The Laval Rocket played three dominant periods, killed off two penalties, and only allowed two goals but fell to the Binghamton Devils 2-1 on Saturday afternoon at Place Bell.
The Rocket outshot the Devils 41-15 and 24-5 in the final 40 minutes, but could not find a way to beat Mackenzie Blackwood more than once, splitting the weekend series.
“It’s frustrating,” Rocket head coach Joël Bouchard said. “The effort was there. We played really well, we made one mistake in the third period and it cost us a goal. We gave up three shots in the third, two shots in the second, I have to give credit to the players for their effort, they did what we wanted to do.