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The Boston Blazers struck a pair of deals this week that bring Sean Morris and Jack Reid back to their stompin’ grounds while sending Devan Wray and Tom Johnson back to where they were.

On Wednesday, Boston sent defender Kyle Laverty (picked up in the July 24 expansion draft) to the Rochester Knighthawks for Reid. The defender was a first-team All-American at UMass and helped lead the Minutemen to the 2006 NCAA championship game. In Thursday’s deal, Reid is reunited with Morris, who was an attackman at UMass. Bottom line? The Blazers picked up Morris, along with defender Steve Panarelli, in a three-way deal that lands Wray back in Calgary and Johnson and defender Travis Gillespie back in San Jose.

Reid played his high school ball in Glastonbury, Conn., and Morris played at Marshfield High (Mass.), where he was a standout running back in football and graduated as the school’s all-time leading scorer in lacrosse. Both Reid and Morris were go-to guys on their ends of the field in the Minutemen’s surprising 2006 NCAA run to the final four in Philadelphia. UMass was the sentimental fan favorite that spring, but eventually lost to Virginia in the title game.

“… We believe they will be two key components for the future success of the Blazers,” says Boston general manager and head coach Tom Ryan.

Last season for the Stealth, Morris played in 3 games and had 2 goals and 6 assists. Reid has played 16 games over the past two seasons with Rochester, where is hard-nosed style quickly made him a fan favorite.

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