 The Woodstock Slammers (3-0) thumped the Dieppe Commandos (0-3) 7-1 in Game #3 of the Best of 7 Meek Division Semi-Final Series #1 Friday night in Woodstock. With the win, the Slammers now lead the series 3-0. Nick Huard led the Slammers with 3 goals and 2 assists while Joshua Dadic added 3 goals.
Huard opened the scoring at 2:14 to give the Slammers an early 1-0 lead. Huard (game winner, second goal of game) scored at 9:19 to extend the lead to 2-0. Huard (third goal of game) scored at 13:29 to increase the lead to 3-0. Dadic scored at 18:14 to widen the lead to 4-0 after the first period. Philippe Breau (powerplay) scored at 6:43 to cut the lead to 4-1. Dadic (powerplay, second goal of game) scored at 18:24 to make the score 5-1 after the second period. Dadic (third goal of game) scored at 1:29 to increase the lead to 6-1. Michael Best rounded out the scoring at 5:22.
Woodstock went 1 for 3 on the powerplay while Dieppe went 1 for 2. Andre Guay (47:26) stopped 17 of 18 shots for the win before being relieved by Tyler Piercy. Piercy (12:34) stopped all 8 shots he faced the rest of the way while Mario Babineau (13:29) stopped 7 of 10 shots in the loss before being replaced by Jonathan McKinnon. McKinnon (46:31) stopped 23 of 27 shots the rest of the game.
"We talked earlier in the week about the importance of being focused every shift and last night our guys played hard and smart on a consistent basis. All four lines created scoring chances last night and I thought our defensemen did a great job of moving the puck up ice. We need the same effort tonight especially when you are playing a team that is facing elimination. They will play hard tonight and we wouldn't expect anything less of them" commented Head Coach Jason Tatarnic. Game #4 in this series will take place Saturday night at 7:15pm in Dieppe. | 
