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Bruins keep rookie Wheeler, cut 5

Ken Bell

Story Created: Oct 7, 2008 at 7:07 PM EST

Story Updated: Oct 7, 2008 at 7:07 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Bruins have cut five players from their
roster and kept promising rookie forward Blake Wheeler, a
first-round draft choice in 2004.

The Bruins released forward Peter Schaefer on Tuesday and
planned to waive him and assign him to Providence of the AHL. They
also placed forwards Nate Thompson and Jeremy Reich on waivers for
the purpose of assigning them to Providence, and assigned
defenseman Matt Hunwick to Providence and forward Carl Soderberg to Malmo in Sweden.

Wheeler was the fifth choice in the 2004 draft by Phoenix. He
played instead with Green Bay of the United States Hockey League
for one year and at the University of Minnesota for two.

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