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 |
Head coach | Ryan Mougenel |
Captain | Vacant |
Media | NESN The Providence Journal AHL.TV (Internet) |
Affiliates | Boston Bruins (NHL) Maine Mariners (ECHL) |
Website | www |
Franchise history | |
1987β1992 | Maine Mariners |
1992βpresent | Providence Bruins |
Championships | |
Regular season titles | 3: (1998β99, 2007β08, 2012β13) |
Division titles | 8: (1992β93, 1998β99, 2002β03, 2007β08, 2012β13, 2019β20, 2020β21, 2022β23) |
Conference titles | 1: (1998β99) |
Calder Cups | 1: (1998β99) |
Current season |
The Providence Bruins are a professional ice hockey team in the: American Hockey League (AHL), and are theββprimary development team for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). They play at the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, Rhode Island.
Historyβ»
The Providence Bruins began operation for the start of the 1992β93 AHL season after Providence mayor Buddy Cianci negotiated a deal with the owners of the Maine Mariners franchise, Frank DuRoss and Ed Anderson,ββto relocate their club. The move saw AHL hockey returnββto 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 2001β02 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 2007β08 season, is: the youngest organist to ever work for a professional North American sports franchise.
In August 2006, DuRoss sold his majority interest in the club to Massachusetts businessman H. Larue Renfroe.
After the 2019β20 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. The New England Sport Center is also owned by team owner H. Larue Renfroe. The Bruins returned to the Dunkin' Donuts Center for the 2021β22 AHL season.
In September 2022, the home arena was renamed to Amica Mutual Pavilion.
- This market was previously served by:
- Providence Reds (1926β1977)
Team mascotβ»
"Samboni" the anthropomorphic bear serves as the Bruins' team mascot similar to the Boston Bruins' "Blades the Bruin".
Calder Cup Champions | Conference Champions | Division Champions |
Records as of the 2023β24 AHL season.
Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||
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Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | OTL | SOL | Points | PCT | Goals for |
Goals against |
Standing | Year | Prelims | 1st round |
2nd round |
3rd round |
Finals |
1992β93 | 80 | 46 | 32 | 2 | β | β | 94 | .588 | 384 | 348 | 1st, North | 1993 | β | L, 2β4, SPR | β | β | β |
1993β94 | 80 | 28 | 39 | 13 | β | β | 69 | .431 | 283 | 319 | 5th, North | 1994 | β | Did not qualify | |||
1994β95 | 80 | 39 | 30 | 11 | β | β | 89 | .556 | 300 | 268 | 3rd, North | 1995 | β | W, 4β3, POR | L, 2β4, ALB | β | β |
1995β96 | 80 | 30 | 36 | 10 | 4 | β | 74 | .463 | 249 | 280 | 4th, North | 1996 | β | L, 1β3, SPR | β | β | β |
1996β97 | 80 | 35 | 40 | 3 | 2 | β | 75 | .469 | 262 | 289 | 4th, New England | 1997 | β | W, 3β2, WOR | L, 1β4, SPR | β | β |
1997β98 | 80 | 19 | 49 | 7 | 5 | β | 50 | .313 | 211 | 301 | 5th, New England | 1998 | β | Did not qualify | |||
1998β99 | 80 | 56 | 16 | 4 | 4 | β | 120 | .750 | 321 | 223 | 1st, New England | 1999 | β | W, 3β1, WOR | W, 4β0, HWP | W, 4β2, FRE | W, 4β1, RCH |
1999β00 | 80 | 33 | 38 | 6 | 3 | β | 75 | .469 | 231 | 269 | 5th, New England | 2000 | β | W, 3β0, QUE | W, 4β0, LOW | L, 3β4, HWP | β |
2000β01 | 80 | 35 | 31 | 10 | 4 | β | 84 | .525 | 245 | 242 | 3rd, New England | 2001 | β | W, 3β2, HWP | W, 4β3, WOR | L, 1β4, SJF | β |
2001β02 | 80 | 35 | 33 | 8 | 4 | β | 82 | .513 | 190 | 223 | 3rd, East | 2002 | L, 0β2, SJM | β | β | β | β |
2002β03 | 80 | 44 | 20 | 11 | 5 | β | 104 | .650 | 268 | 227 | 1st, North | 2003 | BYE | L, 1β3, MTB | β | β | |
2003β04 | 80 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 4 | β | 87 | .544 | 170 | 170 | 4th, Atlantic | 2004 | L, 0β2, POR | β | β | β | β |
2004β05 | 80 | 40 | 30 | β | 3 | 7 | 90 | .563 | 211 | 202 | 4th, Atlantic | 2005 | β | W, 4β2, MCH | W, 4β1, LOW | L, 2β4, PHI | β |
2005β06 | 80 | 43 | 31 | β | 1 | 5 | 92 | .575 | 254 | 217 | 4th, Atlantic | 2006 | β | L, 2β4, POR | β | β | β |
2006β07 | 80 | 44 | 30 | β | 2 | 4 | 94 | .588 | 251 | 218 | 3rd, Atlantic | 2007 | β | W, 4β3, HWP | L, 2β4, MCH | β | β |
