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Boston School goalie improves his report this season to 8-1-0 with a 1.39 goals-against common and a .949 save share.
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Canadiens goalie prospect Jacob Fowler stopped all 28 photographs he confronted Friday evening as Boston School beat Northeastern 3-0 in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
It was the fourth shutout of the season for Fowler, who was chosen by the Canadiens within the third spherical (69th total) of the 2023 NHL Draft. The 19-year-old improved his report this season to 8-1-0 with a 1.39 goals-against common and a .949 save share.
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As a freshman final season at Boston School, Fowler had a 32-6-1 report with a 2.14 GAA and a .926 save share. He was named the Hockey East Goaltender of the Yr and was one in every of three finalists for the Mike Richter Award as the highest goalie within the NCAA.
Boston School, ranked third within the NCAA, improved its report to 9-2-0. Boston School will play Northeastern once more Saturday evening in Boston.
“The draft is a tough factor for groups, relying in your wants and every part,” Boston School head coach Greg Brown informed The Gazette throughout an interview final Could. “I do suppose (the Canadiens) are in all probability very pleased that they picked (Fowler) and they need to be. The whole lot he confirmed in his freshman yr is that he’s trending to be an excellent goalie and an awesome prospect for the Canadiens.
“He has an awesome manner of staying level-headed whether or not issues are going properly or not properly,” Brown added. “He’s acquired an actual maturity to his sport that means after which he’s very environment friendly, which is one thing that enables him to remain constant. He performs positionally so properly. He doesn’t get uncontrolled lunging backwards and forwards to make spectacular saves. These two issues translate fairly properly to persevering with to groom his sport towards being a professional.”
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Two-goal sport for Hage at Michigan
Michael Hage, chosen by the Canadiens within the first spherical (twenty first total) of this yr’s NHL Draft, scored two objectives Friday evening — together with the game-winner — because the College of Michigan beat Penn State 6-5 in State School, Pa.
In 10 video games as a freshman at Michigan, Hage has 7-4-11 totals to guide the staff in scoring. Final season, the 6-foot-1, 190-pound centre had 33-42-75 totals in 54 video games with the USHL’s Chicago Metal.
Michigan, ranked fifth by the NCAA, improved its report to 8-2-1.
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Canadiens high TSN rating of U-24 gamers
The Canadiens are No. 1 in TSN’s annual NHL staff rating of gamers below the age of 24 that had been launched this week.
The highest 5 rated gamers by TSN within the Canadiens’ group who began the season at age 23 or youthful are, so as, Cole Caufield, Ivan Demidov, Juraj Slafkovsky, Lane Hutson and Fowler.
Demidov, chosen by the Canadiens within the first spherical (fifth total) of this yr’s NHL Draft, has 6-14-20 totals in 30 video games this season with SKA St. Petersburg within the KHL.
“It’s a humiliation of riches,” Craig Button, TSN’s director of scouting, stated concerning the younger Canadiens gamers on the TSN web site, “and a purpose to be affected person with the franchise rebuild.”
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