AHL Playoff Preview: Laval Rocket at Charlotte Checkers with Line Combinations 6/1/2025

Game 3: Laval Rocket at Charlotte Checkers

Venue Bojangles Coliseum
Date: Sunday, June 1
Time: 4:00 pm EDT
TV: FLO Sports 

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Laval Rocket News & Notes:

The Rocket dropped games one and two at home to start the Eastern Conference Finals. They are 6-5-0 in the Calder Cup playoffs, averaging three goals per game while allowing 2.7 goals per game. Both goalies saw action in game two Cayden Primeau got the start stopping 14 of the 18 shots he faced. Jacob Fowler appeared in relief stopping 11 of the 12 shots he faced. Primeau is posting a 2.83 goals-against average a .891 save percentage, and a shutout. Fowler is posting a 2.45 goals-against average, a .904 save percentage, and a shutout.

Charlotte Checkers News & Notes:

The Checkers took a commanding 2-0 series lead as they took both games on the road to start the series. They improved to an impressive 8-1-1 in the Calder Cup playoffs, averaging 3.7 goals per game while allowing 1.8 goals per game. Kaapo Kahkonen is posting a 1.78 goals-against average, a .925 save percentage, and a shutout. He stopped 23 of the 25 shots he faced in game one.

Laval Rocket Projected Lines

Gignac-Dauphin-Barre-Boulet
Farrell-Kapanen-Roy
Harvey-Pinard-Condotta-Simoneau
Davidson-Xhekaj-Beck

Engstrom-Lindstrom
Hofenmayer-Mailloux
Hayes-Reinbacher

Primeau 
Fowler

Charlotte Checkers Projected Lines

Leonard-Asplund-Lockwood
Skoog -Criscuolo-Sourdif
Steeves-Okuliar-Vilmanis
Bezeau-Entwistle-Puljujarvi

Bjornfot-Hovorka
Carrick-Benning
Kiersted-Alscher

Kahkonen
Appleby

Players To Watch:

Laval Rocket

Alex Barre-Boulet and Sean Farrell leads the team in points with ten. Laurent Dauphin leads in goals with five. Barre-Boulet and Farrell leads in assists with seven. Rafael Harvey-Pinard lead in plus/minus with a plus-five. 

Charlotte Checkers

John Leonard leads the team in points and goals with nine points and five goals. Kyle Criscuolo leads in assists with five. Tobias Bjornfot leads the team in plus/minus with a plus-11.

Next Game

Game 4: Tuesday, June 3 at Bojangles Coliseum

ITR 44: We Have A Champion…Again – Inside The Rink

Join Chris and Conrad as they break down the Florida Panthers winning back-to-back Stanley Cups, Trevor Zegras traded to the Philadelphia Flyers, the AHL Calder Cup winning Abbotsford Canucks, and the upcoming 2025 NHL Draft!

1. ITR 44: We Have A Champion…Again 56:17
2. ITR 43: It's Winning Time 39:10
3. ITR 42: Ripe For Repeat? 29:05
4. ITR 41: Stanley Cup Final – The Rematch 46:47
5. ITR 40: Headed For A Repeat? 32:22