Despite being relatively light, Jacob Fowler had an encouraging performance, stopping 17 pucks aimed at him to lift the Laval Rocket to a 3-0 win over the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Wednesday at Place Bell.
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As a result, the goaltender signed a second straight shutout at home, having started the evening with a 0.895 OPS, largely due to certain issues overseas. But this time he showed at the right moment that he had the situation under control, against opponents who offered unconvincing play.
For the winners, who picked up their second win in a row after two straight losses, Adam Engström had a great night. Threatening several times, the defender opened the scoring, keeping the offensive going in the first period. His wrist shot fooled Alexey Kolosov.
After failing to hit the target during his brief stay in Montreal this month, Owen Beck doubled his team's lead midway through the bout. With 1:15 left in the match, he took advantage of the power play and scored his second goal of the campaign.
Jared Davidson, for his part, increased the gap in the third period. He took a pass from Lucas Condotta, broke away and beat Cerberus with a low throw.
The Habs will host the Rochester Americans on Friday night and Saturday afternoon.
-In addition, the Montreal Canadiens announced that forward Joshua Roy and defenseman Mark Del Gaiso have signed with the Rocket on Wednesday night. The former faced the Calgary Flames on October 22, while the latter did not play.
