Rocket Lineup

Anthony Richard – Peter Abbandonato – Joel Teasdale

Lucas Condotta – Mitchell Stephens – Xavier Simoneau

Gabriel Bourque – Brandon Gignac – Pierrick Dube

John Parker-Jones – Jan Mysak – Nate Schnarr

William Trudeau – Tory Dello

Nicolas Beaudin – Olivier Galipeau

Mattias Norlinder – Madison Bowey

Cayden Primeau – Kevin Poulin

Rafael Harvey-Pinard (emergency NHL recall), Rem Pitlick (emergency NHL recall), Eric Williams, Mattias Norlinder (illness), Jesse Ylonen (emergency NHL recall), Alex Belzile (emergency NHL recall), Riley McKay, Philippe Desrosiers

Gianni Fairbrother (knee), Danick Martel (DTD), Otto Leskinen

Game Report

Game Report written by Amy Johnson

The good news: Laval managed to earn a point on Saturday night by taking their game against the Belleville Senators to overtime. The bad news: they lost in OT, making it two games in a row the team came out on the wrong side of a matchup against their division rivals.

On Monday afternoon, for a Family Day matinee, the two teams met one more team at CAA Arena, where the Rocket were looking to finish out the weekend with at least one victory.

The most notable change in the lineup happened on the bench, where goaltender Kevin Poulin served as backup to Cayden Primeau after finally being cleared to play from injury.

First Period

Just 13 seconds into the game, Belleville was guilty of turning the puck over behind their own net and Joel Teasdale was there to snap up the puck and put it over the goal line.

The goals continued to pour on as the Senators continued to make mistakes with the puck. Brandon Gignac and Pierrick Dube combined on a two-on-one rush to make it 2-0. Dube fed a centering pass to Gignac, who deked around Antoine Bibeau to score. 20 seconds later, it was Anthony Richard‘s turn to pick off a turnover and find the back of the net.

Shortly after that, Bibeau was seen talking to the trainer and then left the game. That brought backup Belleville goaltender Logan Flodell into the net.

Madison Bowey tallied a goal in the period as well, thanks to a puck that deflected off a Senators’ stick.

Belleville did manage to get on the board before the period expired. While Richard served an interference penalty, Roby Jarventie scored as Primeau was partially screened. They also had a lengthy five-on-three advantage before intermission, as Lucas Condotta and Xavier Simoneau found themselves in the penalty box at the same time.

Second Period

Condotta redeemed himself early in the second period when he scored on Flodell to make it 5-1 for Laval. Jarventie, however, would score a second power play goal just before the midpoint of the game to pull back within three goals.

Third Period

What’s Next?

Plus / Minus

▲ Cayden Primeau, Mattias Norlinder, Madison Bowey, Anthony Richard, Pierrick Dube

▼ Nicolas Beaudin, Olivier Galipeau