In the System: Clang's highlight-reel performance

Penguins goaltending prospect Calle Clang has had a couple of real highlight-reel saves this season.

The one that stands out the most was this glove save last month, an effort that earned him SHL Save of the Week honors at the time:

The Penguins' 2020 third-round pick had a series of highlight-reel saves in the first period of his start this week against Lulea:

Clang made a pad stop on a bomb of a shot from a Lulea defenseman, then dove across the crease when a Lulea forward was quickly able to fire off a shot from the other side of the net:

Clang's Rogle club won the game, with Clang stopping 20 of 22 shots faced.

It was the first game in two weeks for Clang, who serves as Rogle's backup goaltender. He's won his last three games dating back to Jan. 13, posting a combined .938 save percentage in those games. He's recorded a .905 save percentage and a 2.42 goals-against average in his 11 games this season.

Clang was expected to compete for Sweden's starting job in the World Junior Championship this winter before the tournament was postponed. With the IIHF announcing this week that the tournament will now be held in August in Alberta, Clang will once again have the opportunity to fight for the No. 1 spot on Sweden's roster.

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Here's how the Penguins' prospects in junior, college, and Europe did this week:

FORWARDS

Raivis Ansons
Position: Right wing/left wing
Size: 6-1/190
Shoots: Left
Drafted: 2021, fifth round
Team: Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
Season totals: 27 games, 8 goals, 21 assists

Ansons recorded one goal and one assist in his three games this week.

Tristan Broz
Position: Center/wing
Size: 6-0/179
Shoots: Left
Drafted: 2021, second round
Team: University of Minnesota (NCAA)
Season totals: 29 games, 4 goal, 3 assists

Broz recorded an assist in his two games this week on the left wing on Minnesota's top line.

Judd Caulfield
Position: Right wing
Size: 6-3/207
Shoots: Right
Drafted: 2019, fifth round
Team: University of North Dakota (NCAA)
Season totals: 31 games, 7 goal, 6 assists

Caulfield recorded an assist in his two games this week on the right wing of North Dakota's top line.

Liam Gorman
Position: Center
Size: 6-3/199
Shoots: Left
Drafted: 2018, sixth round
Team: Princeton University (NCAA)
Season totals: 23 games, 2 goal, 3 assist

Gorman recorded an assist in his two games this week. He remained the left wing of Princeton's second line.

Lukas Svejkovsky
Position: Center/right wing
Size: 5-9/170
Shoots: Right
Drafted: 2020, fourth round
Team: Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
Season totals: 37 games, 20 goals, 29 assists

Svejkovsky scored a goal and an assist in three games this week. The goal came just as Svejkovsky came off of the bench:

Kirill Tankov
Position: Center/wing
Size: 6-2/190
Shoots: Left
Drafted: 2021, seventh round
Team: SKA-Neva (VHL)
Season totals: 38 games, 10 goals, 11 assists

Tankov scored a goal and an assist in two games. I have no idea why the arena was playing the theme from The X-Files during it:

Chase Yoder
Position: Center
Size: 5-11/185
Shoots: Left
Drafted: 2020, sixth round
Team: Providence College (NCAA)
Season totals: 34 games, 4 goal, 5 assists

Yoder was scoreless in two games. He was moved from third-line center to fourth-line center for the latter of the two games.

DEFENSEMEN

Santeri Airola
Size: 5-9/163
Shoots: Right
Drafted: 2019, seventh round
Team: Ilves (Liiga), KOOVEE (Mestis)
Season totals: 2 games (Mestis)

Airola missed the start of the Liiga season with a lower-body injury. His team announced on Oct. 14 that Airola underwent surgery and is expected to be sidelined for 6-8 months.

Niclas Almari
Size: 6-1/180
Shoots: Left
Drafted: 2016, fifth round
Team: Lukko (Liiga)
Season totals: 11 games, 1 goal, 1 assist (AHL), 6 games, 4 assists (ECHL), 1 game (Liiga)

Almari was scoreless and a minus-1 in his Lukko debut. He skated on Lukko's second defense pairing and played 17:11. He recorded two shots on goal.

Lukko's other two games this past week, as well as this Wednesday's game, were postponed due to COVID cases on the team.

Isaac Belliveau
Size: 6-2/185
Shoots: Left
Drafted: 2021, fifth round
Team: Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
Season totals: 37 games, 4 goal, 13 assists

Belliveau played in four games this week on the left side of Gatineau's second defense pairing and scored two goals and an assist. Both goals came in the same game, with the first being a power play tally:

Belliveau's second goal of the game came right off of the faceoff:

Daniel Laatsch
Size: 6-5/190
Shoots: Left
Drafted: 2021, seventh round
Team: University of Wisconsin (NCAA)
Season totals: 25 games, 2 assists

Laatsch remains sidelined with an undisclosed injury.

Ryan McCleary
Size: 6-2/180
Shoots: Right
Drafted: 2021, seventh round
Team: Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
Season totals: 45 games, 6 goals, 17 assists

McCleary recorded three assists in four games on the left side of Portland's top defense pairing.

Clayton Phillips
Size: 6-0/195
Shoots: Left
Drafted: 2017, third round
Team: Penn State University (NCAA)
Season totals: 30 games, 5 goal, 7 assists

Phillips was scoreless in two games.

Penn State shared his highlight video of Phillips as part of its Senior Week celebrations

Phillips is one of three Penn State players nominated for the Hobey Baker Award, awarded annually to the top player in college hockey. Voting is here and runs through March 6.

GOALTENDERS

Joel Blomqvist
Size: 6-1/183
Catches: Left
Drafted: 2020, second round
Team: Karpat (Liiga), Hermes (Mestis)
Season totals: 13 games, 1.33 GAA, .940 SV% (Liiga), 4 games, 2.26 GAA, .882 SV% (Mestis)

Blomqvist played in one game, entering the game in the second period in a relief appearance. He stopped 11 of 12 shots faced.

Calle Clang
Size: 6-2/176
Catches: Left
Drafted: 2020, third round
Team: Rogle (SHL)
Season totals: 11 games, 2.42 GAA, .906 SV%

Clang played in one game and made 20 saves on 22 shots in a win.