SEASON SYNOPSIS
Since its inception in 2017, the Laval Rocket were kept out of the postseason by one thing or another. After posting a 39-26-7 regular season record with 85 points and a .590 points percentage, the Rocket remedied that with a third place finish in the North Division. After a round one bye, Laval defeated Syracuse three games to two in a best-of-five divisional semifinals match-up. The Rocket then swept Rochester three games to none in the best-of-five North Division Final. In the Eastern Conference Final, Laval and Springfield had to go all seven games, with the Thunderbirds emerging victorious, four games to three in the best-of-seven series.
Individual player scoring was fairly spread out for the Rocket, as only two players — Rafaël Harvey-Pinard and Jean-Sébastien Dea — finished the regular season above 50 total points (56 and 52, respectively). Dea led the team in goals (26) while Harvey-Pinard held team leads in assists (35) and total points (56). The goaltending workload was almost evenly split between Cayden Primeau (16-12-3, 2.94 goals against average, .909 save percentage, two shutouts) & The Calder Farmstead 2021-22 AHL Goalie of the Year in Kevin Poulin (18-8-3, 2.34 GAA, .920 SV%, two shutouts).
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(List accurate as of February 9th, 2023 at 3:50pm ET)
UNDER CONTRACT AND RE-SIGNINGS
Forwards
- Rafaël Harvey-Pinard – Last year of entry-level contract
- Cameron Hillis – Last year of entry-level contract
- Jan Mysak – First year of entry-level contract
- Jesse Ylönen – Last year of entry-level contract
- Lucas Condotta – Signed a one-year, entry-level contract on March 31
- Peter Abbandonato – Signed a one-year, one-way AHL contract extension on June 24
- Danick Martel – Signed a one-year, one-way AHL contract extension on July 6
- Brandon Gignac – Signed a two-year, one-way AHL contract extension on July 9
- Alex Belzile – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract extension on July 13
- Joël Teasdale – Signed a one-year, two way NHL contract extension on July 13
- Nate Schnarr – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract extension on July 13
- Gabriel Bourque – Signed a one-year, one-way AHL contract extension on July 17
Defensemen
- Gianni Fairbrother – Second-to-last year of entry-level contract
- Mattias Norlinder – Second-to-last year of entry-level contract
- Tory Dello – Signed a one-year, one-way AHL contract extension on June 24
- Olivier Galipeau – Signed a one-year, two-way AHL contract on June 24
- Corey Schueneman – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract extension on July 11
Goaltenders
- Samuel Montembeault – Signed a two-year, one-way NHL contract on July 18
- Kevin Poulin – Signed a one-year, one-way AHL contract on July 19
- Cayden Primeau – Signed a three-year, one-way NHL contract on September 8
NEW ADDITIONS
Forwards
- Emil Heineman – First year of entry-level contract (played for Leksands IF of the SHL in 2021-22)
- Ryan Francis – Signed a one-year, one-way AHL contract on July 11 (played for the Stockton Heat and Saint John Sea Dogs of the QMJHL in 2021-22)
- Brennan Saulnier – Signed a one-year, one-way AHL contract on July 11 (played for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms and Reading Royals of the ECHL in 2021-22)
- Anthony Richard – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract on July 13 (played for the Milwaukee Admirals and Syracuse Crunch in 2021-22)
- Mitchell Stephens – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract on July 13 (played for Detroit in 2021-22)
- Filip Mesar – Signed a three-year, entry-level contract on July 14 (played for HK Poprad of the Slovak Extraliga in 2021-22)
- Brett Stapley – Signed a one-year, one-way AHL contract on August 30 (played for the NCAA’s University of Denver in 2021-22)
- John Parker-Jones – Signed a one-year, two-way AHL contract on October 10 (played for the University of Windsor of USports in 2021-22)
Defensemen
- Kaiden Guhle – First year of entry-level contract (played for the Edmonton Oil Kings and Prince Albert Raiders of the WHL in 2021-22)
- Arber Xhekaj – First year of entry-level contract (played for the Hamilton Bulldogs and Kitchener Rangers of the OHL in 2021-22)
- Anthony Beauregard – Signed a one-year, two-way AHL contract on June 24 (played for HC Sierre of the Swiss NL in 2021-22)
- Santino Centorame – Signed a one-year, two-way AHL contract on June 24 (played for the St. Francis Xavier X-Men of USports in 2021-22)
- Otto Leskinen – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract on June 14 (played for Tappara of Liiga and Jokerit of the KHL in 2021-22)
- Madison Bowey – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract on July 13 (played for the Vancouver and Abbotsford Canucks in 2021-22)
- Alex Green – Signed a one-year, one-way AHL contract on July 19 (played for the Syracuse Crunch in 2021-22)
Goaltenders
- Philippe Desrosiers – Signed a one-year, two-way AHL contract on July 17 (played for the Manitoba Moose and Trois-Rivières Lions in 2021-22)
- Joe Vrbetic – Signed a one-year, two-way AHL contract on July 17 (played for the North Bay Battalion of the OHL in 2021-22)
DEPARTURES
Forwards
- Shawn St-Amant – Signed a one-year contract with EHC Black Wings Linz of the ICEHL on July 12
- Laurent Dauphin – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract with Arizona on July 13
- Louis Belpedio – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract with Philadelphia on July 13
- Jean-Sébastien Dea – Signed a two-year, two-way NHL contract with Arizona on July 14
- JC Beaudin – Signed a one-year contract with Grizzlys Wolfsburg of the DEL on July 27
- Justin Ducharme – Signed a one-year AHL contract with the Texas Stars on August 10
- Cédric Paquette – Signed a one-year contract with Dynamo Minsk of the KHL on August 16
- Alexandre Fortin – Signed a one-year AHL contract with the Hershey Bears on August 22\
- Émile Poirier – Mutual agreement to terminate his contract on October 20; initially signed a one-year, two-way AHL contract on July 19 (played for Riga Dynamo of the KHL and Djurgardens IF of the SHL in 2021-22)
- Kevin Roy – Signed a short-term contract with Brynäs IF of the SHL on December 13; signed a contract with HIFK of Liiga on January 13
- Devante Smith-Pelley – Retired (announced on personal Instagram post on December 30)
- Lukas Vejdemo – Signed a contract with Djurgårdens IF of HockeyAllsvenskan (with an option for next season) on February 8, 2023
Defensemen
- Xavier Ouellet – Signed a two-year, two-way NHL contract with Pittsburgh on July 13
- Tobie Paquette-Bisson – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract with Los Angeles on July 13
- Terrance Amorosa – Signed a contract with Gherdëina of the AlpsHL on July 19
- Sami Niku – Signed a one-year contract with JYP of Liiga on July 29
- Josh Brook – Signed a one-year AHL contract with the Calgary Wranglers on August 12
(Special thanks to CapFriendly and Elite Prospects for all the contract terms and definitions for this offseason player tracker!)
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