Patrick Williamstheahl.com writer
Senator Belleville's high line show will last at least one night.
Entering the week, SENS finds itself having four points in the playoffs, a North Section game that has been haunted for weeks.
Their remaining timeline was to play three games against the league-leading Laval Rockets.
Wednesday's visit to Bale was basically a must-win game. Again, it's not a trivial matter, facing an opponent who has achieved the second best performance at home this season. One scenario stands out in a series of dazzling climax possibilities: Depending on other results, Belleville's losses could have put Syracuse, Cleveland and Toronto into the playoffs and ended the Senators' playoff hopes.
Still, Belleville has hope. The team split the first four games at Place Bell this season.
“They know what's dangerous,” the head coach David Bell The skateboard said in the morning. “It’s part of their development and see how they strengthen … they’ve improved the game at these important moments.”
because Xavier BourgaultIn the third phase of Wednesday, Belville scored 8:18 and Belville won 2-1 and now has more hope.
Syracuse won a playoff spot in Hershey for an overtime victory, which put it on three teams between Marlies, Monsters and Senators, the last two positions in the North Section. And something must be given. For now, Toronto scored 82 points, Cleveland has 81 points and Belleville has 78 points.
Cleveland visited Lehigh Valley ahead of the regular season finale of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Friday. Marlies has a homemade home with Amerks, which begins on Friday. Then there are the B-Sens, who are still playing tonight’s Rockets at Laval, and then the season showdown at CAA Arena on Saturday. The Rockets also have a lot to play as they try to secure the AHL’s regular season championship.
goalkeeper LeeviMeriläinen Probably saved Belleville's season Wednesday. On the Laval three-on-one chance Alex Barré-Boulet,,,,, Laurent Dauphin and Sean FarrellMeriläinen managed to close the field and left the game with no points. He continued to defend against Laval's chances, retaining the victory with 23 saves.
Bale's players have had many urgent moments lately. Belleville has earned points in seven of the last nine games (5-2-1-1), including a 3-0-1-0 extension from Rochester, Springfield, Providence and Laval. Four road games, four opponents entering the Calder Cup playoffs, SENS took seven of the eight points. It's also familiar territory for the Senators, who needed an angry score last season – winning eight of the last nine games – to play in the playoffs. In 2022, they won seven wins in the last eight games, bringing them to the playoffs.
“Every line is working and there is a price to pay,” Burgot said after his win on Wednesday. “The guys believe it.”
During the fifty years in the American Hockey League, Theahl.com writer Patrick Williams currently covers NHL.com and Flosports leagues and is a regular contributor to Siriusxm NHL New Network Radio. He won the AHL’s James H. Ellery Memorial Award for his outstanding league coverage in 2016.
