While Laval was still doing well keeping their lead intact, a Cale Fleury slashing call sent them to the penalty kill, where Greg McKegg broke LaCouvee’s shutout bid. With all said and done, he was given two for boarding and five for fighting, while his opponent was hit with a misconduct for instigating. The Czech defender threw his hip into Stortini, launching him into the boards, and then he had to immediately fight Steven Lorentz. Sklenicka kicked off another exciting period by exacting revenge on Stortini for his earlier hit on him. The teams headed into the first intermission with Laval clearly having stunned Charlotte in the opening 20 minutes, leading 3-0. McCarron wasted no time getting on the ice and throwing Brown around to send a message to the Checkers.īefore the period was out, the Rocket tacked on one more goal for good measure, this time off the stick of Hunter Shinkaruk. With Jake Evans skating up the boards with the puck, Patrick Brown caught him with a high hit, and the rookie was very slow to get to the bench. The physicality then claimed a victim on the Rocket. VrENzWU2Yh- Scott Matla December 29, 2018 It bounced off Audette and McCarron, with Audette finishing his second chance at a shot, giving Laval the 2-0 lead.ĭaniel Audette cleans up in front of the net, Laval out to an early 2-0 first period lead. Belzile circled the net before flinging the puck in front. LaCouvee was solid in net, not giving up any chances to a dangerous Charlotte attack, and then the Rocket offence added some more insurance for their new goalie. A back-and-forth tilt sent both men to the box for five minutes, and set the tone for the rest of the period. Things got heavily physical from there, with Zack Stortini blasting David Sklenicka along the boards, and rookie Michael Pezzetta coming in to stand up for his teammate. UUzCC20CBF- Scott Matla December 29, 2018 Great zone entry by Xavier Ouellet sets the stage for Lukas Vejdemo's fifth goal of the year. Some slick passing from Daniel Audette to Alex Belzile and finally to Lukas Vejdemo resulted in the Swede’s fifth goal of the year. Xavier Ouellet drove through the neutral zone and gained the Charlotte offensive end with ease, and as he stumbled to the ice he fed a pass back to a trailing forward. The Rocket managed only three shots on the man advantage, but as Wesley exited the box, Laval found the opening goal. Josh Wesley drew blood with a high stick, sending the Rocket to a four-minute power play just 2:22 into the game. With both Froese and Juulsen out of the lineup, the Rocket were in need of some strong showings by some of their other veterans, and after a two-goal game in Belleville, Michael McCarron seemed like the perfect candidate to overcome the odds.Ĭharlotte was kind enough to give Laval a perfect opportunity for an early lead. Opposing him would be Alex Nedeljkovic for the Checkers. In net, Etienne Marcoux ceded his spot to ECHL call-up Connor LaCouvee, which makes some sense given the nature of the three-in-three weekend. They were without their two regular goalies, lost Karl Alzner and Victor Mete to the Canadiens, and now they’d be missing both Noah Juulsen and Byron Froese, who were hurt against the Senators. After a bitter loss in Belleville on Thursday night, the Laval Rocket returned home for the first of two games against the Charlotte Checkers this weekend, and got the homestand off on the right foot with a 4-2 win.
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