Laval returned home last week after an eventful trip to Calgary. Things didn’t get off to a great start but the Rocket rebounded nicely, picking up a pair of wins against Cleveland to close out a good week in the standings.
With October in the books, the season is underway for Montreal’s prospects. While some just started in recent days, there are enough who have played full months to hand out some accolades for the past month.
Laval ended the month of October on the road in Calgary for a pair of games. The two teams don’t play each other often and evidently, they still don’t like each other very much as both games were chippy. A pair of shorthanded markers in the second game helped earn the Rocket a split in the miniseries.
While Laval’s winning streak came to an end last week, they were still able to pick up a pair of victories on home ice to take over first place in the Eastern Conference for the time being.
The Habs are off for the next two days so they’re allowing a pair of youngsters to get in a game with Laval in the meantime. The team announced Wednesday that they’ve assigned David Reinbacher and Owen Beck to Laval.
Laval’s road trip ended with a pair of games. The first started in disastrous form before the Rocket pulled off a huge comeback and in the second, some strong goaltending helped them extend their winning streak to five.
Laval kicked off the road portion of their 2026-27 schedule last week with a pair of weekend games. They were quite sharp in both, skating away with relatively easy victories to extend their early winning streak to three games.
In advance of what many expected would be his season debut Thursday, goaltender Samuel Montembeault left practice today with an injury. In response, Montreal has recalled netminder Jacob Fowler from Laval.
Laval kicked off the 2026-27 season with a pair of home games against a division rival in Syracuse. They struggled considerably in the opener but rebounded well with a six-goal effort the next day to pick up a split.
The Laval Rocket kicks off its tenth season of operation on Friday night as they host Syracuse. It has been a season of turnover for Montreal’s top affiliate, with plenty of changes to their roster.