Laval Rocket: The hole keeps gets deeper and deeper
By Omar L
The Laval Rocket finished off the month of January with another loss to the Manitoba Moose as they crawl into the All-Star Break.
When it rains, it pours. Although Sylvain Lefebvre made some changes to the lineup, including reuniting Michael McCarron with Nikita Scherbak and Chris Terry on the top line, the game again, didn’t go the way the Laval Rocket wanted it to.
Special teams were responsible for the goal scoring in the first period as Laval gave up a goal to Manitoba shorthanded but tied it up on the powerplay later on thanks to Adam Cracknell. Then things got pretty physical. Buddy Robinson decided to take an extra shot on Michael McNiven after a whistle was blown and McCarron, Scherbak, and Noah Juulsen took offence.
That wasn’t the last of it though. Brett Lernout and Brendan Lemieux got into it in the third period as well. Regarding the on-ice play, the team didn’t do themselves any favours in that department either. Allowing Charles-David Beaudoin and Lemieux to come together to score shorthanded was one thing, but poor zone exits and awareness in the neutral zone led to goals three and four for Manitoba.
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Laval, unfortunately, didn’t do enough to change their position in terms of hopes for the rest of the season. They lost each of their three games after having a three-day break and with another one coming up because of the All-Star Weekend, ending off on a more positive note was a better option. Now that’s a ‘no duh’ moment, but the Rocket are going to make it very hard for themselves as the rest of the season continues.
It’s at a point now where, similar to last year as the St. Johns IceCaps; they’ll have to sit with their fingers crossed hoping for teams ahead of them to lose. There’s still some hope there, but time is running out.