The P.E.I. Rocket skate down the backstretch of the 2012-13 Quebec Major Junior Hockey league season with two of its three remaining games versus the Moncton Wildcats.
Tonight, the Confederation Bridge rivals meet at the Charlottetown Civic Centre at 7 p.m., in a game rescheduled from Feb. 10.
All tickets issued for the Feb. 10 game will be accepted today. P.E.I. (38-23-3-1) has points in eight of its last 10 games, and is tied 3-3 in the season series again the 'Cats.
Moncton (40-21-2-1) won the previous matchup 4-3 in overtime in Moncton. The teams plays again on Friday (7 p.m. at the Civic Centre).
The Rocket is seventh overall and third in the Maritimes Division with 80 points and is three points behind the Quebec Remparts and Moncton for fifth place in the league
Right now, the Rocket is looking at a first-round playoff matchup against the Val-d'Or Foreurs (10th), while Moncton is staring down the 12th overall Chicoutimi Saguenéens.
P.E.I. finishes the regular season on Sunday versus the Saint John Sea Dogs, which clinched the 16th and final post-season berth.
Game time Sunday in 3 p.m., at the Civic Centre.
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On Saturday, the league suspended Quebec defenceman Dillon Donnelly four games after instigating a fight following a substitution of players in a weekend game against Victoriaville.
Raymond Bolduc, director of player safety, also fined the teams $1,000 for inappropriate conduct in the penalty boxes.
