An up-and-down opening month for the Laval Rocket continued on Friday night with a 2-1 loss to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. While the Rocket finished on a very strong note, their slow start in the first period was too much to overcome for J.-F. Houle’s squad.
There was little time for the team to dwell on the loss however, as they rolled into Bridgeport for a match with the Islanders on Saturday night. There were three changes from the previous game for Laval as fresh legs were needed in the back-to-back situation. Joël Teasdale, Peter Abbandonato, and Pierrick Dubé slotted in for Xavier Simoneau, Nate Schnarr and Brandon Gignac.