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| Jake Logan and Tim Campbell hold two Campbellton Tigers players against the boards, while Connor Tresham reaches for the puck in game three of the Meek Division semi-finals last night. |
The Woodstock Slammers were able to heave a huge sigh of relief after narrowly clinching game three last night.
The Slammers edged the Campbellton Tigers 2-1 in the third game of the Meek Division semi-final round of the 2012 Kent Cup Playoffs on Wednesday, March 7th. The Slammers can now boast a 3-0 lead in the series.
Tim Campbell, the MHL's top defenseman, opened the scoring in Wednesday night's contest just over two minutes into the game. The Woodstock assistant captain gave his squad an early 1-0 lead.
Nick Huard scored on a power play at 13:44, increasing the Slammers' lead to 2-0. Huard's power play goal would serve as the game winning goal for the home side, as Christopher Caissy got the Tigers on the scoreboard at 8:44 in period two, reducing Woodstock's lead to one. Period three remained scoreless.
The contest was not without entertainment. Jake Logan and Dylan Desmeules worked their problems out on the ice with 3:52 remaining on the clock in the first period. Both received five-minute majors for fighting, despite the pleasing of the crowd of 664 people from the incident.
The Slammers were presented with two power play opportunities, scoring on both of them, while the Tigers had four power play chances but failed to score on any of them.
Of 25 shots he faced, Matt Murphy stopped 24 for the Slammers' win, while Raphael Roy refused the same amount of shots faced, despite facing one extra shot from the Slammers.
Game number four is scheduled for tomorrow night, Friday, March 9th. Game time is at 7:30 pm at the Campbellton Memorial Civic Centre.
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| Matt Murphy made many key saves in last night's game |
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| Zach Shannon |
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| Chris Rygus and Nick Huard can be seen here shoving a Campbellton Tigers player into Woodstock's net, knocking the net off. |
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| Tim Campbell and Matt Murphy |
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| Jake Logan |
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| Ryan Purvis taking a face-off |
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| Tim Campbell and Nick Huard |
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| Zach Shannon (#23). Matt Murphy can be seen minding the posts in the background |
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| Andrew Langan and Andrew Schriver |
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| Ben MacSwain watches as Tim Campbell carries the puck |
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| Ben Miller |
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| Nick Huard |
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| Phillip Fife |
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| Andrew Langan |
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| Ben Miller chatting with Campbellton's captain, |
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| Chris Rygus being sent to the penalty box to serve a two-minute minor penalty for roughing |
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| Matt Murphy |
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| Colton Stairs returned in time for game two after serving a three-game suspension for his involvement in a post-game scrum on February 22nd. |
With files from www.themhl.ca.
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