Bruins Recall McQuaid, Wozniewski; Place Lucic on IR

[Thrillhouse]

BOSTON, MA - Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced today that the club has recalled defenseman Adam McQuaid from the Providence Bruins on an emergency basis and also recalled Andy Wozniewski on an emergency basis. Both players will join the Bruins for practice on Wednesday at Ristuccia Arena in Wilmington at 10:30 a.m. Chiarelli also announced that the team has placed forward Milan Lucic on injured reserve.

The 23-year-old McQuaid has played in 29 games this season for Providence and has registered 3-7=10 totals and 66 penalty minutes. Last year with the P-Bruins, McQuaid had 4-11=15 totals and 141 penalty minutes in 78 games. He was originally drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the second round (55th overall) of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. McQuaid was traded to Boston from Columbus for a 2007 fifth round draft pick (Jamie Benn) on May 16, 2007.

The 29-year-old Wozniewski has skated in 29 games for the P-Bruins and recorded 6-17=23 totals. He was signed by Boston as a free agent on September 9, 2009 after splitting last year between the AHL affiliates of the Penguins and Blues. The Buffalo Grove, Illinois native has tallied 2-10=12 totals and 81 penalty minutes in 77 career NHL games with the Blues and the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was signed to his first pro contract with Toronto on May 27, 2004 and was a member of the Leafs organization until he signed as a free agent by the Blues on July 17, 2008. He was traded to Pittsburgh on March 4, 2009 before signing with the B’s as a free agent on September 9, 2009.

[dumby]

Wish he was called up in time for the flyers mon. night. he had a nice dust up with clune sunday night, video in the ahl thread.

[blackngold]

Congrats to McQuaid. He's another guy in the Mark Stuart mold.

[nilan30]

Looks like Stuart is the guy he will be replacing too as he is apparently out 4-8 (I think) weeks with some sort of injury.

[blackngold]

Originally Posted by nilan30

Looks like Stuart is the guy he will be replacing too as he is apparently out 4-8 (I think) weeks with some sort of injury.

Yup, broken sternum. First time he'll miss a game in 2 1/2 seasons. Iron man no more.

[bigjohnson]

I cant remember the Bruins team being this banged up.

They only had 3 defensemen at practice today.

[majew17]

Is there 2 Andy Wozniewski's? I swear one is a d-man for st.louis.

[blackngold]

Originally Posted by majew17

Is there 2 Andy Wozniewski's? I swear one is a d-man for st.louis.

There is 1 each of:
Wozniewski
Wisniewski
Visnovsky
Vishnevskiy

The guy you're thinking of is the same guy mentioned in this thread, he played for St. Louis last year.

[Matt Doom]

Originally Posted by blackngold

Yup, broken sternum. First time he'll miss a game in 2 1/2 seasons. Iron man no more.

Wow this is going to be so weird, I thought this guy was never going to miss a game, it sucks.

[majew17]

Originally Posted by blackngold

There is 1 each of:
Wozniewski
Wisniewski
Visnovsky
Vishnevskiy

The guy you're thinking of is the same guy mentioned in this thread, he played for St. Louis last year.

must be playing forward now.Thank you very much!!

[blackngold]

Originally Posted by majew17

must be playing forward now.Thank you very much!!

No problem, but he's still a dman.

[blackngold]

Woz is the biggest waste of size to roam Boston's ice since Hal ****ing Gill. He's been awful; McQuaid has to be in there tomorrow night.

[bigjohnson]

McQuaid cant be worse than Andrew Ference.

[Matt Doom]

Originally Posted by blackngold

Woz is the biggest waste of size to roam Boston's ice since Hal ****ing Gill. He's been awful; McQuaid has to be in there tomorrow night.

One game and your after the guy? I didn't even think he looked that bad, just very average, pretty much what Ference looks like every game. Yes I would like to see McQuaid in there tomorrow instead of him but Wozniewski didn't look bad.

[blackngold]

Originally Posted by Bruins0506

One game and your after the guy? I didn't even think he looked that bad, just very average, pretty much what Ference looks like every game. Yes I would like to see McQuaid in there tomorrow instead of him but Wozniewski didn't look bad.

One game? It's common knowledge this guy has stunk it up on every NHL team he's been on. I've also had the displeasure of watching him in Providence this season.

He made some bad plays tonight. The 2nd or 3rd Chicago goal was a direct result of Woz not making his mind up whether he should step up or try to block the shot, leading to the guy getting a shot off right in front of the net, untouched.
He also made a couple other blunders in his own zone.

He's the 2nd biggest guy on the team, trailing only Chara, but he doesn't use his body at all. That alone is reason to dislike the guy. A huge waste of 6 1/2 feet and 225 pounds.