A clean sheet of ice and a fresh start for Bruins rookies trying to impress.The future of the B’s, flying around the ice.It’s rookie camp at Warrior Ice Arena, a chance for the kids to show they’re alright.Everyone out here is young.Not one player was born in a century that starts with 19, and the youngest is just 18 years old, Cole Chandler.To the untrained eye, everyone is fast.But this is about development for the organization.”Mistakes are going to happen. How you respond is probably the most important, so the mindset, the mentality, is really important. We want to see guys fight through it,” said Prospects Challenge Head Coach Ryan Mougenel who is the Providence Bruins Head Coach. Two to watch fighting for spots on the big Bruins, a pair of 21-year-olds: UMass product from Latvia, Dans Lochmelis and Fraser Minten, acquired a year ago along with a couple of picks from the Leafs for Brandon Carlo, now in a new system.”Every training camp is an opportunity to show what you’ve got and let it play out and see what happens. So, I’m excited to do everything I can and play really good hockey,” Minten said. “I feel like there’s a couple of spots that a lot of players are fighting for. And my goal is to make the team,” Lochmelis said.After two days of camp in Brighton, this group heads to Buffalo for the annual Prospects Challenge.
BOSTON —
A clean sheet of ice and a fresh start for Bruins rookies trying to impress.
The future of the B’s, flying around the ice.
It’s rookie camp at Warrior Ice Arena, a chance for the kids to show they’re alright.
Everyone out here is young.
Not one player was born in a century that starts with 19, and the youngest is just 18 years old, Cole Chandler.
To the untrained eye, everyone is fast.
But this is about development for the organization.
“Mistakes are going to happen. How you respond is probably the most important, so the mindset, the mentality, is really important. We want to see guys fight through it,” said Prospects Challenge Head Coach Ryan Mougenel who is the Providence Bruins Head Coach.
Two to watch fighting for spots on the big Bruins, a pair of 21-year-olds: UMass product from Latvia, Dans Lochmelis and Fraser Minten, acquired a year ago along with a couple of picks from the Leafs for Brandon Carlo, now in a new system.
“Every training camp is an opportunity to show what you’ve got and let it play out and see what happens. So, I’m excited to do everything I can and play really good hockey,” Minten said.
“I feel like there’s a couple of spots that a lot of players are fighting for. And my goal is to make the team,” Lochmelis said.
After two days of camp in Brighton, this group heads to Buffalo for the annual Prospects Challenge.