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The battered and short-handed Rocket again put together a great effort in a loss.

Club de Hockey Canadien With a division title all wrapped up after a dominant showing on Wednesday evening, the Laval Rocket’s goal for the few remaining games this season was to give their young prospects a chance to get their feet wet in expanded roles. On Friday that was especially true as Ryan Poehling had been shut down for the year with a wrist injury, while Alex Belzile remained on the Montreal Canadiens’ taxi squad. With Yannick Veilleux also suspended, the Rocket were down to just 11 forwards for the showdown with Belleville. Joël Bouchard was going to lean heavily on his few re...

Shanna Martin To say the Laval Rocket are playing at another level right now would be an understatement. The team won their fifth straight game 4-1 against the Belleville Senators in Ottawa on Saturday afternoon. The three-game sweep that started Wednesday night moved the Rocket to the top of the American Hockey League standings. They are now 22-5-2 on the season, and are 16-1-1 in their last 18 games dating back to March 14. Laval had four different goal scorers in the victory, and Ryan Poehling had three assists. They scored two goals on the power play, and Vasily Demchenko made 20 saves to...

Club de Hockey Canadien Laval was back in action on Friday night, just two days after their nail-biting 5-4 victory over the Belleville Senators in Ottawa. Originally scheduled to be a weekend off, the game kicked off a back to back against the Senators, and a chance for the Rocket to keep their red-hot streak rolling. Joël Bouchard opted for a few minor lineup changes after the win on Wednesday, inserting Cam Hillis in place of Jan Myšák on the fourth line, while Terrance Amorosa replaced Jacob LeGuerrier on defence. In net Michael McNiven got the start, looking to improve on his stellar ...

Alexander Romanov and Victor Mete are finding their game Share this story Photo by Francois Lacasse/NHLI via Getty Images Before the season, people wondered whether Alexander Romanov would be ready to make the jump to NHL regular. Questions about his size, and adapting to the North American ice were concerns that were brought up, together with his low production with CSKA. Eager to prove his detractors wrong, Romanov charged out of the box in the first couple of games, but his performance dropped along with Montreal’s own struggles. Victor Mete’s agent wasn’t shy asking for a trade in ...