With over a week off between games, the Laval Rocket hit the road for their first trip of the season. First up was a stop in Ottawa to open a two-game series against the Belleville Senators. Laval had taken three of four games in dominant fashion when the teams met to kick off the season, and are coming off a split series with the Manitoba Moose, having won the last two games in the series.
Laval is without their captain Xavier Ouellet and dependable forward Laurent Dauphin, as both were recalled to the Montreal taxi squad as the NHL club began a road trip of their own.