The Manitoba Moose (4-5-0-0) faced off against the Laval Rocket (3-7-1-0) on Sunday afternoon at Canada Life Centre. Manitoba was coming off a 4-1 defeat against Rockford the previous Sunday.
Laval opened the scoring 49 seconds into the contest. Logan Mailloux gathered the disc at the blue line and put a shot on goal. The puck tumbled through traffic and beat a screened Oskari Salminen. The Rocket pushed further ahead with a goal at the 3:33 mark. Jan Mysak’s shot was knocked away by Salminen and landed in the slot. Tobie Bisson followed up and zipped the rebound home. The Rocket brought the advantage to 3-0 with less than five to go in the period with a shorthanded goal off the rush from Nathan Legare. The Moose got on the board courtesy of a goal with 36 seconds left. Jeff Malott hounded a Laval defender’s stick, deflecting a pass that slipped through the padding of Jakub Dobes. Manitoba trailed 3-1 after 20 minutes of play and was outshot 13-10.
Laval reclaimed the three-goal cushion 2:19 into the middle stanza. Joshua Roy sped into the zone concluded a passing play with William Trudeau by ripping the puck past Salminen. The Moose netminder was called to the bench as Thomas Milic took over the crease, which signified his AHL debut. The Rocket goal was the only scoring of the second frame. Milic stopped all 11 shots he faced as the Moose took the dressing room 4-1.
Manitoba struck just shy of the three-minute mark of the third. With the Moose on the power play, Nikita Chibrikov put a heavy shot on goal that was tipped by Parker Ford. The disc tumbled to the side of the crease where Malott was waiting to pot his second of the game. Laval restored the three-goal lead with a power play goal, as the puck was knocked past Milic by Jared Davidson. With less than a minute to go, the Rocket struck again and Sean Farrell bounced one past Milic on a late power play for a 6-2 final score.
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