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.
==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.
In August 2006, DuRoss sold his majority interest in the club to Massachusetts businessman H. Larue Renfroe.
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. The New England Sport Center is also owned by team owner H. Larue Renfroe. 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. 
;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".
==Season-by-season results==
Calder Cup Champions	Conference Champions	Division Champions
Records as of the 2023–24 AHL season.
Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season 	Playoffs	Playoffs 	Playoffs 	Playoffs 	Playoffs 	Playoffs
Season 	Games 	Won 	Lost 	Tied 	OTL 	SOL 	Points 	PCT 	Goalsfor 	Goalsagainst 	Standing 	Year 	Prelims 	1stround 	2ndround 	3rdround 	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 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	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 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	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 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2010–11 	80 	38 	36 	— 	3 	3 	82 	.513 	209 	252 	5th, Atlantic 	2011 	— 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2011–12 	76 	35 	34 	— 	3 	4 	77 	.507 	193 	214 	4th, Atlantic 	2012 	— 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	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	Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	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 	No playoffs were held 	No playoffs were held 	No playoffs were held 	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 May 13, 2024.
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===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
===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.
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
==References==
==External links==
*Providence Bruins Official Website
*The Internet Hockey Database – Providence Bruins
 
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