There was no kryptonite for Joey Manley on Friday.

The Ravens centre scored a hat-trick and the Ravens rolled to a 7-3 victory over the University of Toronto Varsity Blues at the Ice House.

With the win, Carleton forces a game three Saturday night where the winner will advance to the second round of the playoffs.

Carleton opened the scoring on the power play as Ryan Berard scored his second goal of the series by roofing it over the shoulder of back-up first year goalie Garrett Sheehan.

The Ravens continued their relentless pressure, and half way through the opening frame, Joey Manley scored his first goal off a juicy rebound to put the Ravens up 2-0.

Joey Manley slams home his second of the game (Photo: Murray McComb)

“We knew we had to come out with a big start tonight,” said Manley. “We just had to keep shooting the puck. If you fire the puck on net, rebounds will come and we’ll get the garbage goals.”

They kept that strategy early in the second.

Manley jammed home a loose puck off a Sheehan rebound to extend the lead to three.

But the Varsity Blues turned up the heat and cooled down Carleton’s attack. They forced the Ravens to rely on goalie Matthew Dopud to make a couple huge saves before Blake Boddy cut the lead to two, scoring on a power play late in the second on a howitzer off a loose puck near the point.

Toronto was not done.

While shorthanded Paul Dupont played strong on the puck, wrapped around the net and got the Blues within one.

However, 30 seconds later, an Andrew Self shot from the point deflected off the skate of a Toronto defender and into an open Toronto net.

Toronto head coach Darren Lowe knew that goal was the killer.

“We were starting to gain a lot of momentum but a goal off of a foot like that…it really kills you,” he said after the game.

He was right – the game really was over. Brandon MacLean made sure of it.

The Refs started to play a big role in this one (Photo: Murray McComb)

All throughout the third MacLean was the dominant force for the Ravens, skating relentlessly back to help out on defense, while creating countless scoring opportunities himself.

He even scored his first of the playoffs to help seal the deal for the Ravens.

“I thought [MacLean] was the best player on the ice tonight,” said Carleton head coach Marty Johnston. “By far.”

Manley added a third to make it the hat trick, and Jeff Hayes – a player with a wealth of OHL experience – added one of his own to make it seven for Carleton.

The referees ended up being a story in this one, as game two became a chippy affair.

Carleton was 3/8 on the PP, while Toronto was 1/7.

Forward Shane Bakker does not fear playing a man down (Photo: Murray McComb)

Penalty trouble was not anything that scared Ravens short-handed wizard Shane Bakker.

“You fight through it,” he said. “We have one of the best PK’s in the league and if they want to test it they can test it. We’ll just work our bag off to kill of the penalties.”

Both teams acknowledged Saturday’s final series game could be even more chippy because its do or die time.

The U of T bench boss, however, said his team needs to play at an elite level tomorrow night.

“We gotta come out a lot harder tomorrow night because I know they’ll be way better,” he said. ” We have to be way better in all aspects to beat a team like [Carleton].”

(Photos courtesy of Murray McComb)