Providence Bruins

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Providence Bruins
Providence Bruins logo.svg
City Providence, Rhode Island
League American Hockey League
ConferenceEastern
DivisionAtlantic
Founded 1987
Home arena Amica Mutual Pavilion
ColorsBlack, gold, white
   
Owner(s)H. Larue Renfroe
General managerEvan 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
Franchise history
1987–1992 Maine Mariners
1992–presentProvidence Bruins
Championships
Regular season titles3: (1998–99, 2007–08, 2012–13)
Division titles8: (1992–93, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23)
Conference titles1: (1998–99)
Calder Cups1: (1998–99)
Hockey current event.svg 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.

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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

Calder Cup Champions Conference ChampionsDivision Champions

Records as of the 2023–24 AHL season. [9]

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonGamesWonLostTiedOTLSOLPointsPCTGoals
for		Goals
against		StandingYearPrelims1st
round		2nd
round		3rd
round		Finals
1992–93 8046322——94.5883843481st, North 1993 —L, 2–4, SPR ———
1993–94 80283913——69.4312833195th, North 1994 —Did not qualify
1994–95 80393011——89.5563002683rd, North 1995 —W, 4–3, POR L, 2–4, ALB ——
1995–96 803036104—74.4632492804th, North 1996 —L, 1–3, SPR ———
1996–97 80354032—75.4692622894th, New England 1997 —W, 3–2, WOR L, 1–4, SPR ——
1997–98 80194975—50.3132113015th, New England 1998 —Did not qualify
1998–99 80561644—120.7503212231st, New England 1999 —W, 3–1, WOR W, 4–0, HWP W, 4–2, FRE W, 4–1, RCH
1999–00 80333863—75.4692312695th, New England 2000 —W, 3–0, QUE W, 4–0, LOW L, 3–4, HWP —
2000–01 803531104—84.5252452423rd, New England 2001 —W, 3–2, HWP W, 4–3, WOR L, 1–4, SJF —
2001–02 80353384—82.5131902233rd, East 2002 L, 0–2, SJM ————
2002–03 804420115—104.6502682271st, North 2003 BYEL, 1–3, MTB ——
2003–04 803629114—87.5441701704th, Atlantic 2004 L, 0–2, POR ————
2004–05 804030—3790.5632112024th, Atlantic 2005 —W, 4–2, MCH W, 4–1, LOW L, 2–4, PHI —
2005–06 804331—1592.5752542174th, Atlantic 2006 —L, 2–4, POR ———
2006–07 804430—2494.5882512183rd, Atlantic 2007 —W, 4–3, HWP L, 2–4, MCH ——
2007–08 805518—34117.7312802061st, Atlantic 2008 —W, 4–0, MCH L, 2–4, POR ——
2008–09 804329—2694.5882382322nd, Atlantic 2009 —W, 4–1, POR W, 4–2, WOR L, 1–4, HER —
2009–10 803638—5178.4882072267th, Atlantic 2010 —Did not qualify
2010–11 803836—3382.5132092525th, Atlantic 2011 —Did not qualify
2011–12 763534—3477.5071932144th, Atlantic 2012 —Did not qualify
2012–13 765021—05105.6912221831st, Atlantic 2013 —W, 3–2, HER L, 3–4, WBS ——
2013–14 764025—2991.5992332103rd, Atlantic 2014 —W, 3–2, SPR L, 3–4, WBS ——
2014–15 764126—7291.5992091852nd, Atlantic 2015 —L, 2–3, HFD ———
2015–16 764122—9495.6252381982nd, Atlantic 2016 —L, 0–3, WBS ———
2016–17 764323—6496.6322291884th, Atlantic 2017 —W, 3–2, WBS W, 4–3, HER L, 1–4, SYR —
2017–18 764526—3295.6252311874th, Atlantic 2018 —L, 1–3, LV ———
2018–19 763827—8387.5722282124th, Atlantic 2019 —L, 1–3, CHA ———
2019–20 623818—3382.6611971541st, Atlantic2020Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 25156—2232.68078601st, Atlantic2021No playoffs were held
2021–22 723625—5683.5761991923rd, Atlantic 2022 L, 0–2, BRI ————
2022–23 724418—8298.6812212011st, Atlantic 2023 BYEL, 1–3, HFD ———
2023–24 724221—6393.6462392082nd, Atlantic 2024 BYEL, 1–3, HFD ———

