Providence Bruins

Providence Bruins
File:Providence Bruins.svg
City	Providence, Rhode Island
League	American Hockey League
Conference	Eastern Conference
Division	Atlantic Division
Founded	1992
Home arena	Dunkin' Donuts Center
Colors	Black, gold, white
Owner(s)	H. Larue Renfroe
General manager	Peter Chiarelli
Head coach	Rob Murray
Media	The Providence Journal, Providence Bruins Radio Network
Affiliates	Boston Bruins (NHL), Reading Royals (ECHL)
Franchise history
1977 -- 1992	Maine Mariners
1992 -- present	Providence Bruins
Championships
Regular season titles	2 (1998–99, 2007–08)
Division titles	4 (1992–93, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2007–08)
Conference titles	1 (1998–99)
Calder Cups	1 (1998–99)

The Providence Bruins is an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, and are the primary development team for the NHL's Boston Bruins. They play in Providence, Rhode Island at the Dunkin' Donuts Center.

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 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 4 games to 1 to skate away with the league championship. The P-Bruins main rival is the nearby Worcester Sharks.

In the 2001–2002 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.

This market was previously served by

• Providence Reds (1926–1977)

Team records

Single season

Goals: 41 Tim Sweeney (1992–93)

Assists: 74 Randy Robitaille (1998–99)

Points: 102 Randy Robitaille (1998–99)

Penalty minutes: 407 Aaron Downey (1997–98)

GAA: 1.84 Tim Thomas (2003–04)

SV%: .941 Tim Thomas (2003–04)

Career

Career goals: 101 Andy Hilbert

Career assists: 109 Andy Hilbert

Career points: 210 Andy Hilbert

Career penalty minutes: 1055 Aaron Downey

Career goaltending wins: 67 John Grahame

Career shutouts: 10 Tim Thomas

Career games: 278 Jay Henderson

Current roster

As of March 19, 2010.

Goaltenders
#		Player	Catches	Place of birth
32		Dany Sabourin	L	Val-d'Or, Quebec
35		Kevin Regan	L	Boston, Massachusetts

Defensemen
#		Player	Shoots	Place of birth
2		Andrew Bodnarchuk	L	Drumheller, Alberta
6		Jeff Penner	L	Steinbach, Manitoba
7		Andy Wozniewski	L	Buffalo Grove, Illinois
15		Jared Ross	R	Stony Island, Nova Scotia
21		Alain Goulet	R	Kapuskasing, Ontario
22		Jody Pederson	L	Smithers, British Columbia
27		Adam McQuaid	R	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
39		Cody Wild	L	North Providence, Rhode Island
44		Drew Fata	L	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Forwards
#		Player	Position	Shoots	Place of birth
8		Mikko Lehtonen	RW	R	Espoo, Finland
9		Zach Hamill	C	R	Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
11		Drew Larman	C	R	Canton, Michigan
12		Jamie Arniel	C	R	Kingston, Ontario
13		Kirk MacDonald	RW	R	Victoria, British Columbia
14		Guillaume Lefebvre	LW	L	Amos, Quebec
18		Jeff LoVecchio	LW	L	Chesterfield, Missouri
19		Levi Nelson	C	L	Calgary, Alberta
20		Lane MacDermid	LW	L	Hartford, Connecticut
23		Trent Whitfield	C	L	Alameda, Saskatchewan
24		Kenny Roche	C	L	Boston, Massachusetts
25		Jordan Knackstedt	RW	R	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
26		Yannick Riendeau	RW	L	Boucherville, Quebec
37		John Lammers	LW	L	Langley, British Columbia

Season-by-season results

Regular season

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	OTL	SOL	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standing
1992–93	80	46	32	2	—	—	94	384	348	1st, North
1993–94	80	28	39	13	—	—	69	283	319	5th, North
1994–95	80	39	30	11	—	—	89	300	268	3rd, North
1995–96	80	30	36	10	4	—	74	249	280	4th, North
1996–97	80	35	40	3	2	—	75	262	289	4th, New England
1997–98	80	19	49	7	5	—	50	211	301	5th, New England
1998–99	80	56	16	4	4	—	120	321	223	1st, New England
1999–00	80	33	38	6	3	—	75	231	269	5th, New England
2000–01	80	35	31	10	4	—	84	245	242	3rd, New England
2001–02	80	35	33	8	4	—	82	190	223	3rd, East
2002–03	80	44	20	11	5	—	104	268	227	1st, North
2003–04	80	36	29	11	4	—	87	170	170	4th, Atlantic
2004–05	80	40	30	—	7	3	90	211	202	4th, Atlantic
2005–06	80	43	31	—	1	5	92	254	217	4th, Atlantic
2006–07	80	44	30	—	2	4	94	251	218	3rd, Atlantic
2007–08	80	55	18	—	3	4	117	280	206	1st, Atlantic
2008–09	80	43	29	—	2	6	94	238	232	2nd, Atlantic

Playoffs

Season	Prelim	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Finals
1992–93	—	L, 2–4, SPR	—	—	—
1993–94	Out of playoffs.
1994–95	—	W, 4–3, PORT	L, 2–4, ALB	—	—
1995–96	—	L, 1–3, SPR	—	—	—
1996–97	—	W, 3–2, WOR	L, 1–4, SPR	—	—
1997–98	Out of playoffs.
1998–99	—	W, 3–1, WOR	W, 4–0, HART	W, 4–2, FRED	W, 4–1, ROCH
1999–00	—	W, 3–0, QUE	W, 4–0, LOW	L, 3–4, HART	—
2000–01	—	W, 3–2, HART	W, 4–3, WOR	L, 1–4, SJNB	—
2001–02	L, 0–2, SJNL	—	—	—	—
2002–03	—	L, 1–3, MTB	—	—	—
2003–04	L, 0–2, PORT	—	—	—	—
2004–05	—	W, 4–2, MAN	W, 4–1, LOW	L, 2–4, PHIL	—
2005–06	—	L, 2–4, PORT	—	—	—
2006–07	—	W, 4–3, HART	L, 2–4, MAN	—	—
2007–08	—	W, 4–0, MAN	L, 2–4, PORT	—	—
2008–09	—	W, 4–1, PORT	W, 4–2, WOR	L, 1–4, HER	—

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
• Eric Nickulas
• Colton Orr
• Andrew Raycroft
• Jeremy Reich
• Randy Robitaille
• Jon Rohloff
• Andre Roy
• Cam Stewart
• Mark Stuart
• Tim Sweeney
• Tim Thomas
• Mattias Timander
• Landon Wilson
• Sergei Zholtok

External links

• Providence Bruins Official Website
• Current Providence Bruins roster
• The Internet Hockey Database - Providence Bruins
• BBF Unofficial Site - Providence Bruins