After an up-and-down weekend at home, the Laval Rocket hopped on the bus to travel down the 401 to Toronto to face the Marlies. The last time these two teams met, the Rocket notched a shutout victory in a game that was riddled with fisticuffs and penalties in the final minutes.
The Rocket entered the game looking markedly different than that game, with Michael Pezzetta, Alex Belzile, Cayden Primeau, and Ryan Poehling since called up to the NHL, while Cole Caufield found himself in Laval to get his offensive game going a bit. With Primeau called up the net belonged to Michael McNiven, who was looking to establish a rhythm and get his form back on track.