Brampton, August 7, 2007 - Down by four goals halfway through the third period, the Brampton Excelsiors found themselves in the same situation that they were in just 10 days prior against the same team in the same building. This time though, with the playoff buzz in the air the Excels were looking for a different result.

Cosmo made his initial trek to the bench with just under seven minutes to go. The first attempt with the extra attacker almost blew up in their face, as seconds later a Kodiak player picked off an errant pass and began making his way towards the gaping net. Under some heavy pressure he released the shot from the restraining line and rang one off the post.

With six minutes to go the Brampton bench once again called Cosmo in, but this time the Excelsiors capitalized with the extra attacker on a perfectly executed passing display that ended with Jeff Shattler burying it with 5:47 to go.

On the ensuing draw, Patrick Merrill won it cleanly to Cam Woods who streaked down the floor and made no mistake with 5:41 to go.

KW won the next face-off, but Cosmo sent Chapman flying up the left side immediately, and before the Kodiaks could react, he dished the ball off to Manning who put third goal of the night in the books with 5:13 left.

Now trailing by only one, the Excelsiors calmed down but did not stop. Josh Sanderson found Manning cutting through the middle and feathered in a beautiful pass that Manning capped off to bring the Excelsiors even with 4:27 to go. Josh then took a shot from the top that found the back of the net at 3:27 to give the Excelsiors the lead.

The Excelsiors had put up 5 goals in 2 and a half minutes and the Kodiaks decided it was time to regroup and called a time-out. With 1:38 to go Joel Wilson was left alone on the right side and made no mistake as he tied the game back up for the Kodiaks.

Once again, the Brampton defense and transition came through though as Cam Woods picked off a pass and sent McCready down the floor on his own to give Brampton the lead back with only 50 seconds to go. This night also saw Cam Woods earn his 200th Senior point and Pat McCready tallied his 400th.

KW got caught with too many men on the floor with 5 seconds to go and Josh Sanderson buried the penalty shot to ensure a 13-11 victory for the Excels.

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