Commandant Posted December 20, 2024 Share Posted December 20, 2024 3 minutes ago, dlbalr said: Noel Hoefenmayer will play for Canada at the upcoming Spengler Cup. So the Habs will have one player there and one at the WJC's. That's a lot less than usual. In other Laval news, Dobes is back tonight and I think Mesar is too. Charles Hudon is on that team too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 21, 2024 Share Posted December 21, 2024 0-0 start 2nd Luke Tuch 1 fight (hopefully he didnt get his nose broke again and did better this time). Laval outshooting them 11-4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 21, 2024 Share Posted December 21, 2024 Outshot 16-5 in the 2nd 1-1 game end of 2nd 15:50 Rafaël Harvey-Pinard (3) Joshua Roy (10), Adam Engström (11) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 21, 2024 Share Posted December 21, 2024 Belleville Senators @ Laval Rocket Friday, December 20, 2024 | TheAHL.com | The American Hockey League 2-1 WIn Dobes 1st star of game PK 9/9 Roy with GWG a PP goal, from Condetta -Beck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted December 21, 2024 Share Posted December 21, 2024 1 hour ago, DON said: Outshot 16-5 in the 2nd 1-1 game end of 2nd 15:50 Rafaël Harvey-Pinard (3) Joshua Roy (10), Adam Engström (11) Seems like a nice gentlemanly game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs Fan in Edmonton Posted December 21, 2024 Share Posted December 21, 2024 12 minutes ago, GHT120 said: Seems like a nice gentlemanly game. Yup, your typical AHL game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 21, 2024 Share Posted December 21, 2024 Yup, a 'fiesty' game Jakub Dobeš shines in Laval’s heated win over Belleville "Dobeš got the start in net, while Mesar rejoined Owen Beck and Jared Davidson on the young guns third line. Arseneau’s heavy presence was returned to the fourth line with Luke Tuch and Florian Xhekaj while Riley Kidney and Sean Farrell were healthy scratches." "Then, as things often do in these contests, everything began to become a bit unhinged. Zack MacEwen put a shot on goal, and followed it up by slashing Dobeš in the neck,..." Tuch maybe needs to go to Big George's fight-camp. "Tuch landed a huge hit on Garrett Pilon in the defensive zone, which in turn led to Donovan Sebrango chucking the gloves off and forcing Tuch into a lopsided fight." "The intermission did very little to simmer things down, as MacEwen came out into the period to throw a late and hard hit on Adam Engström." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredoh2009 Posted December 21, 2024 Author Share Posted December 21, 2024 5 hours ago, DON said: Yup, a 'fiesty' game Jakub Dobeš shines in Laval’s heated win over Belleville "Dobeš got the start in net, while Mesar rejoined Owen Beck and Jared Davidson on the young guns third line. Arseneau’s heavy presence was returned to the fourth line with Luke Tuch and Florian Xhekaj while Riley Kidney and Sean Farrell were healthy scratches." "Then, as things often do in these contests, everything began to become a bit unhinged. Zack MacEwen put a shot on goal, and followed it up by slashing Dobeš in the neck,..." Tuch maybe needs to go to Big George's fight-camp. "Tuch landed a huge hit on Garrett Pilon in the defensive zone, which in turn led to Donovan Sebrango chucking the gloves off and forcing Tuch into a lopsided fight." "The intermission did very little to simmer things down, as MacEwen came out into the period to throw a late and hard hit on Adam Engström." I missed a good game. Glad The Rocket stood up to Belleville and won. I am also happy (from your post) the 🤩 Beck 🤩 was on the scoresheet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 22, 2024 Share Posted December 22, 2024 3PM game today Rocket vs Thunderbirds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 22, 2024 Share Posted December 22, 2024 1-0 end of 1st Laval outshot them 13-3 in the 1st Farrell 1g (2) Farrell/Davidson 3 shots each mid-2nd 1-0 end of 2nd 21-8 in shots. 12:24 Florian Xhekaj Unsportsmanlike conduct, 2 min 12:24 Florian Xhekaj Fighting, 5 min 12:24 Florian Xhekaj Misconduct - Unsportsmanlike conduct, 10 min Don't Underestimate Owen Beck's Potential Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 23, 2024 Share Posted December 23, 2024 3-1 win. Springfield Thunderbirds @ Laval Rocket Sunday, December 22, 2024 | TheAHL.com | The American Hockey League Roy 1st star 1g1a Hughes only had 17 shots to deal with. Xhekaj blocked alot of punches with his face. https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/rocket-vs-thunderbirds-recap-highlights-laval-springfield-ahl-sean-farrell-joshua-roy-canadiens/ "The Laval Rocket are entering the short holiday break on a three-game winning streak and in first place in the AHL’s North Division as they beat the Springfield Thunderbirds 3-1 on Sunday at Place Bell." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted December 27, 2024 Share Posted December 27, 2024 With the Rocket getting healthy ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 28, 2024 Share Posted December 28, 2024 4-1 loss PK solid 4/4- PP sucked 0/5 Syracuse Crunch @ Laval Rocket Friday, December 27, 2024 | TheAHL.com | The American Hockey League Beck gets in a fight. Wotherspoon 1g 3rd star Roy/RHP/Condetta 3 shots Hughes 4g 23 shots Holiday hangover hits Laval Rocket in loss to Syracuse ...The Rocket’s struggles on the man advantage were apparent in the first attempt as their passes were off-target and resulted in multiple short-handed rushes..." "Beck won the draw back to Roy, and Roy teed up Wotherspoon for his first goal of the year." