The Victoria Shamrocks beat the Nanaimo Timbermen 11-8 in game 3 and lead the series 2-1 in the first round of playoffs.
The Shamrocks have taken the lead in the series after losing the first game to the Timbermen.
Rob Hellyer got the B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·˜Rocks on the board with the first goal and Victoria led 4-3 at the end of the first.
The Shamrocks scored four goals to start the second period, getting out to an 8-4 lead. Nanaimo goalie, Charles Claxton was pulled for Mike DeGirolamo and the Timbermen answered back with three goals near the end of the second, cutting the ShamrocksB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ lead to one, but B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·˜RocksB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™ Tyson Gibson scored a goal in the last minute to give the team a 9-7 advantage to end the period.
Victoria added two more in the last half while the Timbermen added one for a final score of 11-8.
Casey Jackson led the Shamrocks with five goals and one assist and Gibson scored a hat trick and had two assists. Jesse King and Hellyer each scored one goal and had three helpers.
The Shamrocks play game 4 against Nanaimo on Tuesday, August 7 at Frank Crane Arena at 7:30 p.m.
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