{"id":561169,"date":"2026-03-24T13:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/561169\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T13:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:18:08","slug":"hagens-signs-ahl-tryout-agreement-bruins-keeping-all-options-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/561169\/","title":{"rendered":"Hagens signs AHL tryout agreement, Bruins &#8216;keeping all options open&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/james-hagens-8485395\" title=\"James Hagens\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Hagens<\/a>\u00a0will practice with Providence of the American Hockey League on Tuesday after the Boston Bruins prospect signed an AHL amateur tryout agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old forward was the No. 7 pick by Boston at the 2025 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re very excited to have James join the Bruins organization and take this next step,&#8221; Bruins general manager Don Sweeney said. &#8220;James is an important part of our future, and this is a great opportunity for him to get immediate experience at the professional level in Providence and continue his development, while keeping all options open.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hagens led Hockey East in scoring this season with 47 points (23 goals, 24 assists) in 34 games for Boston College. He also led the team with six game-winning goals, two hat tricks and 133 shots on goal.<\/p>\n<p>He was named to the conference&#8217;s All-Rookie Team last season after he had 37 points (11 goals, 26 assists). Hagens has 84 points (34 goals, 50 assists) in 71 games for Boston College over two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Hagens also played two seasons (2022-24) with the United States National Team Development Program (USNTDP), where he had 187 points (72 goals, 115 assists).<\/p>\n<p>A native of Hauppauge, New York, he has represented the U.S. twice at IIHF World Junior Championship (2025, 2026) and the U-18 World Championship (2023, 2024). Hagens won gold at the 2025 WJC and the 2023 U-18 tournament. He holds the U-18 men&#8217;s World Championship single tournament scoring record with 22 points in 2024, earning tournament MVP honors and helping the United States take home the silver medal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His production is still really good,&#8221; Sweeney said. &#8220;He&#8217;s played a lot more on the wing, which could be an easier entry point for a young player in the National Hockey League. That, again, remains to be seen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We drafted him as a center, he can play center, but now he&#8217;s playing both sides. So, I think that adds to the versatility.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Hagens\u00a0will practice with Providence of the American Hockey League on Tuesday after the Boston Bruins prospect signed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-561169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}