Laval, QC – The Providence Bruins fell 4-1 to the Laval Rocket on Tuesday night at Place Bell. Defenseman Frederic Brunet scored the lone goal for Providence in the middle frame.
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Marc Del Gaizo’s wrist shot from the point trickled through the goaltender’s pads to give the Rocket a 1-0 lead with 9:04 remaining in the first period.
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Fabian Lysell backhanded the puck across the blueline to Brunet at the point, where his wrist shot snuck past the glove of the goaltender to tie the game at 1-1 with 8:43 to play in the second frame. Patrick Brown received a secondary assist.
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Alex Belzile cut down the slot and one-timed a feed from below the goal line to give the Rocket a 2-1 lead with 2:30 left in the second period.
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While shorthanded, Xavier Simoneau stole the puck from the goaltender and poked it across the goal line to extend the Laval lead to 3-1 with 9:22 remaining in the third period.
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Samuel Blais’ one-timer from the top of the left circle trickled between the pads of the goaltender to make it 4-1 Rocket with 1:57 to play.
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This was just the seventh time this season the P-Bruins have surrendered the first goal of the game.
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Brunet tallied his fourth goal of the season.
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Goaltender Michael DiPietro stopped 18 of 22 shots faced. The P-Bruins totaled 29 shots.
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The power play went 0-for-4 and the penalty kill was 2-for-2.
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The P-Bruins fall to 16-4-0-0.