On the heels of a major 6-2 win on Wednesday night against the Syracuse Crunch, the Rocket were back in action against their division rival once more on Friday night. There was just one lineup change for the Rocket as J.-S. Dea returned to the team after missing the last two games with a minor injury.
In net it was Kevin Poulin for the Rocket, and opposite him was Amir Miftakhov, who was pulled after just one period of action in the game Wednesday night.
Once more it appeared that the Rocket had taken an early lead as Gabriel Bourque broke into the slot and took a centring feed, but his shot clanged off the iron behind Miftakhov.