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Brent Blachford's unassisted goal at 19:41 of the third period gave the Portage Terriers a come from behind 5-4 win over the hometown Swan Valley Stampeders in front of 959 at the Centennial Arena Friday night. After dropping the first two, Portage has rebounded to win three straight and can eliminate the Stampeders in game six. The game didn't get off to a good start for the Terriers, who were down 2-0 at the end of one. Brodie Dupont scored his fifth of the postseason just twenty-four seconds into the game and then Brennan Giroux got his first. Colin Slobodian and David Phillips brought the Terriers back to even terms with goals five minutes apart in the opening stages of the second. Shaun McIvor's tenth came on a powerplay at 14:51, but Portage drew even again with Bryan Bouchard's powerplay goal with 1:24 to go in the frame. Leif Thorkelson put the Terriers ahead at 7:51 of the third. That lead held up until Bret Peppler scored with just over three minutes remaining.But, Blachford put an end to any thoughts of overtime with nineteen seconds to go. Anthony Marshall, who has emerged in this series, made 33-saves to get the win. Orlando Alamano stopped 25-shots in the loss. The winner of the series plays the Selkirk Steelers in the finals.
