Belleville Senators Game Day Build-Up
Nov.8/24 vs Laval Rocket (NHL Affiliate: Laval Rocket)
The Set Up:
Through eight games this season, the Belleville Senators have continued to be productive in collecting points, earning at least one in every game except one to this point.
That run continued on Saturday night, when the Sens posted their best offensive output of the year in a hostile environment, ‘crunching’ the Syracuse Crunch 6-2 on Saturday.
The win helped Belleville leap ahead of the Crunch for third place in the North Division with 11 points.
Meantime, the Rocket have shot out to a blazing start, winning seven straight after splitting their opening weekend in Providence against the Bruins and at home against Springfield.
Their last victory was a 6-3 victory over the Bruins on Saturday to improve their record to a North Division-best 8-1 and their point total to 16, which is tied for second-most in the AHL.
Previous History:
This is the first of 10 meetings with the Rocket this season for the B-Sens.
The two clubs were involved in a dogfight for the Calder Cup playoffs in the North Division last season, with Belleville making it in with a dramatic 3-2 win in its final regular season home game last season, simultaneously knocking the Rocket out.
Overall in 2023-24, the Senators went 6-5-1-0 versus Laval in an extremely tight, well-played season series.
Roster Notes:
There haven’t been any significant transactions over the past few days, meaning there likely won’t be much change from Belleville’s lineup in Syracuse last Saturday night. That said, forward Wyatt Bongiovanni was close to returning to action and could potentially be activated from the injured list this weekend, while goaltender Mads Sogaard, and forwards Hayden Hodgson and Jan Jenik remain out hurt. A full list of up-to-date transactions can be found by clicking here, with full lineup details available via the B-Sens social channels (@bellevillesens) before the game.
Who to Watch:
Cole Reinhardt has shot out to an outstanding start offensively amid a couple of recalls to Ottawa, posting a team-leading 10 points in five games between achieving his first NHL point on
The Irricana, AB native had four points in the win over Syracuse, a career-best for a single game in a B-Sens uniform and currently has a three-game goal and point streak going, racking up eight points in that span.
Matt Highmore, Jeremy Davies and Nikolas Matinpalo are other Belleville players to keep an…
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