Providence Bruins

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
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	Vacant
Media	NESN The Providence Journal AHL.TV (Internet)
Affiliates	Boston Bruins (NHL) Maine Mariners (ECHL)
Website	www.providencebruins.com
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

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:

• Providence Reds (1926–1977)

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

Calder Cup Champions

Conference Champions

Division Champions

Records as of the 2022–23 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	—	—

Players

Current roster

Updated March 23, 2024.^[10]

Team roster

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace	Contract
47		Joey Abate	LW	L	25	2022	Bloomingdale, Illinois	Boston
18		Vincent Arseneau (A)	LW	L	26	2023	Quebec City, Quebec	Providence
44		Drew Bavaro	D	R	23	2024	Bradenton, Florida	Boston
19		John Beecher	C	L	23	2022	Elmira, New York	Boston
38		Patrick Brown	RW	R	31	2023	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan	Boston
42		Frederic Brunet	D	L	20	2023	Gatineau, Quebec	Boston
35		Brandon Bussi	G	R	25	2022	Sound Beach, New York	Boston
23		Michael Callahan (A)	D	L	24	2022	Franklin, Massachusetts	Boston
30		Michael DiPietro	G	L	24	2022	Windsor, Ontario	Boston
26		John Farinacci	C	R	23	2023	Red Bank, New Jersey	Boston
43		Brett Harrison	C	L	20	2023	London, Ontario	Boston
8		Trevor Kuntar	C	L	22	2023	Buffalo, New York	Boston
28		Jimmy Lambert	RW	R	27	2023	Newcastle, England, Great Britain	Providence
22		Fabian Lysell	RW	R	21	2022	Göteborg, Sweden	Boston
14		Jared McIsaac	D	L	24	2024	Truro, Nova Scotia	Red Wings
24		Marc McLaughlin (A)	C	R	24	2022	North Billerica, Massachusetts	Boston
14		Adam Mechura	C	L	21	2023	Písek, Czech Republic	Providence
12		Jayson Megna (A)	RW	R	34	2023	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Boston
10		Georgii Merkulov	C	L	23	2022	Ryazan, Russia	Boston
51		Ian Mitchell	D	R	25	2023	St. Albert, Alberta	Boston
75		Alec Regula	D	R	23	2023	West Bloomfield Township, Michigan	Boston
21		Dan Renouf (A)	D	L	29	2022	Pickering, Ontario	Boston
90		Anthony Richard	C	L	27	2023	Trois-Rivières, Quebec	Boston
29		Oskar Steen	C	R	26	2019	Karlstad, Sweden	Boston
2		Reilly Walsh	D	R	24	2023	North Falmouth, Massachusetts	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]

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:

• 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

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.^[12]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game;   = current Providence player

Points

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

Providence Bruins retired numbers

No.	Player	Position	Career	No. retirement
25	Colby Cave	C	2014-2019	April 4, 2022^[13]

References

1. "Evan Gold Named General Manager of Providence Bruins". NHL.com. March 29, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
2. "Ryan Mougenel Named 13th Head Coach of the Providence Bruins". OurSports Central. August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
3. . YouTube. Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
4. McDonald, Joe (August 26, 2006). . The Providence Journal. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
5. "Providence Bruins to play in Marlborough for upcoming season, with no fans in attendance". SB Nation. January 4, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
6. "Providence Bruins to play season in Marlboro, Mass". The Providence Journal. January 4, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
7. Anderson, Patrick (2022-09-06). "'The Dunk' is now 'The AMP' — Amica reveals new name". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
8. "Samboni the Mascot". Retrieved June 21, 2023.
9. "Providence Bruins season statistics and records". HockeyDB. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
10. "TheAHL.com – Providence Bruins Roster". American Hockey League. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
11. "JOSIAH DIDIER NAMED 26TH CAPTAIN IN P-BRUINS HISTORY". Providence Bruins. January 1, 2022.
12. "Providence Bruins - All Time AHL leaders". HockeyDB. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
13. "Colby Cave's Number Retired By Providence Bruins". ABC 6. June 28, 2023.

External links

• Providence Bruins Official Website
• The Internet Hockey Database – Providence Bruins