Boston’s prospect pipeline kept producing across the NCAA, juniors, Europe and Providence, with several Bruins picks making noise in the last week.
At the college level, Chris Pelosi was the headliner. The Quinnipiac forward piled up a hat trick in a 4-1 win at No.
16 Cornell last Friday, opening the scoring midway through the first period before adding another in the third and finishing with a shorthanded empty-net goal. He followed that up with two assists in Saturday’s 4-3 overtime win at Colgate, including the helper on the game-winner.
Through nine games, the Sewell, New Jersey, native is tied for first on the Bobcats with six goals and sits second with 11 points. Boston took Pelosi in the third round, 92nd overall, in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft.
Quinnipiac got another boost from Elliott Groenewold, who scored the overtime winner at Colgate. Cutting toward the crease, the defenseman took a pass from Pelosi and tucked home a backhand to end it.
Groenewold also had an assist in Friday’s win at Cornell and now has one goal and six assists through nine games. Boston selected the Springfield, Vermont, native in the fourth round, 110th overall, of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft.
The Bobcats’ sweep was also celebrated by the team on social media after Groenewold’s winner.
In the junior ranks, Cole Chandler kept his run going for Cape Breton. The forward stretched his point streak to seven games over a three-game weekend, collecting an assist in Friday’s 4-1 loss at Halifax, scoring in Saturday’s 4-3 overtime loss at Charlottetown, and adding another assist in Sunday’s 4-1 loss to Moncton.
Chandler, a Bedford, Nova Scotia, native, is third on the team with 16 points, built on six goals and 10 assists, through 15 games. Boston drafted him in the fifth round, 133rd overall, in 2025.
Europe brought a big weekend from Yuri Ivanov, who was nearly unbeatable for Spartak Moskova Jr. The goaltender stopped 87 of 89 shots across two wins, turning aside 54 in Saturday’s 3-1 victory over Yaroslavl Loko and then making 33 more stops in Sunday’s 5-1 rematch win.
Through seven games, the Moscow, Russia, native owns a 1.18 goals-against average and a .966 save percentage. Boston picked Ivanov in the second round, 56th overall, of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft.
Matvei Kotkov also found the net in Europe, scoring in Yaroslavl Lokomotiv’s 5-1 win over Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk on Sunday. The Yekaterinburg, Russia, native now has six goals and two assists in 24 KHL games this season. Boston selected him in the fourth round, 104th overall, of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft.
Providence wrapped up a six-game road trip with a 4-2-0-0 record, finishing the stretch 4-2-0-0 and picking up four of a possible six points over the past week in Canada and Charlotte. The Providence Bruins are 7-8-0-0, sit fifth in the division, and are five points behind first-place Charlotte.
Riley Duran was a major driver of that surge. He extended his point streak to four games with a career-high four assists in Wednesday’s 4-2 win at Charlotte.
Over the full four-game trip, the forward totaled two goals and five assists. His goal in last Friday’s 5-4 win at Hamilton helped spark a three-goal third-period comeback.
Duran ranks tied for third on the team with eight assists and is second in points with 11 among active Providence players. The Woburn, Massachusetts, native was drafted by Boston in the sixth round, 182nd overall, in 2020.
Ivan Ivan also kept rolling, extending his point streak to four games with the go-ahead power-play goal in Wednesday’s 4-2 win at Charlotte. He added two important assists in the comeback win at Hamilton and is tied for the team lead with two power-play goals.
Among active P-Bruins, he’s tied for third in assists with eight and second in points with 11. Boston acquired the Ostrava, Czechia, native from Colorado on June 27 in exchange for Fabian Lysell, and he signed a one-year, two-way contract with the organization.
Brendan Gaunce chipped in with a two-goal night in Friday’s 4-2 win at Charlotte. He scored once right after leaving the penalty box on a breakaway to open the scoring, then added a backhand from the bottom of the right circle that slipped under the crossbar a little more than four minutes later.
Gaunce leads all active Providence players with eight goals, and his 11 points are tied for second among active P-Bruins. The Sudbury, Ontario, native signed a two-year, two-way contract with Boston on July 1.
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