Rocket @ Islanders recap & highlights: Another frustrating evening for Laval

An up-and-down opening month for the Laval Rocket continued on Friday night with a 2-1 loss to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. While the Rocket finished on a very strong note, their slow start in the first period was too much to overcome for J.-F. Houle’s squad.

There was little time for the team to dwell on the loss however, as they rolled into Bridgeport for a match with the Islanders on Saturday night. There were three changes from the previous game for Laval as fresh legs were needed in the back-to-back situation. Joël Teasdale, Peter Abbandonato, and Pierrick Dubé slotted in for Xavier Simoneau, Nate Schnarr and Brandon Gignac. In net it was Kevin Poulin who got the nod after Cayden…