The Providence Bruins are a professional 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 Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, Rhode Island.
| Providence Bruins | |
|---|---|
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| City | Providence, Rhode Island |
| League | American Hockey League |
| Conference | Eastern |
| Division | Atlantic |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Home arena | Amica Mutual Pavilion |
| Colors | Black, gold, white |
| Owner(s) | H. Larue Renfroe |
| General manager | Evan Gold [1] |
| Head coach | Ryan Mougenel[2] |
| Captain | Patrick Brown |
| Media | NESN The Providence Journal AHL.TV (Internet) |
| Affiliates | Boston Bruins (NHL) Maine Mariners (ECHL) |
| Website | www |
| Franchise history | |
| 1987–1992 | Maine Mariners |
| 1992–present | Providence Bruins |
| Championships | |
| Regular season titles | 3: (1998–99, 2007–08, 2012–13) |
| Division titles | 8: (1992–93, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23) |
| Conference titles | 1: (1998–99) |
| Calder Cups | 1: (1998–99) |
 Current season | |
History
editThe 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, is the youngest organist to ever work for a professional North American sports franchise.[3]
In August 2006, DuRoss sold his majority interest in the club to Massachusetts businessman H. Larue Renfroe.[4]
After the 2019–20 season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bruins moved to a temporary home in the New England Sports Center in Marlborough, Massachusetts, as the Dunkin' Donuts Center was being used by the state of Rhode Island for pandemic-related operations.[5] The New England Sport Center is also owned by team owner H. Larue Renfroe.[6] The Bruins returned to the Dunkin' Donuts Center for the 2021–22 AHL season.
In September 2022, the home arena was renamed to Amica Mutual Pavilion. [7]
- This market was previously served by:
- Providence Reds (1926–1977)
Team mascot
edit"Samboni" the anthropomorphic bear serves as the Bruins' team mascot similar to the Boston Bruins' "Blades the Bruin".[8]
Season-by-season results
edit| Calder Cup Champions | Conference Champions | Division Champions |
Records as of the 2023–24 AHL season.[9]
| Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | OTL | SOL | Points | PCT | Goals for |
Goals against |
Standing | Year | Prelims | 1st round |
2nd round |
3rd round |
Finals |
| 1992–93 | 80 | 46 | 32 | 2 | — | — | 94 | .588 | 384 | 348 | 1st, North | 1993 | — | L, 2–4, SPR | — | — | — |
| 1993–94 | 80 | 28 | 39 | 13 | — | — | 69 | .431 | 283 | 319 | 5th, North | 1994 | — | Did not qualify | |||
| 1994–95 | 80 | 39 | 30 | 11 | — | — | 89 | .556 | 300 | 268 | 3rd, North | 1995 | — | W, 4–3, POR | L, 2–4, ALB | — | — |
| 1995–96 | 80 | 30 | 36 | 10 | 4 | — | 74 | .463 | 249 | 280 | 4th, North | 1996 | — | L, 1–3, SPR | — | — | — |
| 1996–97 | 80 | 35 | 40 | 3 | 2 | — | 75 | .469 | 262 | 289 | 4th, New England | 1997 | — | W, 3–2, WOR | L, 1–4, SPR | — | — |
| 1997–98 | 80 | 19 | 49 | 7 | 5 | — | 50 | .313 | 211 | 301 | 5th, New England | 1998 | — | Did not qualify | |||
| 1998–99 | 80 | 56 | 16 | 4 | 4 | — | 120 | .750 | 321 | 223 | 1st, New England | 1999 | — | W, 3–1, WOR | W, 4–0, HWP | W, 4–2, FRE | W, 4–1, RCH |
| 1999–00 | 80 | 33 | 38 | 6 | 3 | — | 75 | .469 | 231 | 269 | 5th, New England | 2000 | — | W, 3–0, QUE | W, 4–0, LOW | L, 3–4, HWP | — |
| 2000–01 | 80 | 35 | 31 | 10 | 4 | — | 84 | .525 | 245 | 242 | 3rd, New England | 2001 | — | W, 3–2, HWP | W, 4–3, WOR | L, 1–4, SJF | — |
