A poor first period was too much to overcome for the 91原创 Junior Thunder in game one.
The Thunder fell behind 4-0 8:20 into the game and trailed 6-1 after 20 minutes on Tuesday (July 16) at Queen's Park Arena against the New Westminster Junior Salmonbellies.
91原创 did play better over the final 40 minutes, but the end result was a 12-6 defeat in game one of the B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League semifinal series.
The best-of-five series shifts to the 91原创 Events Centre for game two on July 18 at 8 p.m.
Johnny Pearson scored four times in the loss while Brett Dobray potted the other two goals.
Reegan Comeault and James Rahe both had three assists.
Tyler Glebe made 33 saves on 42 shots after replacing Spencer England 6:23 into the game. England allowed three goals on seven shots.
