Bruins draft goaltender Philip Svedeback with No. 117 overall pick
With their third pick of the 2021 NHL Draft, the Bruins went with a goaltender, selecting Swedish netminder Philip Svedeback with the No. 117 overall pick.
A 6-foot-3 goaltender, Svedeback put up a 5-6-0 record with a .912 save percentage and 3.47 goals against average in 12 appearances for the Vaxjo Lakers HC (Sweden) junior team in 2020-21.
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And after spending the last three seasons in Vaxjo’s program, the 19-year-old is slated to play the 2021-22 season with the Dubuque Fighting Saints of the USHL.
Svedeback’s selection gives the Bruins four goaltenders under the age of 25 in their pipeline, with the list headlined by Jeremy Swayman and Daniel Vladar, and with Kyle Keyser behind them.
It also comes after the Bruins took right wing Fabian Lysell with the No. 21 overall pick on Friday, and following the selection of center Brett Harrison with the No. 85 overall pick with their first pick of Saturday’s festivities.
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