After a bitter loss in Belleville on Thursday night, the Laval Rocket returned home for the first of two games against the Charlotte Checkers this weekend, and got the homestand off on the right foot with a 4-2 win.
They were without their two regular goalies, lost Karl Alzner and Victor Mete to the Canadiens, and now they’d be missing both Noah Juulsen and Byron Froese, who were hurt against the Senators.
In net, Etienne Marcoux ceded his spot to ECHL call-up Connor LaCouvee, which makes some sense given the nature of the three-in-three weekend.