2003: One night after the infamous Station Nightclub Fire in Warwick, the team presents an aggregate donation of $8,500 for relief efforts. On the ice, the Bruins thrash the Lowell Lock Monsters, 6-0, with two goals coming from Tyler Beechey in his AHL debut.
2007: Recovering from a home-and-home sweep at the hands of the Hartford Wolf Pack, Jordan Sigalet backstops the P-Bruins with a 30-save, 4-0 shutout of Portland at The Dunk.
2008: Six different goal-scorers obliterate the Hartford Wolf Pack, 6-1, to kickstart a seven-game road trip.
2009: Matt Lashoff, Mikko Lehtonen and Brad Marchand each have a two-point night at the DCU Center. Marchand, along with goaltender Tuukka Rask, picks up an assist on Jordan Knackstedt’s empty-netter to end a 4-2 win over the Sharks.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
P-Bruins Indulge In American Influence Over Country’s Hockey Weekend
Few AHL teams are more Americanized than the Providence Bruins. The way each roster is presently structured, the Baby Bs are in a five-way tie for the most U.S.-born players on their bench with 10.
Only the Albany Devils (12) and aptly named Rochester Americans (11) had more active Star-Spangled skaters as of this weekend. And if not for Josh Hennessy’s call-up to Boston, the P-Bruins would be tied with Rochester for second on this list.
Regardless, six of the 10 American-born P-Bruins made a tangible contribution to the team’s cause as part of a 2-1-0 run through Hockey Weekend Across America. Forward Lane MacDermid and Zach McKelvie were the only two players in question to go pointless and not tack on any plus/minus points over the three most recent games.
As for the others, the man-by-man highlights as follows:
Matt Bartkowski (Pittsburgh, Pa.): A plus-three rating, which tied teammates and countrymen Kyle MacKinnon and Kevan Miller for the best on the night in Friday’s 6-0 win over Hershey.
Carter Camper (Rocky River, Ohio): First professional hat trick in Sunday’s 4-3 win over Connecticut, including the go-ahead, game-clinching strike.
Colby Cohen (Villanova, Pa.): Goal and assist on Friday, including a helper on Jamie Tardif’s icebreaker and eventual game-winner.
Steven Kampfer (Ann Arbor, Mich.): A plus-one rating on Sunday.
Kyle MacKinnon (Walnut, Calif.): Assist in Friday’s win.
Kevan Miller (Los Angeles, Calif.): Goal, assist and a plus-three rating on Friday. Another helper in Saturday’s 4-1 loss at Springfield.
Brad Robins (Peshtigo, Wisc.): Assist on Friday.
David Warsofsky (Marshfield, Mass.): Assist on Friday and a plus-one rating on Sunday.
In summation, five of the P-Bruins’ 11 goals and six of their 17 assists were supplied by homeland hockey talent.
Only the Albany Devils (12) and aptly named Rochester Americans (11) had more active Star-Spangled skaters as of this weekend. And if not for Josh Hennessy’s call-up to Boston, the P-Bruins would be tied with Rochester for second on this list.
Regardless, six of the 10 American-born P-Bruins made a tangible contribution to the team’s cause as part of a 2-1-0 run through Hockey Weekend Across America. Forward Lane MacDermid and Zach McKelvie were the only two players in question to go pointless and not tack on any plus/minus points over the three most recent games.
As for the others, the man-by-man highlights as follows:
Matt Bartkowski (Pittsburgh, Pa.): A plus-three rating, which tied teammates and countrymen Kyle MacKinnon and Kevan Miller for the best on the night in Friday’s 6-0 win over Hershey.
Carter Camper (Rocky River, Ohio): First professional hat trick in Sunday’s 4-3 win over Connecticut, including the go-ahead, game-clinching strike.
Colby Cohen (Villanova, Pa.): Goal and assist on Friday, including a helper on Jamie Tardif’s icebreaker and eventual game-winner.
Steven Kampfer (Ann Arbor, Mich.): A plus-one rating on Sunday.
Kyle MacKinnon (Walnut, Calif.): Assist in Friday’s win.
Kevan Miller (Los Angeles, Calif.): Goal, assist and a plus-three rating on Friday. Another helper in Saturday’s 4-1 loss at Springfield.
Brad Robins (Peshtigo, Wisc.): Assist on Friday.
David Warsofsky (Marshfield, Mass.): Assist on Friday and a plus-one rating on Sunday.
In summation, five of the P-Bruins’ 11 goals and six of their 17 assists were supplied by homeland hockey talent.
This Date In Providence Bruins History: February 20
2005: Filling in for the injured Hannu Toivonen, rookie goaltender Chris Madden turns away 18 shots to shut out the Springfield Falcons, 3-0, with the help of goals by Brad Boyes, Ben Guite and Andy Hilbert.
2009: Jordan Knackstedt opens the scoring unassisted before Johnny Boychuk chips in a goal and two assists for a four-goal first-period outburst. From there, the P-Bruins pace themselves to a 5-2 home win over Manchester.
2010: The P-Bruins go to a shootout for the third consecutive day and ultimately settle for five out of six points on the weekend, conceding a 4-3 decision to Worcester at The Dunk. Michael Hutchinson stops 42 regulation shots to give himself a cumulative 117 saves in a three-night span.
2009: Jordan Knackstedt opens the scoring unassisted before Johnny Boychuk chips in a goal and two assists for a four-goal first-period outburst. From there, the P-Bruins pace themselves to a 5-2 home win over Manchester.
2010: The P-Bruins go to a shootout for the third consecutive day and ultimately settle for five out of six points on the weekend, conceding a 4-3 decision to Worcester at The Dunk. Michael Hutchinson stops 42 regulation shots to give himself a cumulative 117 saves in a three-night span.
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