Habs Prospects
Canadiens Prospect Report: Joshua Roy Dominant In Playoffs
Montreal Canadiens prospect Joshua Roy is a difficult player to analyze.
It’s not that he lacks skill. If anything, he’s rather bored with the quality of competition in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
But now that the playoffs are well underway, Roy, who has a penchant for stepping up his level of play during crucial games, has plenty of motivation to work with, which has led to a rather impressive scoring rate.
Roy scored 10 points for the Sherbrooke Phoenix in their first-round sweep of the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada, which placed him among the most productive players in the league.
Joshua Roy is on one today. Nearly pulls off a wild goal here. pic.twitter.com/p2SZyLBUMV
— Matt Drake (@DrakeMT) April 16, 2023
And now that the Phoenix have advanced to the second round, Roy has turned it up a notch, earning eight points in the first two games against the Drummondville Voltigeurs, including a six-point effort in game two.
The fantastic performance, which included a hat trick, means that Roy now leads the entire QMJHL in scoring during the 2022-23 playoffs, with nine goals and nine assists in six games.
Hatty for #gohabsgo Joshua Roy. Catches the goalie napping off the face off and then asks the crowd for their hats.
This kid is something. pic.twitter.com/WEJLaOOFrK
— Matt Drake (@DrakeMT) April 16, 2023
More Montreal Canadiens prospect news and highlights
- Riley Kidney registered 11 points in just five games during the first round of the QMJHL playoffs. Now that the Gatineau Olympiques have advanced to the second round, the team keeps dominating, but Kidney’s production has slowed down slightly, to the tune of two assists in the first two games of the series versus the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. Gatineau won both games of the series with an identical 5-0 score.
🚨 BUT EN A.N. | P.P. GOAL ❗️
SON 10e BUT DES SÉRIES!
HIS 10th GOAL OF THE PLAYOFFS!🗣️ ALEXIS GENDRON! | @NHLFlyers
🍎 Riley Kidney | @CanadiensMTL
🍏 Tristan Luneau | @AnaheimDucksROU | 0-1 | GAT#goOLgo♠️ pic.twitter.com/NeFi6JCRaC
— Olympiques de Gatineau (@OlympiquesGAT) April 15, 2023
- Canadiens prospects Flip Mesar and Logan Mailloux are in the midst of a one-sided second-round series between their respective teams. The London Knights are well on their way to avenging their series loss to the Kitchener Rangers in the playoffs last season thanks to two convincing wins. Mesar earned an assist for the Rangers in both losses, whereas Logan Mailloux earned a goal and two assists for the Knights. Mailloux now has eight points in just six playoff games.
Logan Mailloux scores less than a minute in! 👀
The @CanadiensMTL prospect nets his third of the playoffs and the @LondonKnights strike first in Game 2 🎥#OHLPlayoffs | #LDNvsKIT pic.twitter.com/YLzQXzRR8e
— Ontario Hockey League (@OHLHockey) April 14, 2023