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Calgary Herald
03-05-2025
- Sport
- Calgary Herald
Canadiens loan Cayden Primeau, Oliver Kapanen to Laval Rocket
The Canadiens announced Saturday morning they have loaned goalie Cayden Primeau and forward Oliver Kapanen to the AHL's Laval Rocket. Article content Article content The Rocket beat the Monsters 4-0 Friday night in Cleveland to take a 2-0 lead in their best-of-five North Division semifinal series. Goalie Jacob Fowler made 20 saves for the shutout, while the Rocket got goals from Jared Davidson, Lucas Condotta, Alex Barré-Boulet and Gustav Lindstrom. Article content 20/20 🚀 — xyz - Rocket de Laval (@RocketLaval) May 3, 2025 Article content Article content The Rocket beat the Monsters 3-2 in Game 1 Wednesday night in Cleveland with Fowler stopping 23 of the 25 shots he faced. In his first two AHL playoff games, Fowler has a 2-0 record with a 1.00 goals-against average and a .956 save percentage. The 20-year-old, selected by the Canadiens in the third round (69th overall) of the 2023 NHL Draft, won the Mike Richter Award this season as the best goalie in NCAA Division 1 after posting a 25-7-2 record with a 1.63 GAA, a .940 save percentage and seven shutouts with Boston College. Article content Une deuxième rondelle pour notre collection A second puck for our board — xyz - Rocket de Laval (@RocketLaval) May 3, 2025
Montreal Gazette
03-05-2025
- Sport
- Montreal Gazette
Canadiens loan Cayden Primeau, Oliver Kapanen to Laval Rocket
Montreal Canadiens By The Canadiens announced Saturday morning they have loaned goalie Cayden Primeau and forward Oliver Kapanen to the AHL's Laval Rocket. The Rocket beat the Monsters 4-0 Friday night in Cleveland to take a 2-0 lead in their best-of-five North Division semifinal series. Goalie Jacob Fowler made 20 saves for the shutout, while the Rocket got goals from Jared Davidson, Lucas Condotta, Alex Barré-Boulet and Gustav Lindstrom. 20/20 — xyz - Rocket de Laval (@RocketLaval) May 3, 2025 The Rocket beat the Monsters 3-2 in Game 1 Wednesday night in Cleveland with Fowler stopping 23 of the 25 shots he faced. In his first two AHL playoff games, Fowler has a 2-0 record with a 1.00 goals-against average and a .956 save percentage. The 20-year-old, selected by the Canadiens in the third round (69th overall) of the 2023 NHL Draft, won the Mike Richter Award this season as the best goalie in NCAA Division 1 after posting a 25-7-2 record with a 1.63 GAA, a .940 save percentage and seven shutouts with Boston College. Une deuxième rondelle pour notre collection A second puck for our board — xyz - Rocket de Laval (@RocketLaval) May 3, 2025 The Rocket and Monsters will meet in Game 3 of their playoff series Sunday at Place Bell in Laval (3 p.m., RDS). Primeau had a 21-2-2 record this season with the Rocket, along with a 1.96 GAA and a .927 save percentage, before getting called up by the Canadiens after Samuel Montembeault tore two muscles in his groin during Game 3 of a first-round playoff series against the Washington Capitals. The Canadiens were eliminated with a 4-1 loss to the Capitals in Game 5 Wednesday night in Washington. Primeau, 25, can become a restricted free agent on July 1. Kapanen had 15-20-35 totals in 36 games this season with Timra IK in the Swedish Hockey League before joining the Canadiens. In three playoff games against the Capitals, the 21-year-old had one assist. The Canadiens selected the 6-foot-2, 194-pound forward in the second round (64th overall) of the 2021 NHL Draft.
