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The Laval Rocket is getting reinforcements for a decisive weekend during which they will finish out their season and try to make the American Hockey League playoffs.
The Canadiens announced Wednesday they have lent defencemen Justin Barron, Logan Mailloux and Jayden Struble and forward Joshua Roy to Laval. The Habs also specified that Roy had received the green light from doctors to return to the game.
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The Rocket end their season with back-to-back games against the Belleville Senators Friday and Saturday, both fighting for the final playoff spot in the North Division.
Roy, 20, had four goals and five assists in 23 games with the Canadiens this season before going down with an upper-body injury last month. Roy also scored 13 goals and obtained 19 assists in 40 games with the Rocket this season.
Mailloux picked up his first point in his first NHL game Tuesday night in a 5-4 shootout loss to the Detroit Red Wings. Mailloux, 21, has 14 goals and 33 assists in 70 games with the Rocket this season and was named to the AHL All-Rookie Team for the 2023-2024 season on Wednesday.
Barron has two goals and nine assists in 30 games with the Rocket this season, plus seven goals and six assists in 48 games with the Habs.
Struble has three goals and seven assists in 56 games with the Canadiens.
The stakes are high. The Senators are two points up on the Rocket in the AHL standings with a game in hand, but Laval has the tiebreaker.
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