AHL Playoff Preview: Laval Rocket at Charlotte Checkers with Line Combinations 6/3/2025

Game 4: Laval Rocket at Charlotte Checkers

Venue Bojangles Coliseum
Date: Tuesday, June 3
Time: 7:00 pm EDT
TV: FLO Sports 

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Laval Rocket News & Notes:

The Rocket are on the verge of seeing their season come to an end unless they can mount a comeback in this series. They are 6-6-0 in the Calder Cup playoffs, averaging 2.8 goals per game while allowing three goals per game. Both goalies saw time in game three. Cayden Primeau got the start stopping 12 of the 16 shots he faced. Jacob Fowler appeared in relief stopping 12 of the 13 shots he faced. Primeau is posting a 3.27 goals-against average a .878 save percentage, and a shutout. Fowler is posting a 2.38 goals-against average, a .906 save percentage, and a shutout.

Charlotte Checkers News & Notes:

The Checkers can advance to the Calder Cup Finals tonight with a win. Charlotte has outscored Laval 15-4 thru the first three games of this series. They improved to an impressive 9-1-1 in the Calder Cup playoffs, averaging 3.8 goals per game while allowing 1.7 goals per game. Kaapo Kahkonen is posting a 1.71 goals-against average, a .928 save percentage, and a shutout. He stopped 22 of the 23 shots he faced in game three.

Laval Rocket Projected Lines

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

Hofenmayer-Reinbacher
Engstrom-Lindstrom
Hayes-Mailloux

Primeau 
Fowler

Charlotte Checkers Projected Lines

Skoog -Asplund-Leonard
Smith-Sourdif-Lockwood
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 lead in assists with seven. Rafael Harvey-Pinard and William Trudeau lead in plus/minus with a plus-four. 

Charlotte Checkers

John Leonard leads the team in points and goals with ten points and six goals. Jesse Puljujarvi leads in assists with five. Tobias Bjornfot leads the team in plus/minus with a plus-14.

Next Game

Game 5: Thursday, June 5 at Bojangles Coliseum (If Necessary)

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1. ITR 47: Then There Was Nothing 32:56
2. ITR 46: Offseason Chaos 24:53
3. ITR 45: Everything Is Happening 37:46
4. ITR 44: We Have A Champion…Again 56:17
5. ITR 43: It's Winning Time 39:10