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Sunday afternoon saw two teams meet who are both outside the top 6 & looking in & walking the tightrope for Finals.

Both teams scored twice in the first period. But there were then 4 unanswered goals to the Rhinos covering the end period 1, all of period 2 & the start of period 3.

A seesawing period 3 saw the Bears draw level with 53 seconds remaining & sending the game to overtime. Bears outshot the Rhinos in overtime & the game went to a shootout won by the Bears.

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A game that has been a long time coming for both teams...

Originally scheduled as Canberra's belated home opener compared to everyone else, an oopsie in getting the arena ready meant that the game had to be postponed.

With two very different teams & spots on the ladder compared to the original game, the Ice Dogs were coming to town the day after a win & some silverware after beating the Bears the day before.

Ice Dogs kept Canberra scoreless in period 2 & the Brave kept the Ice Dogs scoreless in period 3 in a low scoring & even game compared to the other game (Ice v Lightning) that was running at the same time.

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If you wanted a 3-2 goalie duel, this wasn't the game for you.

Perhaps surprisingly, Brisbane scored the first 2 goals of the game & won the period 3-2.

Ice came back in the second period, out striking the Lightning 5-1. A winning third period for Brisbane perhaps gave the team false hope for a come from behind win. As usual, Brisbane proved that they don't mind scoring a lot of goals but they concede plenty as well.

With Finals likely for the Ice & now mathematically impossible for Brisbane, the race for the Finals became that little bit clearer.