Bruins announced great news regarding their top prospect Dans Locmelic as he helped his home country of Latvia accomplish something incredible. Latvia took on France in the 2026 Olympic qualifiers today in which Locmelic helped Latvia beat France 5-2 to secure a spot in the winter Olympics. <q>Congrats to #NHLBruins prospect and @UMassHockey forward Dans Locmelis on helping his native Latvia to this incredible achievement.</q> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/BlackAndGold277/status/1830295085327732899'> </a></blockquote></div> This is a great achievement for the Bruins prospect who will be playing for Umass next season in the NCAA. More surprisingly, Slovakia just made it over the line as they beat Kazakhstan 3-0.