Bruins sign four players
9/7/2005

The Boston Bruins have agreed to terms with right
wing Colton Orr, center Tyler Redenbach and left wings
Pat Leahy and Jeremy Reich, it was announced today by
Bruins General Manager Mike O'Connell. Redenbach was
signed to a three-year contract, while Orr, Leahy and
Reich agreed to one-year deals and, in keeping with
club policy, terms of the contracts were not released.

Orr, 23, enters his third full season in the Bruins
organization since signing with the team as a free
agent in September, 2001. He played four seasons of
junior hockey in the Western Hockey League with Swift
Current, Kamloops and Regina with 19-9=28 totals and
570 penalty minutes in 162 career junior games. The
6’3”, 210 lb. native of Winnipeg, Manitoba has played
the last two seasons with Boston’s American Hockey
League affiliate in Providence. He was recalled to
play one scoreless game in Boston on January 8, 2004
vs. Pittsburgh. Orr, who is not related to former
Bruin Bobby Orr, played 61 games with the AHL Bruins
in 2004-05 with 1-6=7 totals and a team-high 279
penalty minutes in 61 games.

Redenbach, 20, was originally drafted by Phoenix as
their first pick (third round), 77th overall, in the
2003 NHL Entry Draft, but did not sign with the
Coyotes and became an unrestricted free agent this
off-season. He has played the last four seasons of
junior hockey in the Western Hockey League with Prince
George, Swift Current and Lethbridge with 70-187=257
totals and 180 penalty minutes in 261 career junior
games. The 6’0”, 195 lb. native of Melville,
Saskatchewan led the WHL in assists and points in
2003-04 with 31-74=105 totals and was named to the WHL
East Second All-Star Team that season. He split the
2004-05 season between Swift Current and Lethbridge
with 19-44=63 totals and 63 penalty minutes in 65
combined games.

Leahy, 26, enters his fourth season in the Bruins
organization. He played four seasons of college hockey
at Miami (OH) University with 39-62=101 totals and 167
penalty minutes in 135 career college games and turned
pro in the 2001-02 season. He played that year for
four teams in the ECHL and AHL and signed with the
Bruins as a free agent in July, 2003. The 6’3”, 200
lb. native of Boston, Massachusetts has spent most of
the last three seasons in Providence/AHL, with a
six-game scoreless stint in Boston in the 2003-04
season. He had 1-14=15 totals with 18 penalty minutes
in 38 Providence games in 2004-05, missing half of the
season with various injuries, and finished fifth in
the team’s playoff scoring race with 4-6=10 totals in
17 games as the AHL Bruins advanced to the Eastern
Conference finals.

Reich, 26 and (pronounced REETCH), was originally
drafted by Chicago as their third pick (second round),
39th overall, in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. He played
five seasons of junior hockey with Seattle and Swift
Current of the WHL with 116-159=275 totals and 777 PIM
in 331 career junior games, but did not sign with the
Blackhawks. The 6’1”, 204 lb. native of Craik,
Saskatchewan signed as a free agent with Columbus in
May, 2000 and has played the last five seasons in the
Blue Jackets organization with their AHL affiliate in
Syracuse. He played nine games with one assist in
Columbus in 2003-04. He split the 2004-05 season
between Syracuse and Houston/AHL with 7-9=16 totals
and 223 penalty minutes in 68 combined games.
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