Team Facts
Plays in American Hockey League Full name Club de hockey Rocket de Laval Team colours Red + White + Blue Town Laval, QC, CAN Founded 2017

2022-2023 Roster
# N Player A Born Birthplace HT WT S
GOALTENDERS
#30 Philippe Desrosiers (G) 28 1995 St-Hyacinthe, QC, CAN 6'1" 198 L
#71 Jakub Dobes (G) Montréal Canadiens 22 2001 Ostrava, CZE 6'4" 201 L
#39 Kevin Poulin (G) 33 1990 Montréal, QC, CAN 6'1" 216 L
#31
Cayden Primeau (G) Montréal Canadiens 24 1999 Farmington Hills, MI, USA 6'3" 203 L
#35 Joe Vrbetic (G) Montréal Canadiens 21 2002 Hamilton, ON, CAN 6'6" 187 L
DEFENSEMEN
#38 Frédéric Allard (D) 25 1997 Saint-Sauveur, QC, CAN 6'1" 183 R
#52 Justin Barron (D) Montréal Canadiens 22 2001 Halifax, NS, CAN 6'2" 201 R
#13 Nicolas Beaudin (D) Montréal Canadiens 24 1999 Chateauguay, QC, CAN 5'11" 168 L
#8 Madison Bowey (D) 28 1995 Winnipeg, MB, CAN 6'2" 203 R
#58
Santino Centorame (D) 27 1996 Mississauga, ON, CAN 5'10" 190 R
#5 Tory Dello (D) 26 1997 Lakewood, IL, USA 6'0" 194 R
#2 Gianni Fairbrother (D) Colorado Avalanche 23 2000 Vancouver, BC, CAN 6'0" 203 L
#44 Olivier Galipeau (D) 26 1997 Montréal, QC, CAN 6'0" 203 L
#57 Alex Green (D) 25 1998 Chicago, IL, USA 6'2" 196 R
#28 Otto Leskinen (D) 26 1997 Pieksämäki, FIN 5'11" 187 L
#29 Mattias Norlinder (D) Montréal Canadiens 23 2000 Kramfors, SWE 6'1" 194 L
#6 Corey Schueneman (D) Colorado Avalanche 28 1995 Milford, MI, USA 6'0" 196 L
#3 Jayden Struble (D) Montréal Canadiens 22 2001 Cumberland, RI, USA 6'0" 194 L
#84 William Trudeau (D) Montréal Canadiens 21 2002 Varennes, QC, CAN 6'1" 187 L
#36 Eric Williams (D) 28 1995 Newmarket, ON, CAN 6'1" 185 R
FORWARDS
#98 Peter Abbandonato (C) 25 1998 Laval, QC, CAN 5'9" 192 L
#91 Anthony Beauregard (C/RW) 28 1995 St-Damase, QC, CAN 5'7" 165 R
#22 Alex Belzile (RW/C)   “C” New York Rangers 32 1991 St-Eloi, QC, CAN 6'0" 196 R
#15 Louis Boudon (C) 25 1998 Grenoble, FRA 5'11" 185 L
#20 Gabriel Bourque (LW) 33 1990 Rimouski, QC, CAN 5'10" 203 L
#42 Lucas Condotta (C) Montréal Canadiens 26 1997 Georgetown, ON, CAN 6'1" 223 L
#92
Pierrick Dubé (RW) Washington Capitals 22 2001 Lyon, FRA 5'9" 172 R
#21 Ryan Francis (RW/C) 22 2001 Halifax, NS, CAN 5'9" 176 R
#37 Brandon Gignac (C/LW) 26 1997 Repentigny, QC, CAN 5'11" 185 L
#11 Rafaël Harvey-Pinard (LW) Montréal Canadiens 24 1999 Saguenay, QC, CAN 5'9" 183 L
#19 Emil Heineman (LW/RW) Montréal Canadiens 22 2001 Leksand, SWE 6'2" 194 L
#18 Danick Martel (LW/C) 28 1994 Drummondville, QC, CAN 5'9" 174 L
#68 Riley McKay (LW) 24 1999 Swan River, MB, CAN 6'0" 203 L
#10 Filip Mesar (RW) Montréal Canadiens 19 2004 Spišská Belá, SVK 5'10" 176 R
#14 Jan Mysak (C/LW) Montréal Canadiens 21 2002 Litvinov, CZE 5'11" 183 L
#85 John Parker-Jones (RW/D) 23 2000 Brantford, ON, CAN 6'7" 229 R
#32 Rem Pitlick (C/RW) Pittsburgh Penguins 26 1997 Ottawa, ON, CAN 5'11" 196 L
#90 Anthony Richard (C/LW) Boston Bruins 26 1996 Trois-Rivieres, QC, CAN 5'11" 183 L
