AHL: Kayden Primo says no to Thunderbirds and delivers first rocket victory

Laval – The rocket owes one of the Springfield Thunderbirds. Not anymore.

Four months after being eliminated in seven games at the hands of Massachusetts in the Eastern Final, the Canadian school club settled its calculations Wednesday evening with a 2-0 victory at Place Bell, marking its first victory in its third victory. Campaign game.

Gabriel Burke, who has scored a goal in every rocket game so far, got his revenge early in the recent period by frustrating Thunderbirds goalkeeper Joel Hofer with a grueling wrist throw to the upper left corner after a skillful display by Otto Liskinen at the entrance to the area.

“I feel good on the ice. The guy gives himself in an incredible way and that gives me chances. He’s the cheerful Modest Burki commented after his team’s victory, confirming the goal of Torri Delo in the empty net.

In front of Laval’s net, Kayden Primo stopped all 34 of the visit’s shots to sign his ninth MLS close. Amal Habs noticeably said no to the Thunderbirds’ attacks at the end of the meeting, when they took advantage of the power game.

“We wanted to play for the full 60 minutes and I think that’s what we did. It’s a good team [les Thunderbirds] I am happy to sign this first victory. »

“Our defenses were solid and we blocked a lot of shots. They (the Tunderbirds) spent some time in our area, but for the most part, we kept them outside, not letting them into the besieged area,” he was satisfied at the same time with head coach Jean-Francois Hall in end of the match. Game.

Primo scare

The victim of a collision with former Canadian star Will Peten in the second period, as the latter converged on his net, Primo shook for a moment, but confirmed that he quickly regained his senses.

“Bitting is this type of player, so you always have to stay alert. But hockey is hockey, everyone fights and things like that happen,” belittled the meeting star.

His coach was less diplomatic.

“I wasn’t very happy and I think he went into the net with a lot of force. It’s at the beginning of the year and sometimes, in these matches, the referees don’t look like much.”

The Rocket will play its next two games on the road, first visiting former captain Xavier Ole, who now plays for the Wilkes Barr/Scranton Penguins, on Friday. The next day, the residents of Laval would stop in Bridgeport to confront the islanders.

Tisdale is waiting for his turn

While the younger generation of Canadians gets their first chance to assert themselves in the rocket’s uniform – Xavier Simono and Jan Misak started the meeting on the fourth line with player in the trial Beric Dube – striker Kipker Joel Tisdale awaits for his role as the victim of the school club’s depth attack.

Having not played a pre-season game for the Canadians before he was snapped, the 23-year-old Kipker, who is in his third season in the organization, has yet to break the ice in MLS this year and Jean-Francois has been scratched. Team Holly for the third time on Tuesday evening.

“In the conversation I had with Joel, I told him to just be patient,” Hall explained in the morning, when he currently had 16 strikers at his disposal.

“At the beginning of the year in MLS, we have many players. We exchanged last year [Jake] Lucchini because we’ve been in this situation and we know Lucchini is doing really well there in Belleville (Ottawa Senators’ Ranch Club, editor’s note). We want to be patient, they will play, all the players will play during the year. It’s just that at the beginning of the year it’s a little more difficult to get everyone involved. I’m sure Joël, when he has the chance to come back, will play well. »