The Laval Rocket looked set for a fourth straight win but ultimately lost 5-3 to the Belleville Senators on Friday at the CAA Arena.
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Jean-François Houle’s men played brilliantly in the first 36 minutes of the game, giving them a two-goal lead. However, Jonathan Aspirot and Angus Crookshank equalized before the end of the middle third, then everything fell apart in the last third.
Thanks to a sustained forecheck, Brennan set up Saulnier Crookshank’s second game to make it 3-2. Young defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker, who has played 13 games for the Ottawa Senators this season, threaded the needle for the first time in the campaign to make the make the game out of reach of the missile.
Unfailing in the first twenty, Cayden Primeau had tougher times in the last 40 minutes. He conceded four goals in 31 shots.
While the young American porter was on the bench in favor of a sixth skater, Egor Sokolov pushed the disc into an abandoned cage to seal the outcome of the duel.
Peter Abbandonato, Pierrick Dubé and William Trudeau responded for the rocket.
In the midst of the race for a playoff spot, the Laval team will cross swords twice more with the Senators on Saturday and Monday in Belleville.