AHL | 01/22 00:00 | - | BEL Σένατορς v LAV Ρόκετ | - | Postponed | |
AHL | 01/20 00:30 | - | [1] UTI Κόμετς v LAV Ρόκετ [16] | W | 3-4 | |
AHL | 01/16 00:30 | - | [13] LAV Ρόκετ v ΧΑΡ Γούλφπακ [12] | L | 0-4 | |
AHL | 01/15 00:05 | - | [14] LAV Ρόκετ v ΣΠΡ Θάντερμπερντς [8] | W | 4-3 | |
AHL | 01/13 00:30 | - | [20] Σίρακιους Κραντς v LAV Ρόκετ [17] | W | 2-3 | |
AHL | 12/19 00:00 | - | LAV Ρόκετ v Σίρακιους Κραντς | - | Postponed | |
AHL | 12/18 00:00 | - | [10] ΠΡΟ Μπρούινς v LAV Ρόκετ [13] | W | 3-6 | |
AHL | 12/12 22:00 | - | [15] LAV Ρόκετ v Χέρσι Μπίαρς [16] | W | 4-2 | |
AHL | 12/11 00:05 | - | [4] LAV Ρόκετ v Ρότσεστερ Αμέρικανς [3] | L | 3-5 | |
AHL | 12/09 00:30 | - | [5] ΜΤΜΠ Μούς v LAV Ρόκετ [14] | W | 2-3 | |
AHL | 12/05 21:00 | - | [21] LAV Ρόκετ v Τορόντο Μάρλις [10] | W | 5-1 | |
AHL | 12/04 00:00 | - | [11] Τέηας Σταρς v LAV Ρόκετ [12] | W | 3-4 | |
AHL | 12/02 00:30 | 1 | [27] Τέηας Σταρς v LAV Ρόκετ [22] | L | 4-3 | |
AHL | 11/28 00:00 | 1 | [20] LAV Ρόκετ v BEL Σένατορς [18] | L | 3-7 | |
AHL | 11/27 00:00 | 1 | [21] BEL Σένατορς v LAV Ρόκετ [18] | L | 6-2 | |
AHL | 11/21 00:00 | 1 | [16] LAV Ρόκετ v BEL Σένατορς [27] | L | 2-5 | |
AHL | 11/18 00:00 | 1 | [17] LAV Ρόκετ v Τορόντο Μάρλις [11] | W | 6-5 | |
AHL | 11/13 18:00 | 1 | [5] UTI Κόμετς v LAV Ρόκετ [9] | L | 5-3 | |
AHL | 11/13 00:00 | 1 | [11] BRI Αϊλάιντερς v LAV Ρόκετ [14] | W | 4-5 | |
AHL | 11/11 00:30 | 1 | [25] BEL Σένατορς v LAV Ρόκετ [21] | W | 0-3 | |
AHL | 11/07 22:00 | 1 | [17] LAV Ρόκετ v UTI Κόμετς [5] | L | 2-4 | |
AHL | 11/06 23:00 | 1 | [13] LAV Ρόκετ v Σίρακιους Κραντς [17] | L | 0-4 | |
AHL | 10/30 17:00 | 1 | [9] Ρότσεστερ Αμέρικανς v LAV Ρόκετ [6] | L | 6-5 | |
AHL | 10/29 23:00 | 1 | [22] Ρότσεστερ Αμέρικανς v LAV Ρόκετ [4] | L | 4-3 | |
AHL | 10/27 23:30 | 1 | [22] Τορόντο Μάρλις v LAV Ρόκετ [11] | W | 0-5 | |
AHL | 10/24 19:00 | 1 | [2] LAV Ρόκετ v BRI Αϊλάιντερς [7] | L | 0-3 | |
AHL | 10/23 23:05 | 1 | [10] LAV Ρόκετ v ΠΡΟ Μπρούινς [16] | W | 4-0 | |
AHL | 10/20 23:30 | 1 | [2] ΜΤΜΠ Μούς v LAV Ρόκετ [3] | W | 4-5 | |
AHL | 10/16 23:00 | 1 | [2] LAV Ρόκετ v BEL Σένατορς [29] | L | 2-5 | |
AHL | 10/15 23:00 | 1 | [2] BEL Σένατορς v LAV Ρόκετ [2] | W | 2-6 |
The Laval Rocket (French: Rocket de Laval) are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) based in Laval, Quebec. The team began play in the 2017–18 season, with home games held at Place Bell. They are affiliated with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL) and Trois-Rivières Lions of the ECHL.
On July 11, 2016, the AHL and the Montreal Canadiens announced that they would be moving their affiliate to the Montreal suburb of Laval for the 2017–18 season. A name-the-team contest was held from July 11 until August 31, with Patriots, Rapids and Rocket as the final three. On September 8, the winning Laval Rocket name was announced, a tribute to Canadiens' legend Maurice "Rocket" Richard which got a 51% majority of the fan votes. The Rocket are the second hockey team in Greater Montreal to use that nickname, after the QMJHL's Montreal Rocket 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.
In the 2017–18 season, Laval finished with a 24–42–7–3 record and placed last overall in the league. Lefebvre was relieved as head coach immediately upon the end of the season and was replaced by Joel Bouchard, who 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 were the Canadian Division champions and second-best winning percentage in the league, while playing only the other four teams based in Canada and no postseason during the pandemic. After the season ended, head coach Bouchard left the team at the end of his contract, compiling a 83–67–24 record over three seasons, to become the head coach of the San Diego Gulls. The Rocket then hired Jean-François Houle as their third head coach.
Franchise location/name history
1963-65: Omaha Knights (CPHL)
1965-69: Houston Apollos (CPHL/CHL)
1969-71: Montreal Voyageurs (AHL)
1971-84: Nova Scotia Voyageurs (AHL)
1984-90: Sherbrooke Canadiens (AHL)
1990-99: Fredericton Canadiens (AHL)
1999-02: Quebec Citadelles (AHL)
2002-15: Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)
2015-17: St. John's Ice Caps (AHL)
2017-Present: Laval Rocket (AHL)