Bruins forward prospect grabs medal in tournament debut by Eric Russo @erusso22 / BostonBruins.com
BostonBruins.com - Bruins draft pick Matias Mantykivi captured a bronze medal with Team Finland on Tuesday night at the 2021 World Junior Championship in Edmonton. Finland defeated Russia, 4-1.
Mantykivi, picked by Boston in the sixth round of the 2019 Draft, notched an assist with a plus-2 rating in 12:03 of ice time in the medal game. The helper was the 19-year-old forward s lone point of the tournament.
The only other Bruins representative at the tournament was defenseman Roman Bychkov, who played 18:45 for Russia in the bronze medal game. The 19-year-old notched three assists in seven games, all of them coming in Russia s 7-1 win over Austria in the preliminary round.