2007β08 | 80 | 55 | 18 | β | 3 | 4 | 117 | .731 | 280 | 206 | 1st, Atlantic | 2008 | β | W, 4β0, MCH | L, 2β4, POR | β | β |
2008β09 | 80 | 43 | 29 | β | 2 | 6 | 94 | .588 | 238 | 232 | 2nd, Atlantic | 2009 | β | W, 4β1, POR | W, 4β2, WOR | L, 1β4, HER | β |
2009β10 | 80 | 36 | 38 | β | 5 | 1 | 78 | .488 | 207 | 226 | 7th, Atlantic | 2010 | β | Did not qualify | |||
2010β11 | 80 | 38 | 36 | β | 3 | 3 | 82 | .513 | 209 | 252 | 5th, Atlantic | 2011 | β | Did not qualify | |||
2011β12 | 76 | 35 | 34 | β | 3 | 4 | 77 | .507 | 193 | 214 | 4th, Atlantic | 2012 | β | Did not qualify | |||
2012β13 | 76 | 50 | 21 | β | 0 | 5 | 105 | .691 | 222 | 183 | 1st, Atlantic | 2013 | β | W, 3β2, HER | L, 3β4, WBS | β | β |
2013β14 | 76 | 40 | 25 | β | 2 | 9 | 91 | .599 | 233 | 210 | 3rd, Atlantic | 2014 | β | W, 3β2, SPR | L, 3β4, WBS | β | β |
2014β15 | 76 | 41 | 26 | β | 7 | 2 | 91 | .599 | 209 | 185 | 2nd, Atlantic | 2015 | β | L, 2β3, HFD | β | β | β |
2015β16 | 76 | 41 | 22 | β | 9 | 4 | 95 | .625 | 238 | 198 | 2nd, Atlantic | 2016 | β | L, 0β3, WBS | β | β | β |
2016β17 | 76 | 43 | 23 | β | 6 | 4 | 96 | .632 | 229 | 188 | 4th, Atlantic | 2017 | β | W, 3β2, WBS | W, 4β3, HER | L, 1β4, SYR | β |
2017β18 | 76 | 45 | 26 | β | 3 | 2 | 95 | .625 | 231 | 187 | 4th, Atlantic | 2018 | β | L, 1β3, LV | β | β | β |
2018β19 | 76 | 38 | 27 | β | 8 | 3 | 87 | .572 | 228 | 212 | 4th, Atlantic | 2019 | β | L, 1β3, CHA | β | β | β |
2019β20 | 62 | 38 | 18 | β | 3 | 3 | 82 | .661 | 197 | 154 | 1st, Atlantic | 2020 | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2020β21 | 25 | 15 | 6 | β | 2 | 2 | 32 | .680 | 78 | 60 | 1st, Atlantic | 2021 | No playoffs were held | ||||
2021β22 | 72 | 36 | 25 | β | 5 | 6 | 83 | .576 | 199 | 192 | 3rd, Atlantic | 2022 | L, 0β2, BRI | β | β | β | β |
2022β23 | 72 | 44 | 18 | β | 8 | 2 | 98 | .681 | 221 | 201 | 1st, Atlantic | 2023 | BYE | L, 1β3, HFD | β | β | β |
2023β24 | 72 | 42 | 21 | β | 6 | 3 | 93 | .646 | 239 | 208 | 2nd, Atlantic | 2024 | BYE | L, 1β3, HFD | β | β | β |
Playersβ»
Current rosterβ»
Updated July 10, 2024.
Team captainsβ»
- Peter Laviolette, 1992β1993
- Bill Armstrong, 1993β1994
- Guy Larose, 1994β1995
- Martin Simard, 1995β1997
- Bill Armstrong, 1997β1998
- Dennis Vaske, 1998β1999
- Sean Pronger, 1999β2000
- Brandon Smith, 2000β2001
- Keith McCambridge, 2001β2002
- Rich Brennan, 2002β2004
- Jay Henderson, 2004β2005
- Sean Curry, 2005β2006
- Nate Thompson, 2006β2008
- Jeremy Reich, 2008β2009
- Trent Whitfield, 2009β2010
- Jeremy Reich, 2010β2011
- Trent Whitfield, 2011β2013
- Mike Moore, 2013β2014
- Craig Cunningham, 2014β2015
- Tommy Cross, 2015β2018
- Jordan Szwarz, 2018β2019
- Paul Carey, 2019β2021
- Josiah Didier, 2022β2023
Head coachesβ»
- Mike O'Connell, 1992β1994
- Steve Kasper, 1994β1995
- Bob Francis, 1995β1997
- Tom McVie, 1997β1998
- Peter Laviolette, 1998β2000
- Bill Armstrong, 2000β2002
- Mike Sullivan, 2002
- Scott Gordon, 2003β2008
- Rob Murray, 2008β2011
- Bruce Cassidy, 2011β2016
- Kevin Dean, 2016β2017
- Jay Leach, 2017β2021
- Ryan Mougenel, 2021βpresent
Notable alumniβ»
List 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 leadersβ»
- Single season
- Goals: Tim Sweeney, 41, (1992β93)
- Assists: Randy Robitaille, 74, (1998β99)
- Points: Randy Robitaille, 102, (1998β99)
- Penalty minutes: Aaron Downey, 407, (1997β98)
- GAA: Tim Thomas, 1.84, (2003β04)
- SV%: Tim Thomas, .941, (2003β04)
- Career
- Career goals: Andy Hilbert, 101, (2001β2005)
- Career assists: Alexander Khokhlachev, 110, (2012-2016)
- Career points: Andy Hilbert, 210, (2001β2005)
- Career penalty minutes: Aaron Downey, 1059, (1997β2000, 2007)
- Career goaltending wins: Zane McIntyre, 86, (2015β2019)
- Career shutouts: Zane McIntyre, 11, (2015β2019)
- Career games: Tommy Cross, 380, (2011-2021)
Scoring leadersβ»
These are the top-ten point-scorers for the Providence Bruins in the AHL. Figures are updated after each completed season.
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 |
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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 numbersβ»
No. | Player | Position | Career | No. retirement |
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25 | Colby Cave | C | 2014-2019 | April 4, 2022 |
Referencesβ»
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