Boston Bruins Senior supervisor Wear Sweeney declared Friday that the group has marked defensemen Michael Callahan and Alec Regula each to one-year, two-way agreements with a compensation cap hit of $775,000.
The 24-year-old Callahan played 70 games with the Provision Bruins in the American Hockey Association during the 2023-24 season, recording four objectives and 13 helps. The 6-foot-2, 196-pound defenseman has played 140 vocation AHL games, all with Provision, adding up to six objectives and 21 helps. Callahan burned through four seasons at Fortune School, contributing 13 objectives and 53 helps through 138 games. The Franklin, Massachusetts local was chosen by the Arizona Coyotes in the fifth round of the 2018 NHL Draft and was procured by Boston in an exchange for a seventh-round draft single out February 22, 2022.
The 23-year-old Regula showed up in 55 games with the Provision Bruins during the 2023-24 season, recording four objectives and 22 helps with an in addition to 36 rating. The 6-foot-4, 218-pound defenseman has skated in 163 vocation AHL games with Fortune and the Rockford IceHogs, adding up to 16 objectives and 61 helps with an in addition to 42 rating. Regula has additionally played in 22 profession NHL games with the Chicago Blackhawks, contributing one objective. The West Bloomfield, Michigan local was initially drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the third round (67th generally speaking) of the 2018 NHL Draft and was gained by Boston with defenseman Ian Mitchell in an exchange for advances Taylor Lobby and Scratch Foligno on June 26, 2003.
