The Manitoba Moose (4-4-0-0) were defeated 2-1 by the Laval Rocket (5-2-1-0) on Saturday afternoon at Bell Centre in Montreal, Que. At 7:18 in the first period, Lukas Vejdemo sent a shot through traffic and gave the Rocket an early 1-0 advantage. Just under a minute later, Manitoba saw a chance to score an equalizer as Nathan 
Todd found Cole Perfetti with room but his shot rang off the post.
With 2:35 gone in the second period, Ryan Poehling capitalized on a breakaway opportunity and improved Laval’s lead to 2-0. At 12:39 in the second, Alex Belzile nearly added to the Rocket goal count, but Moose netminder Arturs Silovs denied Belzile’s first attempt and followed it up with an impressive sliding, pad save to turn away the second chance.
At 2:10 in the final frame, Leon Gawanke saw an opportunity to get Manitoba on the board however his attempt hit iron. With two minutes remaining in regulation, the rebound from Nathan Todd’s one-timer attempt found Tyler Graovac who buried the chance to get Manitoba within one. The Moose outshot Laval by a 8-7 margin during the third period, but it wasn’t enough as Laval held on to the 2-1 victory. 
Statbook
- Goaltender Arturs Silovs and Forward Brett Davis both appeared in their AHL debut with the Moose during tonight’s contest.
- In recording the primary assist on Tyler Graovac’s goal, Nathan Todd extends his point streak to seven games (4G, 5A).
- Ville Heinola marked his first AHL assist of the 2020-21 season.
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