Montreal Canadiens Rocket Fire: Daniel Audette leads Laval to weekend revenge

Game 38: 4-0 L to the Manitoba Moose

The last time Charlie Lindgren started in goal for the Laval Rocket was December 1st against the Utica Comets. Lindgren stopped 33 of 38 shots in the loss and unfortunately didn’t get a chance to bounce back from it as a lower-body injury would take him out of the lineup for weeks. However, the 25-year-old was cleared and in charge of guarding the net against Manitoba. There was a concern Lindgren reaggravated his injury at some point during the game, but he looked good enough to continue.

It was also a season debut for David Schlemko who had just been waived by the Montreal Canadiens. Schlemko spent time with the Laval Rocket last year as well on a pair of conditioning stints and would be reunited with Xavier Ouellet and Brett Lernout.

Daniel Audette – Jake Evans – Byron Froese
Nikita Jevpalovs – Lukas Vejdemo – Alexandre Grenier
Alex Belzile – Phelix Martineau – Alexandre Alain
Michael Pezzetta – Jake Verbeek – Antoine Waked

Daniel Sklenicka – Brett Lernout
Xavier Ouellet – Cale Fleury
David Schlemko – Maxim Lamarche

Charlie Lindgren
Connor LaCouvee

The game didn’t start the way Laval would’ve liked as Lindgren had an anti-Mario Lemieux moment. With offensive zone pressure, Peter Stoykewych bumped the puck to the left point for Cameron Schilling who fired a wrist shot at the net. Lindgren tried to swat the puck away with his blocker, but it instead ricocheted off and behind him. That was the first shot of the game.