busy throughout the game, and Francis Marotte made 30 saves on 36 shots.
Cumberland were helped by Marc-Olivier Bouchard, who registered two goals and one assist.Bouchard scored the first of his two goals at 9:16 into the first period to make the score 3-1 Cumberland . The score was assisted by Simon Besner and Zackhary Salloum. Bouchard's next tally made the score 5-3 Cumberland in the second period. The goal was assisted by Shawn Cameron and Martin Frechette.Cumberland also got points from Frechette, who also registered one goal and two assists and Besner, who also registered one goal and one assist. Others who scored for Cumberland included Branden Makara and Michael Larose, who scored one each. More assists for Cumberland came via Salloum and Ted McCabe, who contributed two apiece and Cameron and Jared Leslie, who each chipped in one.
Nepean's goal total was higher than their season average. Raiders has scored at the pace of 2.5 goals per game during the current campaign.
Nepean were led by Josh Zizek, who grabbed three goals.Nepean additionally got points from Justin Hess, who also registered one goal and one assist. Nepean also had goals scored by Matthew OBrien, who had one and Zizek, who had three. In addition, Nepean received assists from Kari Belec, who had three and Noah Kalsner-Lowe, Justin Schebel, Rory Garlasco, Blake Dalton, PJ Heger, and Martin Lavallee, who contributed one apiece.
Grads' Thierry Messervier stopped 20 shots out of the 25 that he faced. Cumberland incurred six minutes in penalty time with three minors. Raiders totaled 11 minutes in penalty time with three minors and one major and went 1-for-3 on the power play. Nepean ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and William Cullen was ejected from the game.
