- On Friday evening, the Laval Rocket played their home opener at Place Bell against the Syracuse Crunch. To mark the occasion, the team had organized a Fan Jam, in addition to the classic pre-game opening ceremony where all the local players are introduced one by one.
Well, Alex Barré-Boulet, who went through the waivers following his dismissal by Laval earlier this week, wasted no time in scoring his first goal for the Rocket. He took advantage of a Brandon Gignac-induced turnover with just over a minute to play to open the scoring against his former team.
Moments later, Vincent Arseneau engaged Kale Kessy. However, after trading a few punches, the Rocket player had to stop the fight, as he dislocated a finger, which he immediately tried to replace himself. Ouch!
After seeing the Crunch tie the game 1-1 in the second period, Joshua Roy gave his team back the lead shortly afterwards by taking advantage of the powerplay to score his first goal of the season. Barré-Boulet also picked up an assist on the play.
The game remained tight with a 2-2 tie to start the third period, before Roy struck again with his second goal of the game again with the man advantage to give the Rocket the lead back for a third time in the game.
The Laval team never looked back as Barré-Boulet scored his second goal and fourth point of the game. Joshua and Gignac each picked up an assist on the goal.
Finally, Xavier Simoneau put the game out of reach for the visitors, bringing the score to 5-2.
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