January wasn’t a great month for Laval but a handful of players played quite well. As for Montreal’s other prospects, several CHL players led the way.

Two weeks ago, Laval had strong goaltending but couldn’t score. Last week, they were able to light the lamp a few times but the goaltending let the team down in a pair of losses.

Just when Michael McCarron was starting to get going in the minors, he suffered an upper-body injury. It turns out that it’s a shoulder issue, one that will cost him the rest of the season after he underwent shoulder surgery on Wednesday.

Last week, Laval had a pair of games against Toronto, the team they need to catch to make the playoffs. Not only did they not win, they couldn’t even manage a single goal.

Laval’s offence improved in the second quarter of the season which helped play a role in them moving up in the North Division. Several forwards stepped up their game, earning top marks in our grades in the process.

We have reached the top ten in our annual prospect rankings series. This group features our biggest riser from last year as well as the first one to that was voted into the same position as last season.

Michal Moravcik’s time with the Canadiens has come to an end. After clearing unconditional waivers on Tuesday, the Habs officially terminated his contract, making him an unrestricted free agent.

The road has not been kind to Laval this season and that trend continued as they lost two of three to reach the All-Star break on a low note.

Despite an offence that was shaky, Laval had a decent showing in the second quarter of the season, in large part thanks to the back end which gets the focus to start our next round of report cards.

The injury bug hit Laval hard once again but the Rocket did well to persevere and pick up an impressive five of six points on the week.