| 2001–02 | 80 | 35 | 33 | 8 | 4 | — | 82 | .513 | 190 | 223 | 3rd, East | 2002 | L, 0–2, SJM | — | — | — | — |
| 2002–03 | 80 | 44 | 20 | 11 | 5 | — | 104 | .650 | 268 | 227 | 1st, North | 2003 | BYE | L, 1–3, MTB | — | — | |
| 2003–04 | 80 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 4 | — | 87 | .544 | 170 | 170 | 4th, Atlantic | 2004 | L, 0–2, POR | — | — | — | — |
| 2004–05 | 80 | 40 | 30 | — | 3 | 7 | 90 | .563 | 211 | 202 | 4th, Atlantic | 2005 | — | W, 4–2, MCH | W, 4–1, LOW | L, 2–4, PHI | — |
| 2005–06 | 80 | 43 | 31 | — | 1 | 5 | 92 | .575 | 254 | 217 | 4th, Atlantic | 2006 | — | L, 2–4, POR | — | — | — |
| 2006–07 | 80 | 44 | 30 | — | 2 | 4 | 94 | .588 | 251 | 218 | 3rd, Atlantic | 2007 | — | W, 4–3, HWP | L, 2–4, MCH | — | — |
| 2007–08 | 80 | 55 | 18 | — | 3 | 4 | 117 | .731 | 280 | 206 | 1st, Atlantic | 2008 | — | W, 4–0, MCH | L, 2–4, POR | — | — |
| 2008–09 | 80 | 43 | 29 | — | 2 | 6 | 94 | .588 | 238 | 232 | 2nd, Atlantic | 2009 | — | W, 4–1, POR | W, 4–2, WOR | L, 1–4, HER | — |
| 2009–10 | 80 | 36 | 38 | — | 5 | 1 | 78 | .488 | 207 | 226 | 7th, Atlantic | 2010 | — | Did not qualify | |||
| 2010–11 | 80 | 38 | 36 | — | 3 | 3 | 82 | .513 | 209 | 252 | 5th, Atlantic | 2011 | — | Did not qualify | |||
| 2011–12 | 76 | 35 | 34 | — | 3 | 4 | 77 | .507 | 193 | 214 | 4th, Atlantic | 2012 | — | Did not qualify | |||
| 2012–13 | 76 | 50 | 21 | — | 0 | 5 | 105 | .691 | 222 | 183 | 1st, Atlantic | 2013 | — | W, 3–2, HER | L, 3–4, WBS | — | — |
| 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 | — | — | — |
| 2018–19 | 76 | 38 | 27 | — | 8 | 3 | 87 | .572 | 228 | 212 | 4th, Atlantic | 2019 | — | L, 1–3, CHA | — | — | — |
| 2019–20 | 62 | 38 | 18 | — | 3 | 3 | 82 | .661 | 197 | 154 | 1st, Atlantic | 2020 | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
| 2020–21 | 25 | 15 | 6 | — | 2 | 2 | 32 | .680 | 78 | 60 | 1st, Atlantic | 2021 | No playoffs were held | ||||
| 2021–22 | 72 | 36 | 25 | — | 5 | 6 | 83 | .576 | 199 | 192 | 3rd, Atlantic | 2022 | L, 0–2, BRI | — | — | — | — |
| 2022–23 | 72 | 44 | 18 | — | 8 | 2 | 98 | .681 | 221 | 201 | 1st, Atlantic | 2023 | BYE | L, 1–3, HFD | — | — | — |
| 2023–24 | 72 | 42 | 21 | — | 6 | 3 | 93 | .646 | 239 | 208 | 2nd, Atlantic | 2024 | BYE | L, 1–3, HFD | — | — | — |
Players
editCurrent roster
editUpdated November 20, 2024.[10]
Team captains
edit- Peter Laviolette, 1992–1993
- Bill Armstrong, 1993–1994
- Guy Larose, 1994–1995
- Martin Simard, 1995–1997
- Bill Armstrong, 1997–1998
- Dennis Vaske, 1998–1999
- Sean Pronger, 1999–2000
- Brandon Smith, 2000–2001
- Keith McCambridge, 2001–2002
- 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
- Jordan Szwarz, 2018–2019
- Paul Carey, 2019–2021
- Josiah Didier, 2022–2023[11]
- Patrick Brown, 2024–present[12]
Head coaches
edit- Mike O'Connell, 1992–1994
- Steve Kasper, 1994–1995
- Bob Francis, 1995–1997
- Tom McVie, 1997–1998
- Peter Laviolette, 1998–2000
- Bill Armstrong, 2000–2002
- Mike Sullivan, 2002
- Scott Gordon, 2003–2008
- Rob Murray, 2008–2011
- Bruce Cassidy, 2011–2016
- Kevin Dean, 2016–2017
- Jay Leach, 2017–2021
- Ryan Mougenel, 2021–present
Notable alumni
editList of Providence Bruins alumni who played more than 100 games in Providence and 100 or more games in the National Hockey League:
- Keith Aucoin
- Matt Bartkowski
- Nick Boynton
- Wade Brookbank
- Paul Carey
- Jordan Caron
- Connor Clifton
- Austin Czarnik
- Kevin Dallman
- Aaron Downey
- Peter Ferraro
- Trent Frederic
- Jonathan Girard
- John Grahame
- Ben Guite
- Andy Hilbert
- Jamie Huscroft
