The 98s hosted the 18^th ranked Westchester Express and phenom Chad Krys, and Chad Krys would show why he is one of the top 98s in the country as he went on to score 4 goals as the Express slipped by the Vipers 7-4. The Vipers would keep it close the entire game as all of their scoring would come from the green line. The Express would jump out to a 2-0 lead but then Kyle Lynch (2-0-2) would cut it to one as Aaron Dollin made a nice play in the neutral zone breaking up the rush to Kyle Hentosh (1-2-3) who would feed Lynchy for the tally. Each team would score 2 goals in the second as the Vipers would hang in there, as Dante Maribito(1-1-2) would score with help from Hentosh and Patrick McCarthy, and then Hentosh would add his on a nice 2 on 1 with Maribito as he faked the shot and walked in alone and finished with a nice deke. The Vipers would be down 4-3 going into the final 15 but playing with some confidence. Krys would score a back breaker just 2 minutes into the third with the Vipers on the PP. Kyle Lynch would come back and again cut the lead to 1 with help from Maribito and Steven Tettoni as Tettoni would let a bomb go from the point on the PP and Lynchy would collect the rebound step around traffic and knock one in off the post. Halfway through the third the Express would put it away with 2 goals 20 seconds apart that would take the wind out of the sails as this one ended 7-4. Aaron McDonnell turned in a fine game between the pipes and Christian Kukas and Aaron Dollin played well on the blueline.