Rocket @ Americans Game 1: Thread and lines

Laval upends Amerks in series opener with late third-period goal - Pickin' Splinters

Kale Clague’s one-time rocket from the center point gave the Amerks a 1-0 lead just 4:33 into Game 1 of the North Division Finals on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at Blue Cross Arena at the Rochester War Memorial. (Photo: Micheline Veluvolu/Rochester Americans) By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA It’s amazing how quickly a playoff joyride can be derailed. In sweeping the Syracuse Crunch in the Calder Cup North Division semifinals, the Rochester Americans were simply t…

Game Thoughts: Kapanen’s Late Goal Gives Laval the Opener in Rochester

After a lengthy break, Laval kicked off the North Division Final on Wednesday on the road in Rochester.  Despite featuring two top goalies, this was a back-and-forth high-scoring affair but Oliver Kapanen’s first goal late in the third broke a 4-4 tie to give the Rocket the opening game. Going into the game, the big question for the Rocket was who would be between the pipes.  Pascal Vincent indicated before the series that both are expected to p…

Kapanen boosts Rocket in see-saw Game 1

Oliver Kapanen scored his first North American pro goal with 4:38 left in regulation to send Laval to a 5-4 road win over Rochester in a back-and-forth Game 1 of the teams’ North Division Finals on Wednesday night. Game 2 is Friday in Rochester before the series shifts to Laval. Kapanen, a second-round pick by Montreal in the 2021 NHL Draft, deflected a point shot by Logan Mailloux past Devon Levi for the final goal in a game that saw both teams

Rocket @ Americans Game 1: Thread and lines

Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT In Canada: RDS (French) Streaming: FloHockey, RDS **Free stream on AHL’s Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube accounts** Both the Laval Rocket and Rochester Americans have enjoyed plenty of time off since their opening-round wins. All this rest since the end of the regular season is allowing injured players to heal, which means the two teams will be fresh and… Source

The Rocket is ready for its first game of the divisional final against the Rochester Americans By Justin Vézina Rochester, New York – The kick-off of the divisional final is finally about to be given. For this series of the Eastern Association semi-finals, the Rocket is measured by its biggest rival in the current campaign, the Rochester Americans. Both teams have exchanged the division's leading position throughout the season – in a race that t…