Penguins select Finnish goaltender Joel Blomqvist in 2nd round
Using the pick they acquired from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for goaltender Matt Murray, the Pittsburgh Penguins selected another goaltender.
With the 52nd overall selection in the second round, the Penguins chose Joel Blomqvist of Karpat in Finland’s Liiga.
During 2019-20, while playing for Karpat’s junior team in the SM-sarja league, Blomqvist, a native of Pietarsaari, Finland, appeared in 34 games, winning 26, and had a .931 save percentage.
This season, the 18-year-old Blomqvist (6-foot-2, 183 pounds) has played two games for Karpat’s team in the Liiga, Finland’s top-tier league, and has a 2-0-0 record along with a 1.50 goals-against average and a .914 save percentage.
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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