SEATTLE — Though yet to make his NHL debut, Bruins prospect Dans Locmelis, the No. 2 goal scorer at AHL Providence this season, on Tuesday became the franchise’s seventh player named to play in the Winter Olympics next month in Milan-Cortina.
Locmelis, a left-shot center, turned pro last spring after his second season at UMass Amherst, and will suit up in Italy for Team Latvia.
About to turn 22 (Jan. 21), Locmelis already has played in three World Championships (2023-25) and three World Junior Championships.
The Bruins, who will wrap up their five-game road trip Tuesday night against the Kraken, have six members of their varsity squad headed to the Tournament of Five Rings, the men’s tournament opening Feb. 11:
⋅ Czechia: David Pastrnak (F) and Pavel Zacha (F).
⋅ United States: Charlie McAvoy (D) and Jeremy Swayman (G).
⋅ Sweden: Elias Lindholm (F).
⋅ Finland: Henri Jokiharju (D).
The Bruins selected Locmelis (6 feet, 180 pounds) with the 119th pick in the 2022 draft, the year before he began his North American hockey journey at UMass Amherst. He played two seasons for the Minutemen, rolling up 15-32–47 in 70 games prior to turning pro last spring.
Locmelis, as of Tuesday, was tied with Patrick Brown in WannaB’s goal scoring (12), trailing only Georgii Merkulov (13). Locmelis’s line of 12-9–21 ranked fifth in team scoring.
In last spring’s World Championship, won by Team USA with Swayman in net, Locmelis led Team Latvia in goals (4) and his line of 4-2–6 was second to Red Wings prospect Eduards Tralmaks (3-4–7) for points. Tralmaks, a University of Maine grad, earlier in his career played parts of three seasons at AHL Providence.
Kevin Paul Dupont can be reached at kevin.dupont@globe.com.