FRAMINGHAM, MA — Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney announced on June 26th, 2023 that the Bruins has acquired Framingham native Reilly Walsh from the New Jersey Devils in exchange for forward Shane Bowers.

Born in Framingham in 1999, Walsh grew up in New Hampshire and played high school hockey for Proctor Academy where his father Mike Walsh, (a former New York Islander) was Proctor’s varsity coach.

While hockey is literally in Reilly’s blood — he has also put in the sweat, working his way up and made the jump at just 6-year-old to earn a spot on the Concord Capitals (NH) program for players age 9 to 10 after proving he was ready, (and one of the best 5 skaters in that age group).

While in high school Walsh, a defenseman played for the U.S. National (Under 17) Team where he represented the United States twice internationally; in 2016 in the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament at Breclav, Czech Republic wherer the team took Second Place. Reilly skated in all four games. He also play in the 2015 U-17 Five Nations Tournament in Arosa, Switzerland where the team took First Place. Reilly skated in every game.

After high school, Walsh went on to play for Harvard University from 2017-2020 in the Division 1, Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), then for the Binghamton Devils, then the New Jersey Devils and played for their AHL affiliate the Utica Comets appearing in 174 games before being traded to the Bruins.

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Sources: NHL.com, Reilly Walsh – USA Hockey Page, Concord Monitor article by Nick Stoico