Flags allow three in first in loss to Belle River
sarniasports.com  DECEMBER 14, 2010

The Mooretown Flags allowed three goals in the first period to the South Division leading Belle River Canadiens on route to a 5-2 loss Wednesday night in Mooretown.

Dylan Impens opened the scoring for Belle River with his first of the season. The Canadiens would then use the special teams to build there lead, as they score first shorthanded, as Branden Larocque gets his 9th of the season. Then they would score on the powerplay as Travis Brown puts the Canadiens up 3-0 after one.

Mooretown would get one back to start the second, as Alex Dawson would get his second of the year from Jason Teschke and Derek D'Andrea on the powerplay. But Belle River would get it back thirty seconds later as Scott Chauvin would put Belle River back up by three. But the Flags would get another back, as Aaron Schieman would get his fifth of the season from Zach Anderson and Jason Teschke to make it 4-2 after the second.

But Belle River would capitalize on the shorthand again, as Matt Todd scores the Canadiens second shorthanded goal to put them back up by three. The Canadiens would take it 5-2.

Colton James got the start for the Flags and stooped 54 of 59 shots. The Flags were outshot by a wide margin, as they only got 24 shots on net compared to Belle Rivers 59, which included 27 in the first alone, compared to Mooretown's 5.

With the loss, Mooretown stays at 13-12-2 and are in second place still in the North Division, two points ahead of Alvinston.

Mooretown's schedule does not get easier as they next take on the Wallaceburg Lakers who currently are first in the North Division. The game goes Saturday, December 18th in Mooretown.