Merrimack Goalie Max Lundgren Signs NHL Contract with Boston Bruins

Jack Lawhorne — Student Reporter

Merrimack goaltender Max Lundgren has signed a one-year, entry-level contract with the Boston Bruins for the 2026-27 NHL season, the Bruins announced Sunday, March 29.

“I’m just very excited,” said Lundgren Sunday morning. “It’s been a dream since I was a little kid to sign an NHL contract.”

The 23-year-old junior from Angelholm, Sweden played every minute for Merrimack this season, leading the nation with 39 games played, tying the single-season program record.

Lundgren also led the country in saves with 1,134 and led all Hockey East goalies with 21 wins in 2025-26.

Lundgren was named MVP of the 2026 Hockey East Tournament, where he led the Warriors past the No. 1, 2, and 3 seeds for the program’s first ever conference title. He posted a shutout vs. No. 2 UMass in the Semifinals before stopping 49 of 50 total shots vs. No. 3 UConn in the Championship.

The 6-foot-5 goaltender adds tremendous size, depth, and potential to a Bruins roster and goalie room that has done a phenomenal job of developing talent.

“That’s one of the reasons I wanted to go to the Bruins,” said Lundgren. “Unbelievable goalie development.”

“Their situation that they have there, they need Max,” added Merrimack head coach Scott Borek. “And going to a place where they want to sign you, but going to a place where they need to sign you, that’s a big difference. And I think that’s the situation we’re looking at here with Max, which is what makes it such a great opportunity.”

“[The Bruins] had been watching during the season, and they asked me over Christmas break if I wanted to come to development camp,” Lundgren explained. “From there, we really just had a dialogue back and forth. And they reached out to me after the NCAA Tournament game, and asked me if I wanted to have a call and see where it takes us, and they offered me the contract.”

It’s no secret that losing Lundgren to the pros is a big loss for Merrimack.

But there is a bright side.

“Dan Jewell has coached our goalies since day one, and for Dan to have two goalies in a row leave here with NHL contracts makes it pretty easy for us to call a goalie who has that aspiration and say, I’ve got the best goalie coach in the country ready to coach you,” explained Borek. “It’s great for our team and great for our program.”

Lundgren made his pitch for up and coming goalies considering coming to Merrimack: “It might be a small school, but it’s a fun school, and the development here is great. Everything you need is here. Great staff, great coaches, great everything.”

“Come here,” pitched Lundgren.

Per Mike McMahon of The Mack Report, Lundgren is just the second Warrior to skate professionally with the Bruins, joining Mark Cornforth, who did so in 1995. Dan Hodge and Howie Rosenblatt were also drafted and signed by Boston in the early 1990s, but neither appeared in an NHL game.”

When asked what’s next, Lundgren said he’d be headed down to Providence to report to the Bruins AHL affiliate in the coming weeks.

Photos: X: Marcussi_MA, Merrimack Athletics, The Boston Globe