Providence Bruins
Providence Bruins | |
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2018–19 AHL season | |
City | Providence, Rhode Island |
League | American Hockey League |
Conference | Eastern |
Division | Atlantic |
Founded | 1987 |
Home arena | Dunkin' Donuts Center |
Colors | Black, gold, white |
Owner(s) | H. Larue Renfroe |
General manager | John Ferguson Jr. |
Head coach | Jay Leach |
Captain | Jordan Szwarz |
Media | NESN 1380 WNRI Stereo 1230 WBLQ The Providence Journal AHL.TV (Internet) |
Affiliates | Boston Bruins (NHL) Atlanta Gladiators (ECHL) |
Franchise history | |
1987–1992 | Maine Mariners |
1992–present | Providence Bruins |
Championships | |
Regular season titles | 3 (1998–99, 2007–08, 2012–13) |
Division Championships | 5 (1992–93, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2007–08, 2012–13) |
Conference Championships | 1 (1998–99) |
Calder Cups | 1 (1998–99) |
The Providence Bruins are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL), and are the primary development team for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). They play at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island.
Contents
1 History
2 Season-by-season results
3 Players
3.1 Current roster
3.2 Team captains
3.3 Notable alumni
4 Team records
4.1 Single season
4.2 Career
5 References
6 External links
History
The Providence Bruins began operation for the start of the 1992–93 AHL season after Providence mayor Buddy Cianci negotiated a deal with the owners of the Maine Mariners franchise, Frank DuRoss and Ed Anderson, to relocate their club. The move saw AHL hockey return to Providence for the first time since the Providence Reds, a founding member of the AHL, left town in 1977.
The Bruins captured their first AHL Calder Cup in the 1999 playoffs, after a regular season in which they dominated the league with 56 regular season wins. Led by rookie head coach Peter Laviolette and paced by Les Cunningham Award winner Randy Robitaille, the Bruins went from only 19 victories the previous season, to dropping the Rochester Americans four games to one to skate away with the league championship.
In the 2001–02 season, the Providence Bruins contracted with then-13-year-old musician Ben Schwartz to work as the official organist at all home games. As a result, Schwartz, who provided music for seven years until the conclusion of the 2007–08 season, holds the distinction of being the youngest organist to ever work for a professional North American sports franchise in history.[1]
In August 2006, DuRoss sold his majority interest in the club to Massachusetts businessman H. Larue Renfroe.[2]
- This market was previously served by
Providence Reds (1926–1977)
Season-by-season results
This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Bruins. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Providence Bruins seasons
Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||
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Season | Games | Won | Lost | OTL | SOL | Points | PCT | Goals for | Goals against | Standing | Year | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Finals | ||
2013–14 | 76 | 40 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 91 | .599 | 233 | 210 | 3rd, Atlantic | 2014 | W, 3–2, SPR | L, 3–4, WBS | — | — | ||
2014–15 | 76 | 41 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 91 | .599 | 209 | 185 | 2nd, Atlantic | 2015 | L, 2–3, HFD | — | — | — | ||
2015–16 | 76 | 41 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 95 | .625 | 238 | 198 | 2nd, Atlantic | 2016 | L, 0–3, WBS | — | — | — | ||
2016–17 | 76 | 43 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 96 | .632 | 229 | 188 | 4th, Atlantic | 2017 | W, 3–2, WBS | W, 4–3, HER | L, 1–4, SYR | — | ||
2017–18 | 76 | 45 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 95 | .625 | 231 | 187 | 4th, Atlantic | 2018 | L, 1–3, LV | — | — | — |
Players
Current roster
Updated January 15, 2019.[3][4]
