A third shutout in eight starts for Jacob Fowler

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While the Canadiens’ goalkeepers have been struggling since the start of the season, our prospects in front of the net have been doing just fine.

Connor Hughes and Jakub Dobes(lower-body injury for eight to ten weeks) have helped the Rocket to their best ever start to a season, with a record of nine wins and two losses.

However, another young goalie off to a great start with his college team, Boston College, is Jacob Fowler, who earned his third shutout in just eight games earlier this afternoon.

He’s already equalled his total from last season, when he played 39 games, 31 games less. His stats are unbelievable, like something out of a video game!

Fowler boasts a 1.26 goals-against average, just ten goals in eight games and a .950 save percentage. He already has seven wins, including three shutouts, in just eight starts. It’s insane!

It has to be said that Fowler also plays for a very good NCAA team, Boston College was ranked second in college hockey’s top 20 last week. With its two wins over the weekend, the team should remain in the same position. However, Fowler’s performances are an important part of the team’s success.

Since being selected 69th overall in the 2023 draft by the Canadiens, Fowler has been burning up the NCAA, and the team may have made a steal with this selection. His first-season stats (2.14, .926, 32-6-1) were already more than respectable, but this year he’s taken it to a whole new level.

That said, Jacob Fowler isn’t the solution in front of the net for the Canadiens, either in the short or medium term.

There’s no way the team will recall him before the end of the current season, especially since Boston College has a good chance of participating in the Frozen Four tournament and will want the presence of its goaltender.

And with Hughes and Dobes showing good promise since the start of the season (and practice camp), they’d be more logical candidates should the Canadiens want to recall a goaltender this season.

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However, a recall is probably not the solution for the Habs, because while the team’s goalies are bad, the defense is just as bad, and that’s absolutely not an ideal context for a young goalie.

So we’ll have to be patient before we see Jacob Fowler’s arrival in the professional ranks, but it’s nice to see another prospect performing well on his own.

No word yet on whether the Canadiens will offer him a contract this summer or whether he’ll play another year in the university ranks, but we could perhaps see a duel between Jakub and Jacob for the number-two spot (or starter in Laval) at the next training camp.

In short, something to keep an eye on!

Overtime

– To be continued!

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