Erie took it 8-6 in Kingston, and the middle period was the whole game. The Otters scored five times in the second to flip a one-goal deficit into a lead they never handed back.
Kingston had the better of the first, taking it 2-1 and leading after twenty minutes. The second went 5-3 Erie and the Frontenacs were suddenly chasing at 5-6; the third followed the same script, 2-1 Otters, and the margin held to the horn.
The number that matters: eight goals on the road, five of them in one period. Kingston's six would win most nights in this league — not this one, and not after conceding five in a single frame.