The Montreal Canadiens organization is set to officially unveil the colours and logo of the Laval Rocket, their new American Hockey League affiliate for the 2017-18 season. Rocket Countdown will be an historical journey looking at past Canadiens affiliates from the 1969 NHL expansion onward, and building up to the unveiling of the Laval Rocket on January 31.
The stay in St. John’s was always going to be a temporary one. On March 31, 2015, the Canadiens confirmed the worst-kept secret of the previous two weeks: they were relocating their farm team to Laval, Quebec. But first they had to wait for the new arena to be built, and that project wouldn’t reach completion until 2017.