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The story of the VHL playoffs last night was on the 2-3 matchup between the reigning champion Seattle Bears and the upstart Toronto Legion. In their first game of the series it was a fairly one-sided affair, three goals for Seattle in the first period with Toronto only able to return 1 goal back, putting them in a deficit that they couldn't dig their way out of with the game finishing 5-2 in favour of the Bears fueled by Kris Rice's excellent game.

 

In the next game though it was the Legions turn to takeover the game in a single period, though this time the scoring outburst had to wait until the second period as the first finished scoreless. Sundqvist put the Bears ahead 2 minutes into the 2nd period but this appeared to fire up the Legion. Raleigh Ritchie leveled the scores 4 minutes later before Chad Magnum fired Toronto ahead with a power play goal with 4 minutes left on the clock. Ritchie got his second goal of the game 2 minutes later to put the Legion up 3-1. 

 

The Bears weren't about to be turned into a rug that easily though, Hogan and Ultred slotted in a goal apiece halfway through the third to tie the game up at 3-3. The tension in the arena was palpable before Ritchie found his third of the night to edge the Legion ahead on a power play with 7 minutes to play. THe Legion controlled the rest of the quarter and stifled the Bears in the remaining minutes, locking them down to only 4 shots in the third period while the Legion died their best to try and seal the game, firing a 16 shot barrage at Jacob Tonn but ultimately he did well to keep Seattle in the game.