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Mike McCarron credits Laval Rocket coach Joël Bouchard for making him fall in love with hockey again last season.

It has been a rough ride for McCarron since being selected by the Canadiens in the first round (25th overall) of the 2013 NHL Draft. He has only played 69 games in the NHL, posting 2-6-8 totals, and spent all of last season with the AHL’s Rocket, posting 7-14-21 totals in 32 games before requiring season-ending surgery to repair the labrum in his left shoulder.

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“Last year was really good for me,” McCarron said during a phone interview Tuesday from London, Ont., where he is training this summer. “Joël was really good for me. I found my love of the game again. I was playing a lot, I was having fun. I was playing well and I was deserving everything that I was given.”

Bouchard was in his first season as Rocket coach after replacing Sylvain Lefebvre. The Rocket started well, but finished with a 30-34-12 record and missed the playoffs.