Shore THE NORTH Shore Winter Club Flames advanced to the next sound of playoffs after outlasting the Grandview Steelers 9-8 in overtime and then went on with a squeaky 6-5 victory the following night to capture their best-of-five semi-final series 3-1 games to one. The free-wheeling, nail-biting home-ice shootout Feb. 27 was fi- nally decided 1:57 into overtime when Ken Savage notched the winner from Justin George and Ray Stonehouse. The sec-saw goal-scoring pattern of the Feb. 27 goaltending nightmare established itself early in the game. The Steelers opened the scoring just 28 seconds into the period, but only a minute later the Flames replied with the equalizer as Kevin -Buhr connected from Mario Abella and Wade Bartok. Then at 4:21 a goal gave Grandview the lead again, which they held until 13:29 of the period when Dave Port finished off a three-way scoring play from Dan Payne and Andrew Merilees to close out scoring with the teams ticd at two heading into the second period. dust three minutes into the mid- dle frame, the Flames took the lead for the first time in the game as Payne scored short-handed, out muscling a Grandview attacker just inside the Steeler zone and then going in for the score. A minute later, the teams traded goals only 60 seconds apart with Grandview scoring on the power play and then Payne notching his second of the game from Port and Mcrilees for a 4-3 Flames’ Icad. 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The Flames took the fead again 43 seconds later as Buhr scored his second of the game with John Cox and Scott Higginson drawing the assists. But at 10:14, the Steelers replied with the goal that would send the Canada's changing seasons can leave you in doubt as to the effectiveness of your cooling system. That is why you 21 - Sunday, March 6, 1988 - North Shore News game into overtime. Goaltenders at both ends of the ice were at the mercy of rival shooters much of the night and in hindsight crucial saves by Flame netminder Gary Knight on two Stecler breakaways late in the game spelled the difference. Over the two periods the Flames outshot the Steclers 51-41 in regu- Jation and 4-0 in overtime. In Grandview on Feb. 28, the Flames 6-5 victory didn't come much easier, either. The Flames came out of the first period sporting a 2-0 lead on a power-play goal by Savage from Steve Harris and Stonchouse at the 8:57 mark, followed by a Merilees from Port combination three minutes later. 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