THE ROCKET TRIUMPHANT IN 5-4 SHOOTOUT WIN OVER THE PROVIDENCE BRUINS
LAVAL (October 16, 2019) – The Rocket were victorious in a 5-4 shootout win over the Providence Bruins Wednesday evening at Place Bell.
After a relatively quiet 10 minutes of play, the Rocket’s offense got to work. Past the halfway mark of the frame, Michael Pezzetta scored his first goal of the season assisted by Gustav Olofsson, who also earned his first point of the season on the play with an assist. Soon after, Lukas Vejdemo capitalized on a turnover and beat Lagace with a nifty shot during a penalty kill. With less than five minutes left in the opening period, Phil Varone skated past two Bruins players to create a three-on-one chance down low with linemates Jake Evans and Riley Barber. The latter received Varone’s cross-ice pass to score in a wide-open net to triple the Rocket’s tally. To close the period, Joe Cox sent a snipe past Lagace from the left faceoff circle to give the home team a 4-0 lead on the powerplay.
After five minutes of 3-on-3, the game required a shootout. Fans were treated to a battle of the goalies as both Lindgren and Lagace, who started the third period, made key saves to keep their teams in the game. Jake Evans finally defeated Lagace to give the Rocket a 5-4 shootout victory.
Scorers
LAV: Pezzetta (Olofsson) | Vejdemo (Jevpalovs) | Barber (Varone, Evans) | Cox (Poehling)
PRO: Cehlarik (Didier, Lauzon) | Carey (Studnicka, Breen) | Cehlarik (Gaunce, Petrovic) | Gaunce (Bjork, Carey)
Goaltenders
LAV: Lindgren (34/38) | PRO: Lagace (14/18), Vladar (8/8)
Three Stars: 1. Jake Evans – LAV 2. Lukas Vejdemo – LAV 3. Peter Cehlarik – PRO