Laval Rocket clinches 1st place overall in the AHL to win the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy 4/18/25

The Rocket defeated the Belleville Senators, 5-1, and clinched the top spot in the AHL for the regular season. Laval has a record of 47-19-3-2 for 99 points with 1 game left to play in Belleville.
Instituted by the AHL Board of Governors in 1997, the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy is presented annually to the league’s regular-season champion.
A longtime member of the AHL Board of Governors, Macgregor Kilpatrick also served as the AHL’s senior vice president and general counsel. Mr. Kilpatrick joined the AHL in 1970 as the chairman of Sports Associates, owners of a new AHL franchise in New Haven, Conn.
Mr. Kilpatrick, a 1976 recipient of the James C. Hendy Award as the AHL’s outstanding executive, served on the Board of Governors for 27 years.