One of the Bruins\u2019 breakout prospects will be sidelined for the rest of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dans Locmelis<\/a> is set to undergo shoulder surgery, per Mark Divver of the New England Hockey Journal<\/a>. He will have a six-month recovery period and is expected to be ready for the Bruins\u2019 training camp. <\/p>\n This season, Locmelis ranks seventh on the Providence Bruins in points. He has 28 (15-13\u201328) in 43 games, and he is a plus-6.\u00a0<\/p>\n Two of his 15 goals have come while shorthanded, which is the most on the team. The P-Bruins have scored four shorthanded goals this season. He also has four power-play goals, the third-most on the team.\u00a0<\/p>\n Locmelis also skated for Team Latvia at the 2026 Winter Olympics. He scored twice on the power play<\/a> in a preliminary round game against Germany.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n He scored once in Latvia\u2019s three Olympic qualifying games leading up to the tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n Upon returning to the AHL after the Olympics, Locmelis did not dress for Providence.<\/p>\n Locmelis has scored nine goals, which is the second most on Team Latvia<\/a> since he joined the men\u2019s team.\u00a0<\/p>\n Locmelis made the jump from UMass to the Providence Bruins last April. In six regular-season games with Providence, he had 12 points (3-9\u201312). He played in four playoff games and recorded an assist before joining Team Latvia at the 2025 IIHF World Championships.\u00a0<\/p>\n There, he received praise from Pittsburgh Penguins\u2019 captain Sidney Crosby<\/a> after Latvia\u2019s game against Canada. Locmelis was reportedly confused<\/a> and did not have the words to respond to Crosby.\u00a0<\/p>\n With his injury, he will not be able to compete in the 2026 World Championships.\u00a0<\/p>\n International play has provided Locmelis with opportunities for big-game experience. He has skated in 28 games with the Latvian men\u2019s team at the Olympics, World Championships, and Olympic qualifying games.<\/p>\n The Latvian prospect spent two seasons playing for Greg Carvel at UMass Amherst. In his first season, he had 14 points (7-7\u201314) in 30 games. He improved his points total to 33 (8-25\u201333) in 40 games during his second season and then made the transition to the AHL, where his development will pause as the focus turns to recovering from injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the Bruins\u2019 breakout prospects will be sidelined for the rest of the season.\u00a0 Dans Locmelis is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5099],"tags":[154,95,5132,530,4298,58,5,4,1753],"class_list":["post-480184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-boston-bruins","tag-boston","tag-boston-bruins","tag-bostonbruins","tag-bruins","tag-dans-locmelis","tag-featured","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-providence-bruins"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116157618800686020","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}