#38 Nate Schnarr (C) 24 1999 Waterloo, ON, CAN 6'3" 185 R
#81 Xavier Simoneau (C) Montréal Canadiens 22 2001 Saint-André-Avellin, QC, CAN 5'6" 183 L
#27 Mitchell Stephens (C) Montréal Canadiens 26 1997 Peterborough, ON, CAN 5'11" 190 R
#24 Joël Teasdale (C/LW) 24 1999 Repentigny, QC, CAN 5'11" 218 L
#23 Nolan Yaremko (LW) 25 1998 Spirit River, AB, CAN 6'1" 205 L
#26
Jesse Ylönen (RW) Montréal Canadiens 24 1999 Scottsdale, AZ, USA 6'1" 190 R
Position: G: 3, D: 13, F: 21 | Av Age: 25.24 years | Av Ht: 6'0" | Av Wt: 194 lbs | Compare with other teams
Team Staff
Team staff history
Demographics
Nationality
Team Facts
Nationalities 29 players
6 players
2 players
2 players
2 players
2 players
1 player Experience Laval Rocket: 2 651 GP
NHL: 1 189 GP
WC: 33 GP
OG: 4 GP
SHL: 196 GP
HockeyAllsvenskan: 78 GP
Liiga: 406 GP
KHL: 77 GP
Czechia: 68 GP
AHL: 5 517 GP
DEL: 43 GP
NL: 2 GP Affiliated Team(s) Montréal Canadiens (NHL)
Trois-Rivières Lions (ECHL)
Team Captains
“C” Alex Belzile
Team captaincy history
Arena Information
Arena Name Place Bell Location Laval, QC, CAN Capacity 10 000 Construction Year 2017
Games
Date Home Visiting Score League
2023-12-15T19:05:00-0500 Lehigh Valley Phantoms Laval Rocket - AHL
2023-12-09T15:00:00-0500 Laval Rocket Hartford Wolf Pack 5 - 1 AHL
2023-12-08T19:00:00-0500 Laval Rocket Hartford Wolf Pack 3 - 4 (SO) AHL
2023-12-06T19:00:00-0500 Laval Rocket Belleville Senators 2 - 5 AHL
2023-12-02T19:00:00-0800 Abbotsford Canucks Laval Rocket 4 - 3 AHL
2023-12-01T19:00:00-0800 Abbotsford Canucks Laval Rocket 4 - 2 AHL
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Latest Transactions
DATE STATUS PLAYER TEAM SOURCE
12/04/2023
12/04/2023 Up/Down Joining Arber Xhekaj (D) Joining from Montréal Canadiens
12/02/2023
12/02/2023 Up/Down Leaving Mitchell Stephens (F) Leaving for Montréal Canadiens
12/01/2023
12/01/2023 Up/Down Joining Nolan Yaremko (F) Joining from Trois-Rivières Lions
11/28/2023
11/28/2023 Up/Down Leaving John Parker-Jones (F) Leaving for Trois-Rivières Lions
11/28/2023 Up/Down Leaving Alex-Olivier Voyer (F) Leaving for Trois-Rivières Lions
11/28/2023 Up/Down Leaving Nolan Yaremko (F) Leaving for Trois-Rivières Lions
11/24/2023
11/24/2023 Up/Down Leaving Joel Armia (F) Leaving for Montréal Canadiens
11/21/2023
11/21/2023 Up/Down Leaving Mattias Norlinder (D) Leaving for Montréal Canadiens
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Team History and Standings
Season League GP W T L OTW OTL GF GA TP P/GP Rank Postseason
2017-2018 AHL 76 24 - 42 - 10 206 281 58 0.76 7 Did not make playoffs
2018-2019 AHL 76 30 - 34 - 12 195 231 72 0.95 7 Did not make playoffs
2019-2020 AHL 62 30 - 24 - 8 183 182 68 1.10 6 Playoffs Cancelled
2020-2021 AHL 36 23 - 9 - 4 113 87 50 1.39 1 No playoffs held
2021-2022 AHL 72 39 - 26 - 7 246 231 85 1.18 3 Conference Final loss
2022-2023 AHL 72 33 - 29 - 10 258 247 76 1.06 5 First round loss
2023-2024 AHL 23 6 - 12 - 5 78 95 17 0.74 7 -
Where are they now?
