Darby McKinnon opened the scoring for the Flags at 2:35 in the first period assisted by Greg Babcock.  Dresden answered back at the 5:22 mark with Joe Deboer scoring from Ryan Cook.  Action continued and in the final minute Brett Thompson scored a powerplay goal assisted by Travis Mullen to put the Flags up 2 - 1 heading into the second.

Midway in the second Mooretown was a player short and Dresden tied things up as Justin Rossignol scored on the powerplay with Jordan Shine and Drew Poissant assisting.  As the period was drawing to a close and with Mooretown fighting off another penalty Cody Stout picked one off the blue line and took it in to score what turned out to be the game winner shorthanded and unassisted.  Score after two 3 - 2 for the Flags.

Third period action saw Brett Thompson scoring late at 17:23 unassisted and in the final  minute with Dresden's net empty for the extra attacker Travis Harper scored into the big pocket to end the game.

Mooretown penalty killing was a major factor as Dresden had a total of 12 powerplay opportunities and scored on just one.  Mooretown went 1 for 6 on powerplays.

Mooretown shots on net count was 33, Dresden recorded 37.

Jordan Gladwish earned the win for the Flags with a total of 35 saves, Eric Steinman took the loss with 28 saves.

The two teams are back in action on Friday night in Dresden for game 4, then return to Mooretown on Saturday for game 5.  Both games begin at 7:30 pm.

In other Jr C Action:

North Division
Wallaceburg leads the series 3 - 0 over Alvinston

South Division
Belle River leads 3 - 0 over Kingsville
Essex leads 3 - 0 over Wheatley