The Foothills Bisons and Sherwood Park Steel Kings battled to an exciting 5-5 tie after 60 minutes. Foothills built an early lead behind goals from Cole Harding and Easton Burke, then added strikes from Knox McDonald and Harding again, while Sherwood Park answered with goals from Grayson Bazan-Lindsay, Rhett Hayes, Luke Tremblay and Paxton Jay. The third period delivered a thrilling exchange, with Easton Ryan putting Foothills ahead before Bazan-Lindsay scored again to complete his brace and level the game. The game included some penalties, but both teams kept pushing in a spirited, back-and-forth competition.