Big Bad Blog
WEEI.com Blog Network
RSS
B’s sign Wozniewski to a one-year contract 09.09.09 at 5:19 pm ET
By Joe Haggerty

The Boston Bruins announced on Wednesday afternoon that they’ve signed 29-year-old veteran defenseman Andy Wozniewski to a one-year contract. Wozniewski played mostly in the AHL last season for both the Peoria Rivermen and the Scranton Wilkes-Barre Penguins, and racked up 3 goals and 18 assists in 74 games.

Wozniewski also played a single game for the St. Louis Blues last season, and has 12 career points and 81 penalty minutes in 77 NHL games played for the Blues and Maple Leafs in his career. Wozniewski also played 17 games as a freshman for UMass-Lowell in 1999-2000 before transferring to the University of Wisconsin. Wozniewski should provide the Bruins with additional depth along the blueline if injuries hit during training camp or the early season months.

It’s expected that Wozniewski would likely break training camp with the Providence Bruins should the Black and Gold blueline corps remain healthy through the exhibition season.

Read More: Andy Wozniewski, Boston Bruins, Peter Chiarelli, Print  |  Email   | Bark It Up!  |  Digg It
  • Brian Palmer

    This is an interesting move. But it’s also a move that I think would say to all of us that Phil Kessel is most likely not going to sign with the Bruins this year. Still hoping to hear a good update on that front.

  • http://bigbadblog.weei.com Joe Haggerty

    I honestly don’t think this has anything to do with Kessel, Brian. They needed more defensemen depth at Providence in case they suffer a few injuries with the Big B’s in Boston. Wozniewski is an AHL guy that will bounce back and forth, and provide some insurance.

    If they sign another proven NHL defenseman, then you can take that as a sign that something is about to go down with Kessel, Kobasew or Ference.

    –Haggs

  • http://weei.com christopher mehegan

    hi,haggs i like the bruins latest signing of andy wozniewski he provides depth at defense because of his 6’5”225 in size now do you think he will be kind of a big body spark plug on defense alongside with derek morris to me in my mind the bruins this upcomig year are going to be a different team but much younger overall do you also think the bruins will hopefully make the playoffs and go all the way this upcoming year what do you think haggs.

  • http://tester.com Fix your slow computer

    Do you mind if I quote a few of your posts as long as I provide credit and sources back to your site? My blog site is in the exact same area of interest as yours and my visitors would definitely benefit from a lot of the information you provide here. Please let me know if this okay with you. Regards!

Bruins Box Score
Bruins Schedule
Bruins Headlines
NHL Headlines