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredoh2009 Posted December 28, 2024 Author Share Posted December 28, 2024 2 hours ago, DON said: 4-1 loss PK solid 4/4- PP sucked 0/5 Syracuse Crunch @ Laval Rocket Friday, December 27, 2024 | TheAHL.com | The American Hockey League Beck gets in a fight. Wotherspoon 1g 3rd star Roy/RHP/Condetta 3 shots Hughes 4g 23 shots Holiday hangover hits Laval Rocket in loss to Syracuse ...The Rocket’s struggles on the man advantage were apparent in the first attempt as their passes were off-target and resulted in multiple short-handed rushes..." "Beck won the draw back to Roy, and Roy teed up Wotherspoon for his first goal of the year." could only find the edited 60 minute version of the the game on RDS, not the whole game. It is hard to tell how well or bad the players performed. Beck was the Rocket's best faceoff man from what they showed, when he fought, the Crunch took a big piece out of the lineup for a while. Wotherspoon was 3rd star, but I didn't like it when he was too slow to come back on one of the goals, he seemed slow at times. Some of the players that have returned from injury seem to have lost some of the speed they may had: Gignac, RHP, Simoneau. This game, they looked slow. They seemed to mostly shoot from the perimeter and when they had an open lane they often missed the net. With Tuch and Arsenault out, the team lacked a spark. Maybe the team waned to play more skilled players who haven't played in a while or to "show case" someone: but that seem so unlikely I am even not sure I should post it... it was a bad game from the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted December 28, 2024 Share Posted December 28, 2024 2 hours ago, alfredoh2009 said: With Tuch and Arsenault out, the team lacked a spark. Maybe the team waned to play more skilled players who haven't played in a while or to "show case" someone: but that seem so unlikely I am even not sure I should post it... it was a bad game from the team. As noted above, when asked about Tuch being out Vincent said "I thought recently that he got a way a little bit from his game[...] A little bit of his puck management, a little bit of too many turnovers[...] I want him to get back to his identity." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 28, 2024 Share Posted December 28, 2024 0-0 10-10 in shots end of 1st Roy 3 shots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted December 28, 2024 Share Posted December 28, 2024 1-1 late 2nd period; 0/5 on the PP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredoh2009 Posted December 29, 2024 Author Share Posted December 29, 2024 https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/laval-rocket-syracuse-crunch-2024-12-28-ahl-recap-score-highlights-joshua-roy-owen-beck-logan-mailloux-adam-engstrom/ Oh brother, he is hurt again! Quote Brandon Gignac would miss out with an injury, allowing Luke Tuch to rejoin the fourth line Ah! that's why I didn't see him that much Quote Things got a lot more difficult for the Rocket when Mailloux was whistled for hooking, and showed his displeasure with the call in such a way that the officials also assessed him a 10-minute misconduct. 🤩 Beck 🤩 https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2024/12/2024-12-28-17-33-38.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 In the 2 gmes; Roy 0pts but 7 shots at least. Mailloux 0pts 0 shots 14 PIMs. Beck 1a 3 shots Engstrom 1a 5 shots Rocket Weekly: Struggles Versus Syracuse – HabsWorld.net "Lastly, Primeau has been a solid AHL netminder in the past when he’s on his game. If he goes down with the right mindset of getting some confidence back in a lower-pressure setting, he should be able to help the Rocket win some games and keep their goaltending as a strong spot...." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredoh2009 Posted January 2 Author Share Posted January 2 looking at the Rocket roster, it is interesting to see so many RFAs/UFAs. The AHL is always a revolving door, but the players on contract years coupled with the rookies this season makes for an interesting mix (IMO): expiring UFAs: Condotta, Barre-Boulet, Gignac, Hughes expiring RFAs: Harvey-Pinard, Primeau, Simoneau, Farrell, Trudeau, Lindstrom, Hoefenmayer HughGort traded picks to get Dach, Newhook and to move up for Hage. There may be a shallower pool in Laval in 2-3 years. For the moment, Laval has a young team with most prospects signed. The recent loses may be due to the process of learning to win as a team. I think Pascal Vincent said so recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredoh2009 Posted January 2 Author Share Posted January 2 3 hours ago, DON said: In the 2 gmes; Roy 0pts but 7 shots at least. Mailloux 0pts 0 shots 14 PIMs. Beck 1a 3 shots Engstrom 1a 5 shots Rocket Weekly: Struggles Versus Syracuse – HabsWorld.net "Lastly, Primeau has been a solid AHL netminder in the past when he’s on his game. If he goes down with the right mindset of getting some confidence back in a lower-pressure setting, he should be able to help the Rocket win some games and keep their goaltending as a strong spot...." one think I noted in the last couple of games is the lack of chemistry between Mesar and Beck. Mesar has not found his synchronism yet and often seems lost on the ice. But he is talented, I look forward to seeing him once he catches up. Also, the Rocket's bottom-6 has not been playing with energy for a while now. According to one commentator on RDS, the rotation due to the extra forwards in Laval means that some of the bottom pairs'/trio's players seem to find it harder to keep their intensity level high when in/out of lineup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Best thing for everyone is for Primeau to dig in, train hard, play games and prove that he is better than Dobes. Good luck buddy I hope you succeed. I'm unsure that his glove side will ever be strong enough 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 0-0 early 2nd period Primeau 17 shots so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 1-1 3rd period Primeau 23 shots Laval 0/4 on the PP, no good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 2-1 OT win Primeau 1st star of game OT 1:05 Laurent Dauphin (10) Alex Barré-Boulet (15), Adam Engström (14) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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