The KHL announced Friday that Zach Fucale, formerly of the Washington Capitals and Hershey Bears, was named one of the three finalists for the league's Best Goalie Award after a highly successful first season with Traktor Chelyabinsk. The award is voted on by all of the league's head coaches. Fucale finished his great year with…
Penguins prospects Joel Blomqvist, Calle Clang and Kirill Tankov will represent Team Finland, Team Sweden and Team Russia, respectively, at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship.
Prospects Blomqvist and Clang Selected to 2021 World Junior Championship by Pittsburgh Penguins @penguins / Media Release
Pittsburgh Penguins prospects Joel Blomqvist and Calle Clang will represent Team Finland and Team Sweden, respectively, at the 2021 World Junior Championship held Dec. 25-Jan. 5 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta.
Blomqvist, 18, was drafted by Pittsburgh in the second round (52nd overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft. This season, the goaltender has split time between Karpat of Liiga, Finland s top professional league, and Hermes of Mestis, Finland s second-tier professional league. In two games with Karpat, Blomqvist has gone 2-0-0 with a 1.50 goals-against average and .914 save percentage. With Hermes, he has gone 3-3-3 in nine games with a 2.56 goals-against average, .908 save percentage and one