LAV Rocket
- Alias
- St Johns Icecaps St. Johns Ice Caps
- Leagues Played
- AHL 801 AHL Pre-Season 4
- Links
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| AHL | 03/05 00:00 | 1 |
[16] ROC IceHogs
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LAV Rocket [22] 
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L | 2-1 | |
| AHL | 03/04 00:00 | 1 |
[9] ROC Americans
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LAV Rocket [12]
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W | 3-4 | |
| AHL | 03/02 00:00 | 1 |
[18] ROC Americans
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LAV Rocket [25]
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W | 5-7 | |
| AHL | 02/25 21:00 | 1 |
[23] LAV Rocket v
TOR Marlies
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L | 2-3 | |
| AHL | 02/25 00:05 | 1 |
[21] LAV Rocket v
ROC Americans
[23]
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L | 4-8 | |
| AHL | 02/20 20:05 | 1 |
[24] LAV Rocket v
BEL Senators
[28] 
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W | 7-2 | |
| AHL | 02/19 00:05 | 1 |
[22] LAV Rocket v
BEL Senators
[28]
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L | 4-5 | |
| AHL | 02/18 00:05 | 1 |
[19] LAV Rocket v
BEL Senators
[30]
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L | 3-5 | |
| AHL | 02/12 00:00 | 1 |
[12] UTI Comets
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LAV Rocket [22]
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W | 2-6 | |
| AHL | 02/11 00:00 | 1 |
[17] SYR Crunch
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LAV Rocket [24]
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W | 1-3 | |
| AHL | 02/04 21:00 | 1 |
[24] LAV Rocket v
TOR Marlies
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W | 7-3 | |
| AHL | 02/04 00:00 | 1 |
[5] LAV Rocket v
TOR Marlies
[1]
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L | 1-4 | |
| AHL | 01/29 00:00 | 1 |
[24] LAV Rocket v
CLE Monsters
[26] 
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W | 7-4 | |
| AHL | 01/28 00:00 | 1 |
[24] LAV Rocket v
CLE Monsters
[27]
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L | 2-3 | |
| AHL | 01/26 00:00 | 1 |
[28] BEL Senators
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LAV Rocket [23]
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L | 2-1 | |
| AHL | 01/21 20:00 | 1 |
[3] TOR Marlies
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LAV Rocket [23]
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L | 4-3 | |
| AHL | 01/21 00:00 | 1 |
[2] HER Bears
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LAV Rocket [23]
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W | 2-3 | |
| AHL | 01/19 00:05 | 1 |
[26] LAV Rocket v
ROC Americans
[16]
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W | 5-2 | |
| AHL | 01/14 21:00 | 1 |
CLE Monsters
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LAV Rocket
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W | 2-6 | |
| AHL | 01/14 00:00 | 1 |
[26] LAV Rocket v
SYR Crunch
[25]
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L | 3-7 | |
| AHL | 01/12 00:05 | 1 |
[6] LAV Rocket v
ROC Americans
[3]
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L | 1-3 | |
| AHL | 01/08 21:00 | 1 |
[24] LAV Rocket v
TOR Marlies
[6]
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L | 2-4 | |
| AHL | 01/07 00:00 | 1 |
[13] MTB Moose
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LAV Rocket [23]
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L | 5-4 | |
| AHL | 01/05 00:00 | 1 |
[12] MTB Moose
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LAV Rocket [24]
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W | 3-6 | |
| AHL | 12/31 00:00 | 1 |
[19] SYR Crunch
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LAV Rocket [27]
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W | 1-5 | |
| AHL | 12/29 00:00 | 1 |
[18] SYR Crunch
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LAV Rocket [27]
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W | 3-6 | |
| AHL | 12/24 00:00 | 1 |
WBS Penguins
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LAV Rocket
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| AHL | 12/22 00:00 | 1 |
[26] LAV Rocket v
SYR Crunch
[17]
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L | 1-2 | |
| AHL | 12/18 20:00 | 1 |
[7] LAV Rocket v
CLE Monsters
[4]
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W | 4-1 | |
| AHL | 12/17 17:00 | 1 |
[27] LAV Rocket v
Blanco/B. Zadoinov
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L | 4-7 |
Wikipedia - Laval Rocket
The Laval Rocket (French: Rocket de Laval) are a professional ice hockey team based in Laval, Quebec. They are the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL) and Trois-Rivières Lions of the ECHL. The Rocket play their home games at Place Bell.
History
In July 2016, American Hockey League (AHL) executives announced that they had unanimously approved the relocation of the St. John's IceCaps, AHL affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens, to the Montreal suburb of Laval for the 2017–18 season. Shortly thereafter, a name-the-team contest was held with Patriots, Rapids and Rocket narrowed as the final three candidates. On September 8, the winning name of Laval Rocket was announced, a tribute to Canadiens' legend Maurice "Rocket" Richard, which got a 51% majority of fan votes. With this, Laval became the second hockey team in the Greater Montreal area to use that nickname, after the Montreal Rocket of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), from 1999 until 2003. In June 2017, the franchise named Larry Carriere as general manager and retained Sylvain Lefebvre as head coach, a position he held since 2012 when the franchise played as the Hamilton Bulldogs and St. John's IceCaps respectively.
During their inaugural campaign, Laval compiled a dismal 24–42–7–3 record, placing them last overall in league standings. As a result, Lefebvre would be relieved as head coach and replaced by Joël Bouchard, who himself had been serving as head coach and general manager of the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada in the QMJHL.
For the 2020–21 season, the Rocket temporarily relocated to the Bell Centre in Montreal to share the facility with their parent team during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Rocket finished as Canadian Division champions and posted the second-best winning percentage across the AHL, with their opponents limited to only Canada-based teams due to the ongoing pandemic.
With Bouchard leaving at the end of his contract (compiling a 83–67–24 record over the course of three seasons) to become the head coach of the San Diego Gulls, the Rocket hired Jean-François Houle as their third head coach until the foregoing's departure in June 2024. Weeks later, on July 16, Lavallois Pascal Vincent was named as the fourth head coach in franchise history. Vincent's impact on the team was instantaneous, with the Rocket posting a franchise record seven consecutive wins to begin the 2024–25 season. The team would have their best season in franchise history, winning the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy as AHL regular season champions for the first time, as well as their second divisional title.