The loss denied Hershey the chance for its first win over Laval in five tries since October 19, 2019, while also snapping a three-game winning streak over Laval dating back to the 2022-2023 season.
BOX SCORE
NOTES:
- Laval took an early 1–0 lead at 2:37 of the first period through Marc Del Gaizo, then scored three more goals in the second frame to take a 4–0 lead before Graeme Clarke briefly stopped the bleeding with his 12th of the season for Hershey at 19:57 of the period.
SHOTS: HERE 24, LOW 28
OBJECTIVE: HER – Clay Stevenson, 22-for-28; LAV – Jacob Fowler, 23-for-24
POWER PLAY: HER – 0-for-4; LAV – 2-for-8
THEY SAID IT:
Does head coach Derek King indicate at what point the game became out of reach:
“I think we took a lot of penalties against a team that’s pretty good on the power play. When you give up a couple of power play goals, you’re down three goals, it’s hard to come back against a good team like that. I liked our fight, our fight, but it just got a little out of hand.”
King on the play of Ilya Protas, who returned for the third period after suffering an apparent lower-body injury in the second period:
“Well, he had a game. I thought he played well, he was in control of the game, he made things happen. I was a little concerned that this might be another guy who might be out for a while, but he fought back and it was good to see him finish the game.”
King, how much does he want to hit the reset button with the next game scheduled for tomorrow in Belleville:
“We’ll put it behind us, but we’ve got to learn from it. We’ve got to be able to play and stick to our game plan, whether you’re down 2-0 or 3-0, and we just came off that. We’ll refocus and watch a video traveling to Belleville, and we’ll see what we can show them tomorrow.”
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