Rocket Weekly: Laval Bounces Back Against Two Top Teams
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Despite facing a pair of top teams in the East, Laval had a strong week on home ice as they picked up three wins in as many games.
Despite facing a pair of top teams in the East, Laval had a strong week on home ice as they picked up three wins in as many games.
While it ended on a down note, the Habs still had a successful road trip through the Western Conference after picking up a pair of victories in three games.
With the 2019-20 season now underway, it’s once again time to begin our annual prospect rankings series. As always, we start at the bottom with the prospects rated from 31st to 38th.
Laval’s road trip featured a trio of close games although the Rocket were only able to come away with a victory in one of them.
The Habs started off their week with a disappointing outing against San Jose but rebounded nicely to beat Toronto and split the two home games before embarking on their Western road trip.
It was a decent week at home for Laval as they managed to pick up their first two home victories of the season to pull themselves out of the basement in the North Division.
Last week was a bit of an up and down one for the Habs who started and ended with a disappointing result with a pair of dominant victories in between. But it wasn’t all bad as Victor Mete finally got his first NHL goal.
The Habs went into Minnesota on Saturday with the hopes of sweeping their season series against the Wild. Unfortunately for Montreal, some early-season demons came back to bite them as they fell 4-3.
It took until their fourth game but Laval is finally in the win column as they split their first two road games of the 2019-20 season.
The week started off on a sour note with a pair of losses against division rivals before the Habs put together their best effort of the early season in a convincing victory over the defending Stanley Cup Champions.