The Colorado Avalanche had the Ottawa Senators’ third-round pick of 2019, and they used it to select forward Matthew Stienburg at #63 overall. Stienberg attended Colorado’s prospect development camp this summer.
During that time, he spoke with Avs PR about his life. Let’s start with something that’s been a defining experience for the 18-year-old — his bout with osteomyelitis, a serious bone infection.
In 2015, Stienburg was a 15-year-old getting ready to celebrate the Holidays with his family when he came down with what he thought was a serious case of the flu. Unfortunately, pain in his shoulders and hip turned out to be the bone infection.