The Laval Rocket will now play a winner-take-all Recreation 5 on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. at Place Bell, after the schedule was adjusted from its unique Friday slot.
The Rocket compelled the deciding sport earlier this week with a 4–0 street win over the Toronto Marlies in Recreation 4 of their North Division Semifinal sequence.
Full weekend of playoff hockey within the area
The rescheduled sport units up a uncommon stretch of consecutive playoff motion throughout the Higher Montreal space, with each AHL and NHL video games going down on three straight days.
On Friday evening, the Montreal Canadiens proceed their second-round sequence in opposition to the Buffalo Sabres in Recreation 2, earlier than consideration shifts again to Laval on Saturday afternoon for the Rocket sequence decider.
The weekend concludes with the Canadiens returning to Montreal, the place the sequence in opposition to Buffalo strikes to the Bell Centre for Recreation 3 on Sunday.
A uncommon overlap for followers
With each groups nonetheless within the playoffs, the scheduling creates an uncommon run of back-to-back-to-back significant video games for native followers, spanning two leagues and a number of cities throughout the similar area.
