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Habs Daily: Rocket Top AHL Team, Armia Shopped, Fowler
Here are the Montreal Canadiens news items, highlights, and stories you may have missed on Friday.
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While things aren’t going according to plan in the NHL, the Canadiens’ AHL affiliate can’t be stopped. The Laval Rocket beat the Syracuse Crunch 4-3 on Friday, with hard-working Jared Davidson playing the starring role. He scored two goals, pushing his season totals to six goals and two assists in 10 games, roughly twice the scoring pace he set in 2023-24. Davidson also scored the only goal in the shootout to secure the win for the Rocket, who now own the best win percentage in the AHL. Laurent Dauphin and Adam Engstrom also notched two points in the win.
If you haven’t had a chance to watch Davidson play, you should know one of his biggest offensive weapons is his ability to launch a barrage of one-timers at the opposition from anywhere on the ice. It’s a skill that very few players have perfected.
Et de 1!
That’s 1 🚀#GoRocket https://t.co/cEUHziBYeJ pic.twitter.com/2lbfoljsmS— Rocket de Laval (@RocketLaval) November 16, 2024
According to Tony Marinaro, the Montreal Canadiens shopped Joel Armia when Kent Hughes first took over as the general manager. It’s not particularly surprising, given that Hughes quickly traded several veterans, nor was the part where no NHL teams showed genuine interest.
Several Montreal Canadiens prospects are off to a great start to the NCAA season. Jacob Fowler, Sam Harris, and Michael Hage are all on pace for a fantastic year with their respective teams. Speaking of Fowler, the usually stoic netminder received a 10-minute misconduct on Friday night when he decked a forward following a goal against. [Canadiens Prospect Report: Hage, Harris, Fowler Excel In NCAA]
well that sure is one way to deal with getting scored on 😠https://t.co/ZNhBfLc7bH pic.twitter.com/LgMTOGtBzT
— hope (@nohopeleague) November 16, 2024
National Hockey Now Network
The Pittsburgh Penguins erased a two-goal deficit Friday night, but they could not pull ahead, had a lacklustre third period and fell 6-2 to the Blue Jackets in Columbus, falling to 1-3-2 in their past six games. [Pittsburgh Penguins]
It’s not a secret that the New Jersey Devils’ fourth line has been a problem in recent weeks. With long-term injuries to key depth players Curtis Lazar and Nathan Bastian, head coach Sheldon Keefe has formed a Frankenstein’s monster of a line consisting of Tomas Tatar, Justin Dowling, and Kurtis MacDermid. [New Jersey Devils]
When there’s smoke, there’s fire. And there’s certainly smoke around Philadelphia Flyers defenceman Rasmus Ristolainen, who is off to a great start in the 2024-25 season and apparently generating some early NHL trade buzz.[Philadelphia Flyers]
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