Bruins Sign Wiley Sherman To Entry-Level Contract

BOSTON - Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeneyannounced today, March 21, that the team has signed Harvard defenseman Wiley Shermanto a two-year entry-level contract, beginning with the 2018-19 season. Sherman will join the Providence Bruins on an Amateur Tryout Agreement (ATO) for the remainder of the 2017-18 season.
Sherman, 22, appeared in 33 games as a senior for Harvard in 2017-18, tallying three goals and four assists for seven points. The 6-foot-7, 220-pound defenseman helped lead the Crimson to an ECAC title as a junior in 2016-17 after establishing a career high with 13 assists in 36 games. In his sophomore season, he set a career high with four goals to go along with six assists in 31 games. Sherman played in all 37 games as a true freshman in 2014-15, posting three assists to help lead Harvard to an ECAC title.

Prior to attending Harvard, Sherman played four years of high school hockey at Hotchkiss School in Salisbury, Connecticut, where he totaled 11 goals and 27 assists for 38 points in 99 career games.
The Greenwich, Connecticut native was originally selected by the Bruins in the fifth round (150th overall) of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.