Fucale Makes 40 Saves in Win

It's not very often you need to make 22 saves in one period but that is what current Halifax Mooseheads goaltender Zachary Fucale had to do last night in Bathurst, NB. Fucale was in the New Brunswick town as part of Team QMJHL for the Subway Super Series between the Q and the Russian junior team. The Quebec team was able to get out to a 3-0 lead 25:33 into the game on Tuesday night. After 2 periods, it was 3-1 QMHJL over Russia with shots close at 19-17 in favour of Russia. QMJHL decided to sit back and protect their lead instead of attacking the Russian net and get a bigger lead. Because of the non-attack, and 4 penalties in the last period, Fucale made 22 saves while Igor Shestyorkin made his one and only save in the third at about 15 minutes into the period. Final shots were 41 for Russia and 18 for the QMJHL.

One of 40 saves by Mooseheads goaltender Zach Fucale
Photo courtesy of: CHL twitter account

The outstanding performance by Fucale and the early goals gave the Q the victory and closed the points gap between the CHL teams and the Russian team to 1. Russia now leads the Super Series in points 8-7. The two teams will meet again on Thursday evening in Rimouski, Quebec with the winner of the game in regulation taking the Series. Should game 6 be won by the Q in overtime or a shootout, I believe the Series will end in a tie.

Congrats to Zach and Team QMJHL on the victory. Keep it going tomorrow night in Rimouski.

For CHL.ca's recap of the game, click here.

For the game summary click here.

Check out Scott MacIntosh's recap here.