Jordan Szwarz, hunter of pucks and pursuer of dreams, is expected to make his Bruins debut Thursday night with the expansion Vegas Golden Knights on Causeway Street for the first time.
“He might be getting a break,” noted Bruins assistant coach Kevin Dean, who was Szwarz’s coach all last season at AHL Providence. “We’re a little banged up in the middle, and he can play both center and right wing and, to his credit, I think that is going to help him.”
Szwarz, 26, was called up Route 95 on Wednesday when the Bruins announced that veteran pivot David Backes will undergo surgery Thursday at Massachusetts General Hospital for colon surgery related to his recent acute case of diverticulitis.
“He never leaves anything on the table,” said Dean. “Which is why I think he had such a good year last year. Every shift, he’s accountable, reliable, intense…..he could do that every shift he was out there last year and good things happened.”
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“He might be getting a break,” noted Bruins assistant coach Kevin Dean, who was Szwarz’s coach all last season at AHL Providence. “We’re a little banged up in the middle, and he can play both center and right wing and, to his credit, I think that is going to help him.”
Szwarz, 26, was called up Route 95 on Wednesday when the Bruins announced that veteran pivot David Backes will undergo surgery Thursday at Massachusetts General Hospital for colon surgery related to his recent acute case of diverticulitis.
“He never leaves anything on the table,” said Dean. “Which is why I think he had such a good year last year. Every shift, he’s accountable, reliable, intense…..he could do that every shift he was out there last year and good things happened.”
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