Blomqvist, 18, was drafted by Pittsburgh in the second round (52nd overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft. This season, the goaltender has split time between Karpat of Liiga, Finland's top professional league, and Hermes of Mestis, Finland's second-tier professional league. In two games with Karpat, Blomqvist has gone 2-0-0 with a 1.50 goals-against average and .914 save percentage. With Hermes, he has gone 3-3-3 in nine games with a 2.56 goals-against average, .908 save percentage and one shutout.
In 2019-20, the 6-foot-2, 183-pound Blomqvist won Junior SM-Liiga's Best Goalie Award and was named to the First All-Star Team after leading all goaltenders with a .931 save percentage in 34 games with Karpat U20.
Internationally, the Uusikaarlepyy, Finland native played for his country at the 2019 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge as well as the 2019 World Under-18 Championship, winning a silver medal at the U-17 level.
Team Finland opens the tournament on Dec. 25 with a game against Germany at 6:00 PM ET. Finland's preliminary play continues on Dec. 27 (2:00 PM ET vs. Switzerland), Dec. 30 (2:00 PM ET vs. Slovakia) and Dec. 31 (6:00 PM ET vs. Canada).
Clang, 18, was drafted by the Penguins in the third round (77th overall) of the 2020 NHL Draft. This season, the goaltender is playing with Kristianstands IK of Hockey Allsvenskan, Sweden's second-highest professional league. In eight games this season, he has gone 4-4-0 with a 1.81 goals-against average and .939 save percentage.
The 6-foot-2, 194-pound goaltender spent the majority of the previous two seasons with Rogle BK J20, a developmental team for the SHL's Rogle BK. In 58 games between 2018-20, he went 29-28-0 with a 2.72 goals-against average and .911 save percentage.
Internationally, the Olofstrom, Sweden native has represented his country at the 2019 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge and 2019 World Under-18 Championship, winning bronze and gold medals, respectively.
Clang and Team Sweden will open the tournament on Dec. 26 against Czech Republic at 2:00 PM ET. Sweden's preliminary play continues on Dec. 28 (6:00 PM ET vs. Austria), Dec. 30 (9:30 PM ET vs. Russia) and Dec. 31 (9:30 PM ET vs. U.S.).
