The Laval Rocket played the second match in its semi-final series of the North association on the Cleveland side last night. Pascal Vincent’s troop was trying to take a comfortable 2-0 lead in his series 3 of 5 before folding luggage for her opening match for the 2025 series in place Bell, Sunday afternoon. Thanks to a defensive performance without burrs and another beautiful outing of Jacob Fowler, the Rocket won its second consecutive victory against the Monsters of Cleveland by the mark of 4-0.
Like a veteran
The young Jacob Fowler continues to impress when he made a white game of 20 stops. It is now a 2-0 sheet, an average goal granted to 1.00 and a percentage of efficiency to 0.956 in the playoffs for the 20-year-old goalkeeper. Even if he did not have to perform small miracles in front of the net, it would be dishonest not to give him a large part of the credit. Indeed, Fowler seems very confident in front of his net and his positioning allows him to make the necessary stops without it seems complicated. The American gives confidence to his teammates, who play very well in front of him.
« He is a good goalkeeper and a good person. He’s a good teammate. They played well in front of him, but he still made good stops. He is very calm, he looks comfortable in front of the net, he does not seem to be a young goalkeeper that it has only been a few games he played. » –Pascal Vincent, about Jacob Fowler
Davidson is faithful to his habits
Stronger Jared Davidson has accustomed us to very good start to the match in the 2024-25 season. The choice of 5th round in 2022 opened the brand in a match for the 6th time in the campaign, a summit he shared with Sean Farrell (series included). Davidson is also the top scorer of his team abroad this season, now with 16 goals on the clock (series included).
« It is a big match for us, we knew that we needed to play well. We are excited to come back to play in front of our supporters. Winning two games on the road is huge for us. We just played our match. » –Jared Davidson
From speech to acts
During the remarks collected by the media on the sidelines of match #2 of the series, the importance of knowing a good start to the match was raised by Pascal Vincent and his players as a key element to have success. With goals scored early in first (2min22) and in second (3min12) Period, the Rocket has gone from speech to acts. Like his season, Pascal Vincent’s men were on the task and will be back home with the possibility of succeeding in a scan against the Monsters.
« We had to get ready. The match was very important for the series. We expected them to come out strong at the start of the match. Our match plan was to keep it simple and go on failure before leaving. I think we did that well and we did what we wanted to do at the start of the match. All year round, the coaches set up a style of play “Playoff style” and everyone bought that. When everyone is embarking on the match plan, it makes teams that are difficult to stop. » –William Trudeau
The best scenarios
The Rocket will find its supporters on Sunday afternoon, in place Bell, with the possibility of sweeping its series against the Monsters to find the Americans of Rochester in the next round. The Americans also swept away the crunch of Syracuse in 3 games.
« It was the best possible scenario. We wanted to focus on the first game, we knew it was the best scenario. Now, to accomplish it is another story, especially against a team that went far last year. If you give them a little space, they are dangerous. What is interesting is that this evening we come back to the house and that there are several things that we can still improve. We have not yet reached our summit. –Pascal Vincent