# | Nat | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace | Contract |
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7001100000000000000♠10 | Anders Bjork | LW | L | 22 | 2018 | Mequon, Wisconsin | Boston | |
7001210000000000000♠21 | Anton Blidh | LW | L | 23 | 2015 | Mölnlycke, Sweden | Boston | |
7000800000000000000♠8 | Chris Breen (A) | D | L | 29 | 2014 | Uxbridge, Ontario | Providence | |
7001270000000000000♠27 | Paul Carey | C | L | 30 | 2019 | Weymouth, Massachusetts | Boston | |
7000600000000000000♠6 | Connor Clifton | D | R | 23 | 2017 | Long Branch, New Jersey | Boston | |
7001180000000000000♠18 | Kyle Cumiskey | D | L | 32 | 2018 | Abbotsford, British Columbia | Providence | |
7001190000000000000♠19 | Ryan Fitzgerald | C | L | 24 | 2017 | Boca Raton, Florida | Boston | |
7000700000000000000♠7 | Trent Frederic | C | L | 20 | 2018 | St. Louis, Missouri | Boston | |
7001140000000000000♠14 | Austin Fyten | LW | L | 27 | 2018 | Sundre, Alberta | Providence | |
7001240000000000000♠24 | Cameron Hughes | C | L | 22 | 2018 | Edmonton, Alberta | Boston | |
7001170000000000000♠17 | Emil Johansson | D | L | 22 | 2017 | Vaxjo, Sweden | Boston | |
7001200000000000000♠20 | Karson Kuhlman | C | R | 23 | 2018 | Esko, Minnesota | Boston | |
7001150000000000000♠15 | Jeremy Lauzon | D | L | 21 | 2017 | Val-d'Or, Quebec | Boston | |
7001310000000000000♠31 | Zane McIntyre | G | L | 26 | 2015 | Thief River Falls, Minnesota | Boston | |
7001280000000000000♠28 | Mark McNeill | RW | R | 25 | 2018 | Langley, British Columbia | Boston | |
7001120000000000000♠12 | Tanner Pond | C | L | 25 | 2018 | Walled Lake, Michigan | Providence | |
7000900000000000000♠9 | Zachary Senyshyn | RW | R | 21 | 2017 | Ottawa, Ontario | Boston | |
7001260000000000000♠26 | Wiley Sherman | D | L | 23 | 2018 | Greenwich, Connecticut | Boston | |
7001290000000000000♠29 | Gemel Smith | C | L | 24 | 2018 | Toronto, Ontario | Boston | |
7001370000000000000♠37 | Jordan Szwarz (A) | RW | R | 27 | 2016 | Burlington, Ontario | Boston | |
7000500000000000000♠5 | Urho Vaakanainen | D | L | 20 | 2018 | Joensuu, Finland | Boston | |
7001300000000000000♠30 | Dan Vladar | G | L | 21 | 2016 | Prague, Czech Republic | Boston | |
7001380000000000000♠38 | Jakub Zboril | D | L | 21 | 2017 | Brno, Czech Republic | Boston |
Team captains
Keith McCambridge, 2000–2002
Rich Brennan, 2002–2004
Jay Henderson, 2004–2005
Sean Curry, 2005–2006
Nate Thompson, 2006–2008
Jeremy Reich, 2008–2009
Trent Whitfield, 2009–2010
Jeremy Reich, 2010–2011
Trent Whitfield, 2011–2013
Mike Moore, 2013–2014
Craig Cunningham, 2014–2015
Tommy Cross, 2015–2018
Notable alumni
List of Providence Bruins alumni who played more than 100 games in Providence and 100 or more games in the National Hockey League:
- Nick Boynton
- Kevin Dallman
- Aaron Downey
- Peter Ferraro
- Jonathan Girard
- John Grahame
- Andy Hilbert
- Jamie Huscroft
- Milan Jurcina
- Cameron Mann
- Brad Marchand
- Adam McQuaid
- Eric Nickulas
- Colton Orr
- Tuukka Rask
- Andrew Raycroft
- Jeremy Reich
- Wade Brookbank
- Randy Robitaille
- Jon Rohloff
- Andre Roy
- Cam Stewart
- Mark Stuart
- Tim Sweeney
- Tim Thomas
- Mattias Timander
- Landon Wilson
- Sergei Zholtok
Team records
Single season
Goals: Tim Sweeney, 41, (1992–93)
Assists: Randy Robitaille, 74, (1998–99)
Points: Randy Robitaille, 102, (1998–99)
Penalty minutes: Aaron Downey, 407, (1997–98)
GAA: Tim Thomas, 1.84, (2003–04)
SV%: Tim Thomas, .941, (2003–04)
Career
Career goals: Andy Hilbert, 101, (2001–05)
Career assists: Andy Hilbert, 109, (2001–05)
Career points: Andy Hilbert, 210, (2001–05)
Career penalty minutes: Aaron Downey, 1059, (1997–00, 07)
Career goaltending wins: Zane McIntyre, 68, (2015–Present)
Career shutouts: Tim Thomas, 10, (2002–06)
Career games: Jay Henderson, 278, (1998–03, 2004-05)
References
^ WLNE-TV and WPRI-TV featured stories about Ben Schwartz
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^ "Providence Bruins 2014-15 Roster". Retrieved 2015-02-19.
^ "TheAHL.com – Providence Bruins Roster". Retrieved 2015-02-19.
External links
- Providence Bruins Official Website
- The Internet Hockey Database – Providence Bruins