The playoffs at any level of hockey are a strenuous grind, both physically and mentally on teams. The Laval Rocket entered Game 4 battling through both as they looked to even the series with the Springfield Thunderbirds at Place Bell. Game 3 started out well enough, but a four-goal night from Will Bitten put the Rocket down two games to one when the final horn sounded.
With a lopsided loss hanging over them, and some clear issues in need of fixing, J.-F. Houle made his first big changes of the post-season. Joshua Roy and Peter Abbandonato were scratched in favour of the returning Gabriel Bourque and Devante Smith-Pelly.