Donato, Swayman Pick Up Honors

BostonBruins.com - In recognition of his stellar junior season for the Harvard Crimson, Bruins prospect Ryan Donato has been named one of 10 finalists for the 2018 Hobey Baker Award, given to the best college hockey player in the nation.
Donato joins fellow finalists Henrik Borgstrom (Denver), Matthew Galajda (Cornell), Adam Gaudette (Northeastern), Dylan McLaughlin (Canisius), Cale Morris (Notre Dame), Colton Point (Colgate), Jimmy Schuldt, (St. Cloud), Dylan Sikura (Northeastern), and C.J. Suess (Minnesota).

The 21-year-old Scituate native leads Harvard with 41 points (26 goals, 15 assists) in 28 games this season, while pacing the nation with an average of .93 goals per game.
Donato, who is fourth in the nation with 26 goals, was also named to the All-ECAC First Team and All-Ivy First Team. The 2014 second-round pick led Team USA with six points and five goals at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.
Fresh off a hat trick in Harvard's quarterfinals-clinching win over Dartmouth last weekend, Donato will lead the Crimson in the ECAC semis against Clarkson on Friday.
A fan vote for the Hobey Baker will continue until March 25 at www.hobeybaker.com. The Hobey Hat Trick of three finalists will be announced on March 29 at 12 pm, and the Hobey winner will be announced Friday, April 8 from the Roy Wilkens Auditorium in St. Paul, MN with the announcement airing on the NHL Network.

Swayman Picks Up Hardware

Bruins goalie prospect Jeremy Swayman was named to the 2018 Hockey East Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team for his efforts during his freshman season at the University of Maine.
Selected in the fourth round of last June's draft, the 19-year-old posted a 15-12-3 record to go along with a .921 save percentage and 2.72 goals against average in 31 games.
The Anchorage, Alaska, native ranked second in Hockey East save percentage, 10th in goals against average, and fifth in wins. His 1,812 minutes played were good for sixth.
Swayman's 15 wins were the most by a Maine freshman since Ben Bishop notched 21 in 2005-06.
He also earned five weekly league awards during the regular season, the most in Hockey East, and added one in the playoffs, while also earning Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Month for January. He is the only player this season to have earned at least one Rookie, Player and Defensive Player of the Week award.

Gabrielle's Grand Goal

Jesse Gabrielle notched one of the goals of the year among Bruins prospects, with his Nikita Kucherov-inspired shootout tally, which lifted the Regina Pats (WHL) to a 3-2 win over Prince Albert on Wednesday night.
The 20-year-old, who began the year in Providence, clinched the victory when he faked to the backhand and let the puck slide through the five-hole of the Prince Albert goalie.
Gabrielle has 13 goals and 6 assists in 25 games for the Pats this season.