BOSTON — Bruins prospect Riley Duran joined Boston’s AHL affiliate in Windfall for 11 video games after finishing his collegiate profession final season.
Duran tallied two objectives and two assists within the common season earlier than going pointless in 4 playoff video games for the Bruins.
Windfall head coach Ryan Mougenel advised reporters after Day 3 of Bruins improvement camp why Duran was thrown to the wolves on the finish of the AHL season and the way he impressed the teaching workers.
“Tremendous happy,” Mougenel stated. “For us, he in all probability him the method, in all probability bought expedited a bit of bit as a result of we had some call-ups, and he bought put in a job with Patrick Brown, and he was superior.”
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Mougenel admitted he was not anticipating to see how a lot Duran’s sport had grown throughout his final season with Windfall Faculty.
“For me to be clear, I feel he was rather a lot higher than what I used to be anticipating,” he stated. “And never saying that I had him, you already know, at a unique customary, however we have been actually stunned at how effectively his sport had grown and the way assured he was within the American League. He was completely wonderful for us.”
The fourth-year coach credited Duran’s coaches on the collegiate stage for serving to the 22-year-old Woburn, Mass. native’s improvement.
“We’re enthusiastic about his development, his improvement, the individual, his work ethic, being an incredible teammate,” Mougenel stated. “I feel Windfall Faculty does an incredible job with that. We’ve been very fortunate to get two gamers over there in Michael Callahan and Riley Duran. I feel the very first thing that’s evident is how nice teammates they’re and their work ethic. We’re very excited the place Riley’s improvement goes.”
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Duran had a stable stretch on the collegiate stage, tallying 27 objectives and 28 assists in 102 video games. Mougenel defined why Duran stunned him on the skilled stage.
“His talent set stunned us probably the most in all probability,” Mougenel stated. “I assumed he was extra of a bit of little bit of a grinder, which he has. However his talent set, his palms, his pace, his separation, his willingness to get inside.”
Mougenel continued: “We put him in loads of totally different spots. He performed particular groups, and we acknowledge that’s a tricky time of the 12 months for many faculty gamers or junior gamers coming in when issues get ramped up a bit of bit, however he excelled at that. We’re very happy with him.”
Bruins normal supervisor Don Sweeney singled out Duran, Georgii Merkulov and Fabian Lysell as three gamers who might be battling in coaching camp for a spot on the NHL roster. If Duran impressed Mougenel on the AHL stage, the following step could be to impress Boston bench boss Jim Montgomery.
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