As the boys looked into the stadium seating they got their first taste of the big show. Now to play like the pros. Getting off to a good start was Keegan Cooke (unassisted) potting a goal with just over 5 minutes into the first. Keegan (Duffus) followed up with his second and things were going very much the Hurricanes way. Having a big advantage in territorial play is one thing but one slip up and the Hurricanes found themselves on the wrong side of a two on one which the Barons, Yould (Jardine) executed perfectly to find the back of the net to close out the first.

As the Hurricanes kept up the pressure the Barons were wearing down but it took until just past the midpoint of the second before they were able to answer with a nice wrist shot by Nauss (unassisted) as he walked out from down low and turned into the slot to put the Hurricanes up 3-1.

Four minutes into the third Nauss (Cooke) on the power play pretty much sealed the deal as the Hurricanes went up 4-1. Wile in nets played solid and had to handle a couple of dangerous goal mouth opportunities on some scrambles in front to keep the Barons from adding any more to the score sheet.  The Hurricanes nursed some “lower body injuries” throughout the game and missed Nickerson in the line up out with an injury. Make the final Hurricanes 4 Barons 1 live from the Metro Center in Halifax.