# Player Season Team League GP G A TP PIM
1. Jordan Weal (F) 2023-2024 Dynamo Moskva KHL 40 14 33 47 20
2. Daniel Carr (F) 2023-2024 HC Lugano NL 27 16 17 33 51
3. Shawn St-Amant (F) 2023-2024 Black Wings Linz ICEHL 26 9 24 33 8
4. Sami Niku (D) 2023-2024 JYP Liiga 26 10 19 29 14
5. Kevin Roy (F) 2023-2024 HC Innsbruck ICEHL 25 9 19 28 10
6. William Pelletier (F) 2023-2024 SønderjyskE Denmark 26 5 23 28 4
7. Nicolas Mattinen (D) 2023-2024 Straubing Tigers DEL 25 12 15 27 18
8. Terrance Amorosa (D) 2023-2024 Ritten/Renon AlpsHL 21 5 22 27 14
9. Matthew Struthers (F) 2023-2024 St. Francis Xavier Univ. USports 18 9 17 26 30
10. Alexandre Grenier (F) 2023-2024 Kölner Haie DEL 25 11 14 25 14
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Franchise All-Time Points
# Player GP G A TP
1. Alex Belzile (F) 174 54 76 130
2. Rafaël Harvey-Pinard (F) 145 46 61 107
3. Xavier Ouellet (D) 166 27 70 97
4. Jesse Ylönen (F) 120 34 51 85
5. Joël Teasdale (F) 128 46 38 84
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Franchise All-Time Goals
# Player GP G A TP
1. Alex Belzile (F) 174 54 76 130
2. Rafaël Harvey-Pinard (F) 145 46 61 107
3. Joël Teasdale (F) 128 46 38 84
4. Lukas Vejdemo (F) 174 35 42 77
5. Jesse Ylönen (F) 120 34 51 85
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Franchise All-Time Assists
# Player GP G A TP
1. Alex Belzile (F) 174 54 76 130
2. Xavier Ouellet (D) 166 27 70 97
3. Rafaël Harvey-Pinard (F) 145 46 61 107
4. Jake Evans (F) 118 27 56 83
5. Jesse Ylönen (F) 120 34 51 85
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Franchise All-Time PIM
# Player GP G TP PIM
1. Michael McCarron (F) 115 19 59 217
2. Alex Belzile (F) 174 54 130 201
3. Michael Pezzetta (F) 115 13 25 186
4. Yannick Veilleux (F) 104 29 46 161
5. Riley McKay (F) 37 5 15 161
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Franchise All-Time Games played
# Player GP G A TP
1. Alex Belzile (F) 174 54 76 130
2. Lukas Vejdemo (F) 174 35 42 77
3. Xavier Ouellet (D) 166 27 70 97
4. Rafaël Harvey-Pinard (F) 145 46 61 107
5. Gabriel Bourque (F) 140 25 36 61
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Franchise All-Time Points per Game
# Player GP G TP PPG
1. Rem Pitlick (F) 18 5 22 1.22
2. Chris Terry (F) 62 32 71 1.15
3. Joel Armia (F) 8 6 9 1.13
4. Cole Caufield (F) 8 5 9 1.13
5. Anthony Richard (F) 60 30 67 1.12
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Franchise All-Time Points per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Chris Terry (F) 2017-2018 AHL 62 32 39 71 1.15 45
2. Anthony Richard (F) 2022-2023 AHL 60 30 37 67 1.12 46
3. Rafaël Harvey-Pinard (F) 2021-2022 AHL 69 21 35 56 0.81 20
4. Alex Belzile (F) 2018-2019 AHL 74 19 35 54 0.73 80
5. Jean-Sébastien Dea (F) 2021-2022 AHL 70 26 26 52 0.74 42
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Franchise All-Time Goals per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Chris Terry (F) 2017-2018 AHL 62 32 39 71 1.15 45
2. Anthony Richard (F) 2022-2023 AHL 60 30 37 67 1.12 46
3. Adam Cracknell (F) 2017-2018 AHL 54 27 21 48 0.89 42
4. Charles Hudon (F) 2019-2020 AHL 46 27 8 35 0.76 51
5. Jean-Sébastien Dea (F) 2021-2022 AHL 70 26 26 52 0.74 42
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Franchise All-Time Assists per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Matt Taormina (D) 2017-2018 AHL 63 4 48 52 0.83 18
2. Chris Terry (F) 2017-2018 AHL 62 32 39 71 1.15 45
3. Anthony Richard (F) 2022-2023 AHL 60 30 37 67 1.12 46
4. Rafaël Harvey-Pinard (F) 2021-2022 AHL 69 21 35 56 0.81 20
5. Alex Belzile (F) 2018-2019 AHL 74 19 35 54 0.73 80
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Franchise All-Time PIM per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Michael McCarron (F) 2017-2018 AHL 54 7 17 24 0.44 121
2. Riley McKay (F) 2022-2023 AHL 23 2 5 7 0.30 118
3. Jérémy Grégoire (F) 2017-2018 AHL 63 12 13 25 0.40 115
4. David Broll (F) 2017-2018 AHL 45 3 1 4 0.09 99
5. Louie Belpedio (D) 2021-2022 AHL 69 11 19 30 0.43 92
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Average Height, Weight, Age per Season
Season Roster Height Weight Age
2023-2024 View roster 6'0" 194 lbs 23.88
2022-2023 View roster 6'0" 194 lbs 25.24
2021-2022 View roster 6'0" 196 lbs 25.28
2020-2021 View roster 6'1" 194 lbs 24.52
2019-2020 View roster 6'1" 198 lbs 25.49
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