Belle River, ON – The Mooretown Flags were defeated in game one of their second round playoff match up against the Belle River Canadiens, coming up just short in a 3-2 loss.

 

Belle River would open the scoring in the first as Branden Larocque would score late in the period. 38 seconds later, Andrew Sokol would tie the game for the Flags, making it a 1-1 game after the first twenty minutes.

 

In the second, Chris DiNatale would put the Canadiens back in front with a power play goal.

 

Scott Chauvin would add an early third peirod goal to make it a 3-1 game. Josh Teschke would cut the lead down to one, but that would be as close as the Flags would come.

 

Andrew Ganter got the start for the Flags and made 38 saves in the loss, as Mooretown was outshot 41-33 in the contest.

 

Game two will go Wednesday February 29th in Mooretown.