In a roller-coaster week for the Laval Rocket, they pulled into Belleville down a top-four defender in Karl Alzner, and their backup-turned-starting-goalie in Michael McNiven. Both were recalled to the Montreal Canadiens due to injuries to David Schlemko and Carey Price, respectively.
That left Etienne Marcoux as the de facto starter, and backing him up would be Kevin Bailie of Queen’s University. This was due to the fact that ECHL goalie Connor Lacouvee, who was signed to a PTO from the Maine Mariners, was not going to make it in time for the game, though he will be available for the two games this weekend.