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June 28, 2009 - July 4, 2009 Archives

Free-agent defenseman Shane Hnidy signed a one-year contract with the Minnesota Wild Friday.

Hnidy, 33, tallied 12 points in 2008-09 with the Boston Bruins, with 45 penalty minutes.

Hnidy has played 477 games over nine NHL seasons with Ottawa, Nashville, Atlanta, Anaheim and Boston, totaling 57 points and 565 PIM.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) -- The New York Islanders have signed left wing Jeremy Reich, goaltender Scott Munroe, and defenseman Brett Westgarth to one-year contracts.

Reich, the captain of the Providence Bruins last winter, has played in a total of 99 NHL games, scoring two goals and four assists with the Boston Bruins' organization. Last season for Providence, he had a career-high 21 goals and 13 assists.

Munroe, an undrafted goalie, has been in the Philadelphia Flyers' organization for the past four seasons. He led the Phantoms to the Calder Cup Playoffs in each of the past two seasons, and had a save percentage of .926 with four shutouts last year.

Westgarth played last year for the Worcester Sharks, an affiliate of the San Jose Sharks.

TSN is reporting that the Boston Bruins have re-signed veteran winger Mark Recchi, 41, to a one-year, $1 million contract.

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Milan Lucic is the only Boston Bruin among the 46 NHL players invited to Canada's August orientation camp for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

Click here to read TSN story and the list of players.

BOSTON -- The Bruins announced Tuesday night they have bought out the last year of forward Peter Schaefer's contract.

Schaefer spent all of 2008-09 with the Providence Bruins, recording 7 goals and 19 assists for 26 points in 47 regular-season games. In eight career NHL seasons, Schaefer played in 556 games for three clubs (Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators and the Vancouver Canucks). Overall he scored 98 goals with 161 assists for 259 career points.

Schaefer was acquired by the Bruins from the Ottawa Senators for Shean Donovan on July 17, 2007.

Following the buyout, Schaefer becomes an unrestricted free agent and can sign with any other NHL team.

USA Hockey today announced that 34 players, including Tim Thomas and Phil Kessel of the Boston Bruins, have been invited to the U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Orientation Camp from Aug. 17-19, at Seven Bridges Ice Arena in Woodridge, Ill.

The Olympic team's general manager is Brian Burke and the head coach is Ron Wilson, both Providence College alums. Wilson's assistants will be Scott Gordon, former Providence Bruins head coach, and John Tortorella.

Here's the list of invitees:

Goal: Ryan Miller, Jonathan Quick, Tim Thomas

Defence: Tom Gilbert, Tim Gleason, Ron Hainsey, Erik Johnson, Jack Johnson, Mike Komisarek, Paul Martin, Brooks Orpik, Brian Rafalski, Robert Scuderi, Ryan Suter, Ryan Whitney

Forwards: David Backes, David Booth, Dustin Brown, Dustin Byfuglien, Ryan Callahan, Chris Drury, Scott Gomez, Patrick Kane, Ryan Kesler, Phil Kessel, Jamie Langenbrunner, Ryan Malone, Mike Modano, Kyle Okposo, T.J. Oshie, Zach Parise, Joe Pavelski, Bobby Ryan, Paul Stastny

According to The Boston Globe, the Bruins were prepared on Friday night -- the start of the NHL Draft -- to trade Phil Kessel and their 2010 first-round draft pick to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for defenseman Tomas Kaberle and Toronto's first pick in the draft, the seventh overall.

The Globe, quoting unnamed sources with knowledge of the negotiations, said that the deal collapsed just hours before the draft, when Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli learned that Toronto was not willing to part with the number-seven pick, and wanted Kessel and the 2010 Boston pick for Kaberle alone.