At a certain point, I couldn’t believe my eyes. I always wondered how teams would play Les Canadiennes on the road when it came to matching their lines.
I never expected a four forward system at even strength.
In reality, Shannon Miller has been using this system for years, but the idea to use four forwards at even strength in a formation was something to witness in person.
The system is called the Torpedo, and it is an ultra aggressive model to force the opposition into making mistakes, and while it didn’t outwardly hurt the Inferno by using it - the teams split the two-game series - Montreal probably could have done a lot more damage had their execution on their rushes been better.