Laval Rocket clinch AHL playoff spot for second straight 12 months

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The Laval Rocket have certified for the the AHL playoffs for the second straight season.

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The Canadiens’ farm workforce beat the Syracuse Crunch 4-3 Friday evening in entrance of a file crowd of 10,295 at Place Bell in Laval. Laval’s win, together with the Cleveland Monsters dropping 2-1 to the Utica Comets, clinched the fifth and closing playoff spot within the North Division for the Rocket with a 33-29-10 file. The Rocket gained their final 4 video games and eight of their final 9 to clinch the playoff spot.

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Pierrick Dubé scored two targets for Laval Friday evening, whereas Anthony Richard and Corey Schueneman added singles. Goalie Cayden Primeau made 39 saves for the Rocket, who have been outshot 42-28.

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Dubé, a 22-year-old right-winger from Sept-Iles, had 14-11-25 totals within the final 26 video games with Laval after beginning the seasons with the ECHL’s Trois-Rivières Lions. The 5-foot-9, 171-pounder helped the Shawinigan Cataractes win the QMJHL’s President Cup final season, posting 12-6-18 totals in 16 playoff video games.

Richard completed the common season because the Rocket’s main scorer with 30-37-67 totals in 60 video games, whereas Primeau had a 19-15-6 file with a 3.04 goals-against common and a .909 save proportion.