The Boston Bruins signed Maine junior goaltender Jeremy Swayman to a NHL entry-level contract, it was announced Tuesday afternoon. The Anchorage, Alaska, native just completed a remarkable season for the Black Bears. His .939 save percentage ranked second nationally. In large part because of his star play in net, Maine earned home ice in the...
The Boston Bruins signed Maine junior goaltender Jeremy Swayman to a NHL entry-level contract, it was announced Tuesday afternoon.
The Anchorage, Alaska, native just completed a remarkable season for the Black Bears. His .939 save percentage ranked second nationally.
In large part because of his star play in net, Maine earned home ice in the Hockey East Tournament. Swayman faced 1,170 shots, 63 more than the next closest goaltender in college hockey.
Swayman was 18-11-5 and had Maine in position to make the 2020 NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2012. This was his best season in Orono, but he put together three solid years. His save percentage was .921 and .919 as a freshman and sophomore, respectively.
Also Tuesday, it was announced that Swayman was the 2020 Walter Brown Award winner, given annually to an American-born college hockey player in New England. Adam Fox (2019), Adam Gaudette (2018) and Jimmy Vesey (2016, 2015) are recent winners now plying their trade in the NHL.
Swayman, 21, was the Bruins' fourth-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft after his stellar season playing for the USHL's Sioux Falls Stampede.
Although the Bruins have some issues at the goaltending position in terms of organizational depth, the young stable is improving -- and Swayman is a big part of that. In addition to Swayman, the Bruins have Dan Vladar, 22, and Kyle Keyser, 21, waiting in the wings.
