Growing up on Long Island, James Hagens wanted nothing more than to be selected by the team he grew up rooting for, the New York Islanders. Though that dream failed to materialize at the NHL draft on Friday night,

But it wasn’t NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, Bruins team president Cam Neely, or general manager Don Sweeney making the live-changing announcement. New Hampshire native and Bruins fan Adam Sandler appeared on the video board in Los Angeles, wearing a black No. 16 Bruins sweater.

A big night in Hockeywood got even bigger as a pair of big movie names crashed the 2025 NHL Draft. Adam Sandler and Jerry Bruckheimer announced the respective first-round picks for the Boston Bruins and Seattle Kraken tonight at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.