Providence Bruins

Providence Bruins
City:	Providence, Rhode Island
League:	American Hockey League
Conference:	Eastern Conference
Division:	Atlantic Division
Founded:	1992
Home Arena:	Dunkin' Donuts Center
Colors:	Black, gold, white
Owner(s):	H. Larue Renfroe
General Manager:	Don Sweeney
Head Coach:	Kevin Dean (2016-17)
Media:	The Providence Journal, Providence Bruins Radio Network
Affiliates:	Boston Bruins (NHL), Gwinnett Gladiators (ECHL)
Franchise history
1977–1992:	Maine Mariners
1992–present:	Providence Bruins
Championships
Regular Season Titles:	3 (1998–99, 2007–08, 2012-13)
Division Championships:	7: (1992–93, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2019–20, 2020–21)
Conference Championships:	1 (1998–99)
Calder Cups:	1 (1998–99)

The Providence Bruins is an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, and are the primary development team for the NHL's Boston Bruins. They play in Providence, Rhode Island at the Dunkin' Donuts Center.

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 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 4 games to 1 to skate away with the league championship. The P-Bruins main rival is the nearby Portland Pirates.

In the 2001–2002 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, holds the distinction of being the youngest organist to ever work for a professional North American sports franchise in history.

The Bruins will open the 2010-11 AHL Season with a home-and-home matchup against the Springfield Falcons. The Bruins will host on October 8, 2010 in Providence, and the Falcons will host on October 9, 2010 in Springfield. To honor the 75th anniversary of the American Hockey League, each team will wear throwback jerseys. The Bruins will wear the jerseys of the Providence Reds while the Falcons will wear the jerseys of the Springfield Indians.

This market was previously served by

• Providence Reds (1926–1977)

Team records

Single season

Goals: 41 Tim Sweeney (1992–93)

Assists: 74 Randy Robitaille (1998–99)

Points: 102 Randy Robitaille (1998–99)

Penalty minutes: 407 Aaron Downey (1997–98)

GAA: 1.84 Tim Thomas (2003–04)

SV%: .941 Tim Thomas (2003–04)

Career

Career goals: 101 Andy Hilbert  (2001-2005)

Career assists: 109 Andy Hilbert (2001-2005)

Career points: 210 Andy Hilbert (2001-2005)

Career penalty minutes: 1059 Aaron Downey (1997-2000, 2007)

Career goaltending wins: 86 Zane McIntyre, (2015–2019)

Career shutouts: 11 Zane McIntyre (2015–2019)

Career games: 278 Jay Henderson (1998-2003, 2004-2005)

Season-by-season results

Calder Cup Champions

Conference Champions

Division Champions

Records as of the 2020–21 AHL season.

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

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:

• Nick Boynton
• Kevin Dallman
• Aaron Downey
• Peter Ferraro
• Jonathan Girard
• John Grahame
• Andy Hilbert
• Jamie Huscroft
• Milan Jurcina
• Cameron Mann
• Eric Nickulas
• Colton Orr
• Andrew Raycroft
• Jeremy Reich
• Wade Brookbank
• Randy Robitaille
• Jon Rohloff
• Andre Roy
• Cam Stewart
• Mark Stuart
• Tim Sweeney
• Tim Thomas
• Mattias Timander
• Landon Wilson
• Sergei Zholtok
• Tuukka Rask
• Brad Marchand
• Adam McQuaid

External links

• Providence Bruins Official Website
• Current Providence Bruins roster
• The Internet Hockey Database - Providence Bruins
• BBF Unofficial Site - Providence Bruins