Game 4: Laval Rocket at Charlotte Checkers
Venue Bojangles Coliseum
Date: Tuesday, June 3
Time: 7:00 pm EDT
TV: FLO Sports
Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster
Laval Rocket News & Notes:
The Rocket are on the verge of seeing their season come to an end unless they can mount a comeback in this series. They are 6-6-0 in the Calder Cup playoffs, averaging 2.8 goals per game while allowing three goals per game. Both goalies saw time in game three. Cayden Primeau got the start stopping 12 of the 16 shots he faced. Jacob Fowler appeared in relief stopping 12 of the 13 shots he faced. Primeau is posting a 3.27 goals-against average a .878 save percentage, and a shutout. Fowler is posting a 2.38 goals-against average, a .906 save percentage, and a shutout.
Charlotte Checkers News & Notes:
The Checkers can advance to the Calder Cup Finals tonight with a win. Charlotte has outscored Laval 15-4 thru the first three games of this series. They improved to an impressive 9-1-1 in the Calder Cup playoffs, averaging 3.8 goals per game while allowing 1.7 goals per game. Kaapo Kahkonen is posting a 1.71 goals-against average, a .928 save percentage, and a shutout. He stopped 22 of the 23 shots he faced in game three.
Laval Rocket Projected Lines
Roy-Kapanen-Barre-Boulet
Farrell-Gignac-Beck
Harvey-Pinard-Condotta-Simoneau
Davidson-Xhekaj-Tuch
Hofenmayer-Reinbacher
Engstrom-Lindstrom
Hayes-Mailloux
Primeau
Fowler
Charlotte Checkers Projected Lines
Skoog -Asplund-Leonard
Smith-Sourdif-Lockwood
Steeves-Okuliar-Vilmanis
Bezeau-Entwistle-Puljujarvi
Bjornfot-Hovorka
Carrick-Benning
Kiersted-Alscher
Kahkonen
Appleby
Players To Watch:
Laval Rocket
Alex Barre-Boulet and Sean Farrell leads the team in points with ten. Laurent Dauphin leads in goals with five. Barre-Boulet and Farrell lead in assists with seven. Rafael Harvey-Pinard and William Trudeau lead in plus/minus with a plus-four.
Charlotte Checkers
John Leonard leads the team in points and goals with ten points and six goals. Jesse Puljujarvi leads in assists with five. Tobias Bjornfot leads the team in plus/minus with a plus-14.
Next Game
Game 5: Thursday, June 5 at Bojangles Coliseum (If Necessary)
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