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
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YESTERDAY
JUNE 6, 2026
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mitch Marner | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tomas Hertl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jordan Staal | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Shea Theodore | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sebastian Aho | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Brayden McNabb | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Taylor Hall | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jordan Martinook | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Andrei Svechnikov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jackson Blake | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jack Eichel | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Brett Howden | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Seth Jarvis | - | 1 | 1 | |
| William Karlsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Eric Robinson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jaccob Slavin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Logan Stankoven | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Frederik Andersen | - | - | - | |
| Rasmus Andersson | - | - | - | |
| Ivan Barbashev | - | - | - | |
| COMPLETE STATS | ||||