The Calgary Glaciers came out firing on home ice, but it was the visiting Jr. Ooks who proved more efficient, skating away with a decisive 5-2 victory. The game was a story of relentless pressure, with the Ooks outshooting the Glaciers 51-42, and a standout performance from Ooks forward Trinity Ochremchuk. The game's physical tone was set early, with five minor penalties called in the first period alone. Amidst the early chaos, Ochremchuk opened the scoring for the Ooks at 14:46 of the first, assisted by Norah Ludlow. The Glaciers responded on the power play, with Lilly Redmond finding the net at 10:05, helped by Lily Bennett and Molli Radford, to knot the score at 1-1 after a frantic opening frame.
The second period saw the Ooks seize control. Just moments after a pair of penalties created a 4-on-4 situation, Trinity Ochremchuk struck again at 6:45, converting a feed from Abby Millar for what would stand as the game-winning goal. The Ooks' momentum was unstoppable, as Elliya Klaus extended the lead to 3-1 less than 90 seconds later, finishing a play set up by Maya Virani. The Glaciers' netminder, Alexandra Seminuk, faced a barrage of 19 shots in the period, keeping her team within reach despite the Ooks' offensive surge.
Any hope of a Glaciers comeback was extinguished in the third. Clara Harms put the Ooks up 4-1 at the 8:47 mark, with Ochremchuk and Lauren McDiarmid picking up assists, capping a brilliant three-point night for Ochremchuk. Calgary's Caitlin Duncan managed a late response at 5:01, with Radford and Jewels Kerr assisting, but it was too little, too late. Olivia Billsten sealed the 5-2 final with an empty-net goal in the final minute, assisted once more by the playmaking Virani. In the opposing crease, Emily Baluk was a steadying force for the Ooks, turning aside 40 of 42 shots to secure the win, while her team's high-volume attack proved too much for the Glaciers to handle.
