Montreal Canadiens fans may be surprised to learn that the organization's hopeful Jacob Fowler has taken the necessary steps to communicate well with its future French-speaking fans.
According to his teammate on the American junior hockey team Gabriel Perreault, the goalie is taking French lessons at Boston College for precisely this purpose. And according to the son of former striker Yanic Perreault, the student's training is going wonderfully.
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“He's doing well and that will help him a lot in Montreal. At first he had some problems, but he found a way to improve and it's nice to talk to him,” the striker said of Fowler, as reported in a video published by journalist Jon Morosi on X.
And if he were her teacher, what grade would he give her? “I think it would be B or B+. “I don’t know if he deserves an A other than he’s fine,” Perreault added. He remembers more words we use; Before he could only remember a few simple tricks, but now his repertoire is a bit more sophisticated.”
Fowler and his partner will try to lead the United States to a gold medal at the World Junior Championships, which begin Tuesday in Sweden.