Providence Bruins
American Hockey League team in Providence, Rhode Island
Providence Bruins 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 .providencebruins .com 1987–1992 Maine Mariners 1992–present Providence Bruins 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
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 .
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, 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:
Team mascot
"Samboni" the anthropomorphic bear serves as the Bruins' team mascot similar to the Boston Bruins' "Blades the Bruin".[ 8]
Season-by-season results
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
Current roster
Updated December 10, 2024.[ 10]
Team roster
No.
Nat
Player
Pos
S /G
Age
Acquired
Birthplace
Contract
47
Joey Abate
LW
L
26
2022
Bloomingdale, Illinois
Providence
44
Drew Bavaro
D
R
24
2024
Bradenton, Florida
Boston
38
Patrick Brown (C )
RW
R
32
2023
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Boston
42
Frederic Brunet
D
L
21
2023
Gatineau, Quebec
Boston
35
Brandon Bussi
G
R
26
2022
Sound Beach, New York
Boston
23
Michael Callahan (A )
D
L
25
2022
Franklin, Massachusetts
Boston
30
Michael DiPietro
G
L
25
2022
Windsor, Ontario
Boston
11
Riley Duran
C
R
22
2024
Woburn, Massachusetts
Boston
41
Jackson Edward
D
L
20
2024
Newmarket, Ontario
Boston
26
John Farinacci
C
R
23
2023
Red Bank, New Jersey
Boston
72
Brett Harrison
C
L
21
2023
London, Ontario
Boston
49
Max Jones
LW
L
26
2024
Rochester, Michigan
Providence
16
Trevor Kuntar
C
L
23
2023
Buffalo, New York
Boston
95
Vinni Lettieri (A )
C
R
29
2024
Excelsior, Minnesota
Boston
22
Fabian Lysell
RW
R
21
2022
Göteborg , Sweden
Providence
3
Ryan Mast
D
R
21
2023
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Boston
10
Georgii Merkulov
C
L
24
2022
Ryazan , Russia
Boston
12
Mason Millman
D
L
23
2024
London, Ontario
Providence
51
Ian Mitchell
D
R
25
2023
St. Albert, Alberta
Boston
14
Jaxon Nelson
C
R
24
2024
Magnolia, Minnesota
Boston
17
Tyler Pitlick
RW
R
33
2024
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Providence
21
Matt Poitras
C
R
20
2024
Ajax, Ontario
Providence
6
Billy Sweezey (A )
D
R
28
2024
Hanson, Massachusetts
Boston
27
Riley Tufte
LW
L
26
2024
Coon Rapids, Minnesota
Boston
28
Jeffrey Viel
LW
L
27
2024
Rimouski, Quebec
Boston
Team captains
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
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
List of Providence Bruins alumni who played more than 100 games in Providence and 100 or more games in the National Hockey League :
Franchise records and leaders
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
These 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
Retired numbers
Providence Bruins retired numbers
No.
Player
Position
Career
No. retirement
25
Colby Cave
C
2014-2019
April 4, 2022[ 14]
References
^ "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 December 10, 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.
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