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BOSTON -Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney announced today, February 25, that the team has acquired forward Shane Bowers from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for goaltender Keith Kinkaid.

Bowers, 23, has appeared in one game with the Avalanche in 2022-23 and 37 games with the Colorado Eagles. The 6-foot-2, 186-pound center has skated in 154 career AHL games, all with the Eagles, totaling 27 goals and 32 assists for 59 points. The Halifax, Nova Scotia native was originally selected by Ottawa in the first round (28th overall) of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.
Kinkaid, 33, has appeared in one game with Boston in 2022-23 and 20 games with the Providence Bruins. The 6-foot-2, 195-pound goaltender has appeared in 168 career NHL games with New Jersey, Montreal, New York (Rangers) and Boston, totaling a 70-58-21 record and a .905 save percentage. The Farmingville, New York native was originally signed as a free agent by New Jersey on April 18, 2011.