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Burrards beat 'Bellies in Game 3 OT marathon

Curtis Dickson put an end to a two-hour, 52-minute playoff marathon on Sunday, lifting the Maple Ridge Burrards past the New Westminster Salmonbellies 12-11 in double-overtime in Western Lacrosse Association semifinal play.
Ian Hawksbee
New Westminster's Ian Hawksbee, shown battling two Nanaimo players during regular season action, is part of the 'Bellies defence which has had its hands full the past two games in their best-of-seven semifinal series with Maple Ridge. New West trails 2-1 in the series, after falling 12-11 in sudden death overtime on Sunday.

Curtis Dickson put an end to a two-hour, 52-minute playoff marathon on Sunday, lifting the Maple Ridge Burrards past the New Westminster Salmonbellies 12-11 in double-overtime in Western Lacrosse Association semifinal play.

Maple Ridge holds a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series, which continues Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. at Queen's Park Arena.

A game of big momentum shifts, New West created an impressive lead during the first 27 minutes, up 5-1 after the first period, and ahead 7-2 seven minutes into the middle frame.

But 25 seconds after Mitch Jones counted his second of the period, a powerplay marker, to make it 7-2 for the visitoris, the home team began it's rally on Ryan Keenan's extra-man strike. It was the first of five straight for Maple Ridge, to knot the game at 7-7. The 'Bellies reclaimed the lead before the end of the period on Austin Shanks' goal.

In the third, the Burrards again got on a roll with three goals before the eight-minute mark to lead 10-8. Showing their own rallying skills, New West would force overtime with Jones, with his fourth of the night, and Jordan McBride, to lock it in at 10-10 after 60 minutes.

In the 10-minute overtime session, the Burrards jumped ahead 11-10 on Dane Dobbie's third of the game, on a long set-up pass from netminder Frank Scigliano, at 4:40 of the frame. Shanks' hat trick tally, 1:10 later, would force the decision into sudden death.

Both netminders faced a lot of rubber, with Scigliano turning aside 61 shots, including 18 by Jones and 15 from Shanks. New West's Alexis Buque kicked out 58 shots, with Dickson racking up a team-high 15 shots.

The series continues with Game 4 on Tuesday, while Game 5 is slated for Thursday (Aug. 8) in Maple Ridge. Game 6, if necessary, would be played Saturday (Aug. 10) at Queen's Park Arena. All games start at 7:30 p.m.