HW 3 Stars: January’s Top Prospects
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January was a rough month in Laval but several players still put forth strong months. In the amateur ranks, several CHL players had strong months and earn high rankings in our January 3 Stars.
January was a rough month in Laval but several players still put forth strong months. In the amateur ranks, several CHL players had strong months and earn high rankings in our January 3 Stars.
While the start of the week wasn’t great for the Habs, they followed it up with a pair of strong games over the weekend to end on a high note. Meanwhile, there were no high notes in Laval as they got pummelled in their lone matchup.
Sunday’s matinee affair against the Senators won’t go down as one for the ages but the Habs managed to play well enough to pick up a 4-1 victory to sweep the weekend.
With Montreal’s forwards struggling to score, their defence corps picked up the slack on Saturday afternoon by scoring four goals on the way to a 5-2 victory over the Ducks to kick off Super Bowl weekend.
The second quarter of the season is where things really started to fall apart for Laval. Despite that, a handful of forwards were still quite productive and as a result, there are some top grades up front.
Home ice is supposed to be a good thing but that wasn’t the case for the most part this past week. The Habs managed to eke out a single victory at the Bell Centre but Laval went winless in their three contests to drop even farther out of the playoff chase.
After a solid start to the season, Laval has started to quickly tumble down the standings. As a result, there aren’t many high marks as we start our second quarter report cards, beginning with the goaltenders and defencemen.
The second quarter of the season wasn’t great for the Habs. While several players stepped up, quite a few others failed to live up to expectations. Our report cards for this quarter conclude with a look at the forwards.
It’s safe to say that the Habs don’t want to see Boston anytime soon after dropping two more games to them while they only picked up a single win for the week in Washington. Meanwhile, Laval continues to tread water and they are slowly but steadily losing ground on the final playoff spot.
Fresh off their win in Washington on Friday, the Habs looked to make it two straight wins as they hosted Boston on Saturday. Unfortunately for them, the result was the same as their previous two meetings as the Bruins took the victory by a score of 4-1.