With Kähkönen at His Best, the Laval Rocket Get Off to a Strong Start

With Kähkönen at his best, the Laval Rocket get off to a strong start

The Rocket saw two sides of Kaapo Kähkönen as the regular season came to a close. On Wednesday night, the Finnish goaltender showed his best side to help the Canadiens’ farm team get off to a strong start in the playoffs.

Rocket beat Marlies 3-1 to take 1-0 series lead

Florian Xhekaj got the ball rolling and the Laval Rocket defeated the Toronto Marlies 3-1 on Wednesday night at Place Bell. In a physical game, but also typical of the playoffs, the Montreal Canadiens’ farm club took a 1-0 lead in this North Division semifinal. The second game will take place Friday night, at the same venue. Xhekaj […]

Rocket grounds Marlies offence to win playoff series opener in Laval

Maple Leafs farm team will have to work for their goals in this best of five series against stingy North Division leaders.

Xhekaj, Kähkönen lead Rocket to Game 1 win

Florian Xhekaj scored a goal and Kaapo Kähkönen made 20 saves as the Laval Rocket beat the Toronto Marlies 3-1 on Wednesday night at Place Bell. The win gives Laval a 1-0 lead in their best-of-five North Division semifinal series. Joshua Roy scored the eventual game-winning goal and Samuel Blais scored into the empty net for the Rocket. The Rocket were playing their first game of the… Source

Laval takes Game 1 from Toronto

The Laval Rocket drew first blood in the North Division semifinals with a 3-1 win over Toronto at Place Bell on Wednesday night. Game 2 of the best-of-five series is Friday night. Florian Xhekaj opened the scoring 11:44 into the contest, intercepting a puck off the stick of Michael Pezzetta and beating Marlies netminder Dennis Hildeby from between the circles. The lead was extended to 2-0 at 6:15 of the third period as the Rocket forced another …