Players

Current roster

Updated March 6, 2025. [10]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G AgeAcquiredBirthplaceContract
47 Flag of the United States.svg Joey Abate LW L26 2022 Bloomingdale, Illinois Providence
9 Flag of the United States.svg Tristan Ashbrook C R26 2025 Manistique, Michigan Providence
44 Flag of the United States.svg Drew Bavaro D R24 2024 Bradenton, Florida Boston
42 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Frederic Brunet D L21 2023 Gatineau, Quebec Boston
35 Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Bussi G R26 2022 Sound Beach, New York Boston
23 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Callahan  ( A ) D L25 2022 Franklin, Massachusetts Boston
30 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michael DiPietro G L25 2022 Windsor, Ontario Boston
11 Flag of the United States.svg Riley Duran C R23 2024 Woburn, Massachusetts Boston
41 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jackson Edward D L21 2024 Newmarket, Ontario Boston
26 Flag of the United States.svg John Farinacci C R24 2023 Red Bank, New Jersey Boston
72 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brett Harrison C L21 2023 London, Ontario Boston
16 Flag of the United States.svg Trevor Kuntar C L23 2023 Buffalo, New York Boston
22 Flag of Sweden.svg Fabian Lysell RW R22 2022 Göteborg, Sweden Boston
3 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Mast D R22 2023 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Boston
24 Flag of the United States.svg Marc McLaughlin C R25 2022 North Billerica, Massachusetts Boston
10 Flag of Russia.svg Georgii Merkulov C L24 2022 Ryazan, Russia Boston
12 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mason Millman D L23 2024 London, Ontario Providence
14 Flag of the United States.svg Jaxon Nelson C R24 2024 Magnolia, Minnesota Boston
29 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Chris Ortiz D L24 2025 Boisbriand, Quebec Providence
17 Flag of the United States.svg Tyler Pitlick RW R33 2024 Minneapolis, Minnesota Boston
6 Flag of the United States.svg Billy Sweezey  ( A ) D R29 2024 Hanson, Massachusetts Boston
28 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jeffrey Viel  ( A ) LW L28 2024 Rimouski, Quebec Boston
18 Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Wahlstrom RW R24 2025 Yarmouth, Maine Boston
13 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maximus Wanner D R21 2025 Estevan, Saskatchewan Boston

Team captains

Head coaches

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

Points
PlayerPosGPGAPtsP/G
Andy Hilbert C234101109210.90
Sergei Zholtok C19683103186.95
Andre Savage C19171104175.92
Tim Sweeney LW121711011721.42
Alexander Khokhlachev C19761110171.87
Pascal Pelletier C2067199170.82
Cameron Mann RW1827386159.87
Seth Griffith C16556102158.96
Austin Czarnik C15751104155.99
Jordan Szwarz C1856682148.80

Retired numbers

Providence Bruins retired numbers
No.PlayerPositionCareerNo. retirement
25 Colby Cave C 2014-2019April 4, 2022 [14]

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. ↑ "WLNE-TV and WPRI-TV featured stories about Ben Schwartz". YouTube . Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
    4. ↑ McDonald, Joe (August 26, 2006). "P-Bruins change ownership". 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 6, 2025.
    11. ↑ "JOSIAH DIDIER NAMED 26TH CAPTAIN IN P-BRUINS HISTORY". Providence Bruins. January 1, 2022.
    12. ↑ "PROVIDENCE BRUINS NAME PATRICK BROWN 27TH CAPTAIN IN TEAM HISTORY". Providence Bruins. October 17, 2024.
    13. ↑ "Providence Bruins - All Time AHL leaders". HockeyDB. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
    14. ↑ "Colby Cave's Number Retired By Providence Bruins". ABC 6. June 28, 2023.
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