It was another night of roster shakeup for the Laval Rocket as they had traded away Alex Green to the Chicago Wolves, then were hammered by a pair of injuries to Madison Bowey and Justin Barron announced before puck drop. That meant a shuffle on defence with William Trudeau drawing back into the lineup.
On the forward side of things there was good news as team captain Alex Belzile was cleared to play and took a spot as the second-line centre. In net it was Kevin Poulin getting the start with Cayden Primeau still injured and not making the trip to Abbotsford.