Zane McIntyre at the Bruins Development Camp

The Boston Bruins are holding their development camp this week and former UND goalie Zane McIntyre is currently attending the Bruins camp.  This is Zane’s sixth development camp with the Bruins.

“Zane’s real relaxed,” said development coach Jay Pandolfo. “He’s been here five times. And he’s ready, he’s ready to make the next step. You can just tell he’s excited. He just talks about getting better every day, that’s what he wants to do.” (Boston Globe)

Here’s a couple of quotes from the former Hobey Baker Memorial Finalist.

Zane on the Camp:

“It’s kind of a little family reunion — basically every year, you come back in the summers,” McIntyre said. “Hockey’s a small world, as we’ve talked about with all of our buddies. You make so many connections, [and] a bunch of the college guys, you play with and against throughout the whole career, too.

“That will be fun to kind of throw little jabs here and there, I guess,” he added with a grin. “That’ll be fun.”

Some have wondered why McIntyre would sign a professional contract now, especially when the Bruins have quite a few goalies waiting in the wings.  Zane knows what’s ahead of him. He’s going to leave the worrying up to the Bruins. McIntyre is expected to start the season with the Providence Bruins of the AHL.

For McIntyre, the good news came last month.

“[I’ve] been very fortunate to be in a position to sign a pro contract and to go into a good situation here with heavy competition in the goaltender position,” he said. “It’s going to be awesome. I’ve been looking forward to it after our season ended [at North Dakota], and it kind of felt like the right step to take in my career and in my life, to start that new chapter of my life.”

McIntyre is well aware of the situation he is entering in Boston. He knows that Tuukka Rask owns the net, and behind him, there could be an opportunity for whoever is up to the challenge of grabbing it during training camp.

But it is not in his nature to focus on that. He will just play his game and let the Bruins make those decisions.