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Blackhawks acquire Regin, Bouchard from Islanders

Chicago,  IL (SportsNetwork.com)  - The  Chicago Blackhawks  acquired forwards 
Peter  Regin and  Pierre-Marc Bouchard from the New York Islanders on Thursday 
in exchange for a 2014 fourth-round draft pick. 

Regin  has registered two  goals and five assists in 44 games this season with 
New  York. Over 222 career NHL games with Ottawa and New York, the 27-year-old 
has racked up 21 goals and 41 assists. 

Bouchard,  29, has  recorded nine  points  in 28  games this  season with  the 
Islanders, while adding 17 points in 20 games with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers 
of the American Hockey League. 

Selected  eight overall by Minnesota in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, Bouchard has 
tallied  110 goals  and 246  assists  over 593  NHL  games with  the Wild  and 
Islanders. 

Regin  will  join the Blackhawks,  while Bouchard  will report directly to the 
AHL's Rockford IceHogs. 

The Blackhawks also reassigned forward Brandon Pirri to Rockford on Thursday. 

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