Unfortunately, their reverting to old habits when it comes to not starting on time was the reason for the team’s back-to-back losses to Belleville over the weekend, including this 5-4 overtime loss on Saturday.
“The starts were a strength of ours for a while there,” said Greg Moore. “We will have to hit the reset and discuss it as a group. If you look at the six periods, I thought we had four really good periods, but in the two games, the first period was [our downfall].”
First Period
It’s no exaggeration to suggest that the Marlies could have trailed by four goals after 20 minutes of play.