On Tuesday, the Montreal Canadiens [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/montreal-canadiens]’ farm team, the Laval Rocket, announced that it had signed a one-way, two-year contract extension with veteran center Laurent Dauphin. The 30-year-old has played 94 NHL games split between the defunct Arizona Coyotes (who had drafted him in the second round at the 2013 draft) turned Utah Mammoth [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/montreal-canadiens] and the Habs. Dauphin left the Canadiens’ organization at the end of the 2021-2022 campaign to return to Arizona, where he split his time between the NHL and the AHL in 2022-23. He then decided to head to Europe for the 2023-24 campaign, where he played in the Swiss A league. He scored 38 points in 44 games before returning to Canada and signing a one-year contract with the Rocket. Canadiens: What If The PWHL Expansion Rules Happened In The NHL [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/montreal-canadiens/latest-news/canadiens-what-if-the-pwhl-expansion-rules-happened-in-the-nhl] Canadiens: A Potential UFA Target? [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/montreal-canadiens/latest-news/canadiens-a-potential-ufa-target] Canadiens: The Grades Are In – Kirby Dach [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/montreal-canadiens/latest-news/canadiens-the-grades-are-in-kirby-dach] Rochester goalie Devon Levi can’t get enough of the puck to stop this goal by Laval’s Laurent Dauphin. Photo credit: Jamie Germano/Rochester Democrat and Chronicle / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images [https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/21169adf-75a1-446e-ad6c-2e179233d37e.jpeg] Rochester goalie Devon Levi can’t get enough of the puck to stop this goal by Laval’s Laurent Dauphin. Photo credit: Jamie Germano/Rochester Democrat and Chronicle / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images This season in Laval, under coach Pascal Vincent, he gathered 56 points in 63 games and had a plus-25 rating. So far in the playoffs, he has picked up eight points in six games. His veteran leadership has been invaluable to the team, and he’s currently seventh in points in the AHL. On Wednesday night, the Rockets will resume their third-round series against the Rochester Americans. Both sides have won one game in the best-of-five series, starting with two in Rochester. The remaining duel games will take place at the Place Bell in Laval. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canadiens stories, analysis, breaking news, and more! Tap the star to add us to your favorites on Google News [https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMK-q0gsw7sXpAw/sections/CAQqEAgAKgcICjCvqtILMO7F6QMwo-DfCA?hl=en-CA&gl=CA&ceid=CA%3Aen], never to miss a story. Follow Karine on X @KarineHains [https://x.com/KarineHains] Bluesky @karinehains.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/karinehains.bsky.social] and Threads @karinehains [https://www.threads.net/@karinehains]. Bookmark The Hockey News Canadiens' page [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/montreal-canadiens/] for all the news and happenings around the Canadiens.
