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September 30, 2007 - October 6, 2007 Archives

The Bruins today signed center Glen Metropolit. Metropolit had been invited to training camp on a professional tryout, and appeared in four of the Bruins preseason games before being signed.

Last season, Metropolit split time between the Atlanta Thrashers and St. Louis Blues and totaled 14 goals and 19 assists in 77 games with the two clubs. He appeared in 57 games with the Thrashers before being traded to St. Louis along with three draft picks (a first and third round pick in 2007 and a second round pick in 2008) for Keith Tkachuk on February 25, 2007.

The 33-year-old center first entered the NHL when he was signed as a free agent by the Washington Capitals on July 19, 1999. In 180 career games in the NHL, Metropolit has tallied 24 goals and 56 assists.

The Boston Bruins today assigned defenseman Matt Hunwick, center Petteri Nokelainen and center Nate Thompson to the Providence Bruins. In addition, left wing Jeff Hoggan has been placed on waivers. If Hoggan clears waivers, he will also be assigned to Providence.

Following these roster moves, the Bruins have 23 players remaining in camp. The roster is as follows:

Goalies (2): Manny Fernandez, Tim Thomas

Defensemen (7): Bobby Allen, Andrew Alberts, Zdeno Chara, Andrew Ference, Mark Stuart, Aaron Ward, Dennis Wideman

Forwards (14): P.J. Axelsson, Patrice Bergeron, Brandon Bochenski, Phil Kessel, Chuck Kobasew, David Krejci, Milan Lucic, Glen Metropolit*, Glen Murray, Jeremy Reich, Marc Savard, Peter Schaefer, Marco Sturm, Shawn Thornton

* - denotes invitee to camp not under contract.

The Bruins begin their regular season with a five-game, 10-day road trip, making stops in Dallas, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Anaheim and San Jose. The season opener will be in Dallas on Friday, October 5 when the Bruins take on the Stars at 8:30 p.m. EDT.