Boston College goalie improves his record this season to 8-1-0 with a 1.39 goals-against average and a .949 save percentage.
As a freshman last season at Boston College, Fowler had a 32-6-1 record with a 2.14 GAA and a .926 save percentage. He was named the Hockey East Goaltender of the Year and was one of three finalists for the Mike Richter Award as the top goalie in the NCAA.
Boston College, ranked third in the NCAA, improved its record to 9-2-0. Boston College will play Northeastern again Saturday night in Boston.
“He has a great demeanour of staying level-headed whether things are going well or not well,” Brown added. “He’s got a real maturity to his game that way and then he’s very efficient, which is something that allows him to stay consistent. He plays positionally so well. He doesn’t get out of control lunging back and forth to make spectacular saves. Those two things translate pretty well to continuing to groom his game toward being a pro.”
Two-goal game for Hage at Michigan
In 10 games as a freshman at Michigan, Hage has 7-4-11 totals to lead the team in scoring. Last season, the 6-foot-1, 190-pound centre had 33-42-75 totals in 54 games with the USHL’s Chicago Steel.
Michigan, ranked fifth by the NCAA, improved its record to 8-2-1.
Canadiens top TSN ranking of U-24 players
The top five rated players by TSN in the Canadiens’ organization who started the season at age 23 or younger are, in order, Cole Caufield, Ivan Demidov, Juraj Slafkovsky, Lane Hutson and Fowler.
“It’s an embarrassment of riches,” Craig Button, TSN’s director of scouting, said about the young Canadiens players on the TSN website, “and a reason to be patient with the franchise rebuild.”