Belle River, ON – It was another rough start for the Mooretown Flags this week, as they were doubled up by the Belle River Canadiens 6-3 Friday night in Belle River.

 

Mooretown held the early lead as Jeff Schroeter scored his 14th of the season on the powerplay early in the first period.

 

But in the second, Belle River would respond with two back to back powerplay goals, as Nik Dobrich tied it at 1-1, and Blake Jones put the Canadiens in the lead three minutes later with his powerplay goal.

 

Josh Teschke would tie the game at 2-2 with a goal 27 seconds later, but 35 seconds after that Branden Larocque would put the Canadiens back in front, as Belle River took a 3-2 lead into the third period.

 

Chris DiNatale would establish a two goal game for the Canadiens 27 seconds into the third period, but Adam Hayes would reply for Mooretown on the powerplay to cut the lead back down to one.

 

But despite 15 shots in the period, Mooretown could not find the tying goal. Chris DiNatale would score twice at the end of the period to get Belle River the 6-3 victory.

 

Andrew Ganter made 29 saves in the loss, as Mooretown was outshot 35-31.

 

Mooretown is back in action on Saturday as they host the Blenheim Blades.