Get Better with Ballet

Jeremy Swayman admits he originally signed up for a ballet class as the University of Maine thinking it might provide a bit of a break from academics, a chance to move his body and rest his brain a bit amid the grind of his junior NCAA season after a couple of senior forwards took it as “a filler class” the year before.

It didn’t take the Boston Bruins prospect long to see the links between dance and stopping pucks, and they were reinforced by a season that ended with him winning the Mike Richter award as the top goalie in college hockey.