It didn’t start well for Kevin Poulin, but the goaltender was the star for the Laval Rocket in their 3-2 overtime win against the Utica Comets in Utica on Wednesday night.
Poulin made 41 saves including 22 in the second period in he win. He started the game, and was backed up by Joe Vrbetic as Cayden Primeau remained in Montreal after needing five stitches for taking an errant stick on the bench when he was backing Poulin up last weekend.
The Comets opened the scoring on their first shot of the game. Nikita Okhotiuk passed the puck down low and it was tipped by Jack Dugan at the side of the net at the goal line before going over Kevin Poulin and ending up behind the line.