Jacob Fowler plays like a guy who deserves to be America’s #1 goalie at the WJC – Canada Boosts

Talking of Miller, he had one other good evening’s work final evening in a Remparts win.

That stated, if you have a look at the profiles of the three guys, you understand that Fowler is the massive hope among the many three. With out taking something away from the opposite two, Fowler has a greater monitor report and was seen as probably the greatest goaltenders within the public sale.
He fell a bit behind guys like Adam Gajan, Trey Augustine and Michael Hrabal, however earlier than the draft, he was of their league.
And this season, Fowler is taking part in like a goalie on a mission. The goaltender, who performed each sport for his Boston School group, has a 9-2-1 report, a 2.14 goals-against common and a 0.926 save share.

Understandably, he’s an enormous a part of his group’s success, having been named his convention’s NCAA Goalie of the Month in October. He could also be an NCAA rookie, however he nonetheless performs like a veteran of the circuit.

Clearly, a season like this earns him factors within the CH’s prospect hierarchy and among the many Hobey Baker Trophy contenders… however it additionally earns him factors for the World Junior Championship, which is simply across the nook.

Yesterday, the blokes at The Athletic received all the way down to the nitty-gritty of imagining what the squads of the massive 4 (Canada, USA, Sweden and Finland) will seem like, and what we observed is that not solely does Fowler appear to have a assured spot, Corey Pronman even sees him because the group’s #1 goaltender.

Scott Wheeler, in the meantime, nonetheless sees Trey Augustine (the favourite from the beginning) because the starter, however he sees Fowler as his backup.

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– Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) November 21, 2023

In any case, what appears sure is that Fowler will likely be there. That stated, although Augustine has the identical report as him this season (9-2-1), his goals-against common (2.99) and save share (0.913) are far much less stable than Fowler’s.

These are nonetheless wonderful numbers for Augustine, in fact… however Fowler is in a category of his personal.

This summer season, I wrote that Fowler could aspire to be part of the American squad at the WJC if he had a strong start to the NCAA season. That stated, he didn’t simply have a fantastic begin to the season, he had an outstanding one.

And with Augustine pulling his weight, the goalie drafted within the third spherical by the CH this summer season has a severe likelihood of being #1 in entrance of the U.S. internet.

We’ll see if Fowler can construct on his large begin to the marketing campaign to seize the U.S. beginning goalie’s chair on the subsequent WJC, however clearly, it’s a extra doubtless state of affairs than ever. And when you think about that his presence on the event wasn’t even assured this summer season, it simply goes to indicate how a lot Fowler has grown because the begin of the season.

Briefly

– Practices have been the main target of consideration for the CH because the begin of the week.

– Talking of Group USA on the WJC, Rutger McGroarty might not be accessible on account of harm.

– Nothing much less.

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– NHL (@NHL) November 22, 2023

– Too unhealthy.

– Alperen Sengun is impressing this season.