- Milan Jurcina
- Antti Laaksonen
- Jeremy Lauzon
- Cameron Mann
- Brad Marchand
- Adam McQuaid
- Kevan Miller
- Eric Nickulas
- Colton Orr
- Chris Porter
- Tuukka Rask
- Andrew Raycroft
- Jeremy Reich
- Randy Robitaille
- Jon Rohloff
- Andre Roy
- Ryan Spooner
- Cam Stewart
- Mark Stuart
- Tim Sweeney
- Tim Thomas
- Nate Thompson
- Mattias Timander
- Chris Wagner
- Trent Whitfield
- Landon Wilson
- Sergei Zholtok
Franchise records and leaders
edit- 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, (2001–2005)
- Career assists: Alexander Khokhlachev, 110, (2012-2016)
- Career points: Andy Hilbert, 210, (2001–2005)
- Career penalty minutes: Aaron Downey, 1059, (1997–2000, 2007)
- Career goaltending wins: Zane McIntyre, 86, (2015–2019)
- Career shutouts: Zane McIntyre, 11, (2015–2019)
- Career games: Tommy Cross, 380, (2011-2021)
Scoring leaders
editThese are the top-ten point-scorers for the Providence Bruins in the AHL. Figures are updated after each completed season.[13]
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; = current Providence player
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | P/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Hilbert | C | 234 | 101 | 109 | 210 | .90 |
| Sergei Zholtok | C | 196 | 83 | 103 | 186 | .95 |
| Andre Savage | C | 191 | 71 | 104 | 175 | .92 |
| Tim Sweeney | LW | 121 | 71 | 101 | 172 | 1.42 |
| Alexander Khokhlachev | C | 197 | 61 | 110 | 171 | .87 |
| Pascal Pelletier | C | 206 | 71 | 99 | 170 | .82 |
| Cameron Mann | RW | 182 | 73 | 86 | 159 | .87 |
| Seth Griffith | C | 165 | 56 | 102 | 158 | .96 |
| Austin Czarnik | C | 157 | 51 | 104 | 155 | .99 |
| Jordan Szwarz | C | 185 | 66 | 82 | 148 | .80 |
Retired numbers
edit| No. | Player | Position | Career | No. retirement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Colby Cave | C | 2014-2019 | April 4, 2022[14] |
References
edit- ^ "Evan Gold Named General Manager of Providence Bruins". NHL.com. March 29, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
- ^ "Ryan Mougenel Named 13th Head Coach of the Providence Bruins". OurSports Central. August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
- ^ "WLNE-TV and WPRI-TV featured stories about Ben Schwartz". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ McDonald, Joe (August 26, 2006). "P-Bruins change ownership". The Providence Journal. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
- ^ "Providence Bruins to play in Marlborough for upcoming season, with no fans in attendance". SB Nation. January 4, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- ^ "Providence Bruins to play season in Marlboro, Mass". The Providence Journal. January 4, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ^ Anderson, Patrick (2022-09-06). "'The Dunk' is now 'The AMP' — Amica reveals new name". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
- ^ "Samboni the Mascot". Retrieved June 21, 2023.
- ^ "Providence Bruins season statistics and records". HockeyDB. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
- ^ "TheAHL.com – Providence Bruins Roster". American Hockey League. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
- ^ "JOSIAH DIDIER NAMED 26TH CAPTAIN IN P-BRUINS HISTORY". Providence Bruins. January 1, 2022.
- ^ "PROVIDENCE BRUINS NAME PATRICK BROWN 27TH CAPTAIN IN TEAM HISTORY". Providence Bruins. October 17, 2024.
- ^ "Providence Bruins - All Time AHL leaders". HockeyDB. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
- ^ "Colby Cave's Number Retired By Providence Bruins". ABC 6. June 28, 2023.