Penguins prospects Joel Blomqvist, Calle Clang selected for World Junior Championship rosters
Penguins goaltending prospects Joel Blomqvist and Calle Clang have been selected to the IIHF World Junior Championship tournament rosters of Finland and Sweden, respectively.
Blomqvist, a second-round selection (No. 52 overall) in this year’s draft, has primarily played for Hermes in Finland’s second-tier Mestis league this season. In nine games, Blomqvist has a 3-3-3 record along with a 2.56 goals against average, a .900 save percentage and one shutout.
Before being assigned to Hermes, Blomqvist appeared in two games with Karpat of the top-tier Liiga. With Karpat, Blomqvist had a 2-0-0 record, a 1.50 goals against average and a .910 save percentage.
Clang, a third-round selection (No. 77 overall) in this year’s draft, has played in eight games with Kristianstads of Sweden’s second-tier HockeyAllsvensken league. He has a 4-4-0 record along with a 1.81 goals against average and a .939 save percentage.
The tournament is scheduled to be held Dec. 25 through Jan. 5 in Edmonton’s Rogers Place, the same venue which hosted most of the NHL’s postseason tournament in August and September because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Seth Rorabaugh is a TribLive reporter covering the Pittsburgh Penguins. A North Huntingdon native, he joined the Trib in 2019 and has covered the Penguins since 2007. He can be reached at srorabaugh@triblive.com.
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