Last Team: Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
Position: Forward
Height: 6 feet, 2 inches
Weight: 179 pounds
Shoots: Right
Birthday: Jan. 25, 2002
Hometown: Woburn, Massachusetts
Central Scouting: 95th-ranked North American skater
Duran struggled to find the right words. Growing up just 25 minutes north of TD Garden, the Woburn native was ecstatic to be the latest in a long line of local products to end up with the Black & Gold.
"It couldn't have worked out better with such a great organization," Duran, donning a Bruins hat, said shortly after speaking with GM Don Sweeney and President Cam Neely via Zoom. "Tons of history. From the day I was born, I was a Bruins fan and still am now. I'm just so excited to be a part of this organization…my brain is still twisting right now. It's really just a dream come true.
"I never really thought I'd be at this point and all the hard work paid off the past couple years. It's really, it's just awesome. It's just a dream come true, I'm speechless."
Duran and his parents - including father, Jim, the head coach of the Woburn High School boys' hockey team - were monitoring the Draft from Ohio where Duran is set to suit up for his first season with Youngstown of the USHL.
"We were just standing around the TV for the past hour and we were just looking. I think when my name came up, I legit just blacked out," said Duran. "I had no idea what was going on. I saw my mom, she was bobbling her phone when she went up to take a picture. It's just a dream come true. The town of Woburn is always a close town and everyone knows each other, it'll just be awesome when I'm back home."