Laval is a city and suburb of  Montréal and is the 13th largest city in Canada. It is situated on  Île Jésus and Îles Laval. Jesuits were the first European settlers in Laval, arriving in 1636 and granted a seigneury (land). In 1675, François de Montmorency-Laval  gained control of the seigneury. In 1965, 14 municipalities were merged with Laval.  The  Montréal Canadiens of the National Hockey League have their American Hockey League affiliate in Laval - the Laval Rocket. The Rocket are the eighth incarnation of the franchise which started in 1969-70 season as the  Montréal Voyageurs. They have also been in Nova Scotia, Sherbrooke, Fredericton, Québec City, Hamilton, and St. John's. The Rocket have not won the American Hockey League's Calder Cup.