Ottawa 67's handled Erie 6-1, and the scoreline was built after the first intermission. A scoreless opening period gave way to a three-goal second and a three-goal third, and the game was decided in regulation.
Nothing separated the teams through 20 minutes at 0-0. Ottawa then scored three times in the middle period against one Erie reply to lead 3-1, and the third period broke it open with three more unanswered to reach 6-1.
The telling number is the split: 0-0 in the first, then 6-1 across the final two periods. Erie's lone goal came in the second, and the Otters were shut out over the last 20 minutes.