LOS ANGELES — James Hagens is a Long Island product, but the NHL Draft solidified his identity as a Boston boy.

The Bruins selected Hagens, who grew up in Hauppauge as an Islanders fan and attends Boston College, with the seventh overall pick in the NHL Draft on Friday night at the Peacock Theater. He matches Mike Komisarek, who was selected seventh overall by the Canadiens in 2001, as the highest pick from Long Island.

“We’re shipping up to Boston,” Hagens father, Michael, told Newsday.

Comedian and Bruins fan Adam Sandler, dressed in a Bruins jersey like his “Happy Gilmour” character, made the pick for the team. Turns out, that’s James Hagens’ favorite movie.

“It’s exciting,” he said. “There’s so many good players in the draft and you’re just sitting there waiting to hear your name called. When you hear Adam Sandler call it, it’s pretty cool.”

The 5-11, 177-pound center, who had 11 goals and 26 assists in 37 games as a Boston College freshman, was ranked third on the NHL Central Scouting Bureau’s list of North American skaters.

If he wasn’t going to be picked by the Islanders, staying in Boston is just fine.

“Yeah, it’s the coolest thing in the world,” Hagens said. “It’s close to home. It’s nice for my parents. I wanted to go to school in Boston and it turns out I’m a Boston Bruin now. It all worked out. It’s a really, really cool moment. It’s something that you just have to soak in with your family.

“I know how much these fans care for the Bruins and I’m really excited to hopefully impact the team one day.”

He repeatedly had said that because of his competitive nature, he wanted to be selected first overall. That was compounded by the Islanders owning that pick.

There was even more buzz that the Islanders could fulfill those bumper stickers that cropped up on Long Island to “Bring Hagens Home” when they acquired two additional first-round picks — Nos. 16 and 17 — from the Canadiens as part of the Noah Dobson trade on Friday.

“I blocked it all out,” Hagens said. “I didn’t know what was going to happen. You’re sitting there and you’re not in those rooms. So I’m really happy I’m a Boston Bruin.”

Hagens is a very strong skater who is able to maintain his straight-line speed when going laterally. He’s strong with the puck on his stick and a creative playmaker with the potential to be a solid two-way center.

He said at the NHL Scouting Combine in Buffalo the first week of June that whether he would turn pro or return to Boston College would be a family discussion.

His brother Michael also plays at Boston College. That’s one of the reasons James Hagens called his freshman season of college his favorite year of hockey.

Hagens and his parents, Michael and Kristine, were accompanied to the West Coast by about 60 other family members and friends. On Friday morning at their downtown hotel, a contingent of about 40 people were at the breakfast buffet wearing “Team Hagens” T-shirts with “Hagens 10” on the back.

Kristine Hagens said she made up about 100 shirts and that colleagues and students at Hauppauge Middle School, where she teaches, made up more and texted her a group photo of them wearing the shirts.

NHL cameras also followed the Hagens family through the day for the league’s “Welcome to the NHL” series.

Hagens said he believes he’s ready to make the jump to the NHL. “That’s a talk you have to have with the Bruins and their staff,” he said. “I want to play in the NHL.”