Canadiens prospect returning to North America for Laval's playoff run
The Laval Rocket of the American Hockey League got a massive boost on Monday ahead of their run for the 2022 Calder Cup.
Montreal announced that defenceman Mattias Norlinder has returned to North America after being loaned to Frolunda HC for the remainder of the 2021-22 season. The Canadiens have assigned Norlinder to Laval for their playoff run and he will join the team at practice on Tuesday morning.
Norlinder, 22, began the season in North America and split time between the Canadiens and Rocket. In six games with the Habs, he had one assist, while in six games with Laval, he put up two points (one goal, one assist).
The Kramfors (Sweden) native was then assigned to Frolunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League in mid-December and went on to appear in 21 regular season game. Norlinder played in nine playoff games and performed quite well, putting up six assists.
Laval will open the 2022 Calder Cup Playoffs on Friday, May 6th against the Syracuse Crunch.
Mattias Norlinder se joindra au Rocket pour les séries éliminatoires. Il rejoindra l'équipe pour la séance d'entraînement prévue demain à 10h30 à la Place Bell.
Norlinder will join the Rocket for the playoffs. He will meet the team for tomorrow's practice at 10:30 a.m. pic.twitter.com/VVpUyl5kTa— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) May 2, 2022
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mikko Rantanen | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jake Debrusk | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dylan Guenther | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Connor McDavid | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Brock Nelson | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Clayton Keller | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Jonathan Drouin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Roman Josi | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kirill Marchenko | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kyle Palmieri | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Sebastian Aho | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Evan Bouchard | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Leon Draisaitl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matt Duchene | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Samuel Girard | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 20 | 17 | 3 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
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