Bruins Face Falcons Saturday
October 17, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Providence Bruins News Release
The Providence Bruins are coming off their first weekend of the 2005-06 season, after capturing their first win of the year in a 5-2 victory over the Portland Pirates on Saturday. The Bruins are 1-1-0-0 (2 points), putting them in fourth place in the Atlantic Division. Head coach Scott Gordon's club has had key contributions from its special teams. The Bruin power play unit is seventh in the league with a 21.7% success rate (5/23), and the penalty kill unit held the Pirates to 1 for 12 on the power play in Saturday's victory, while scoring a short-handed goal. Defenseman Jonathan Sigalet leads the Bruins in power play goals with two and is tied for seventh in the league.
Bruin players Eric Healey, Michael Schutte and Eric Nickulas have gotten off to fast starts to the season. Healey, the 2002-03 AHL's leading goal scorer, has recorded points in each of the Bruins first two games. Healey scored Friday to tie the game at two and had a point on all three Bruins goals. Saturday he added two assists. Schutte scored the game-winning goal Saturday and recorded an assist to go along with his two assists Friday night. His four points is good enough for eighth best among AHL defensemen. Nickulas, a member of the 1999 Bruins Calder Cup team, scored the first goal in Friday night's game and added two assists. On Saturday the right wing also had an assist.
The Bruins will play one game this weekend. They visit the Springfield Falcons on Saturday, October 22 at 7:05 p.m. The Black and Gold return home the following week Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29 to face the Hartford Wolf Pack and Lowell Lock Monsters respectively. Both games begin at 7:05 p.m. On Friday, fans will receive Providence Bruins Magnet Schedules as they enter the game, courtesy of Shaw's Supermarkets.
Bruin fans can watch and listen to all games live through the Providence Bruins website providencebruins.com. To watch live, the cost is $6 per game and the broadcast can be purchased starting ten minutes prior to game time by going to providencebruins.com and clicking on the watch live link. There is no cost to listen live. Just go to providencebruins.com and click on the listen live link.
Tickets for October 28 and 29, as well as all regular season Providence Bruins games are available online at the Bruins' website, providencebruins.com, at all TicketMaster outlets (401-331-2211 or 508/617-931-2000) and the Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence box office. Information on individual game tickets and Providence Bruins season ticket packages can be obtained by calling the Bruins ticket office at (401) 273-5000 or by logging on to the team website.
THIS WEEK (ALL GAMES EST)
Saturday, October 22 at Springfield, 7:05 PM, MassMutual Center WARL AM-1320, WBLQ FM-88.1 www.providencebruins.com The Bruins and Falcons face off in the first of 12 meetings this season... Springfield won 5-2 in their pre-season meeting at the MassMutual Center on September 30... Last season, Providence went 7-2-1-0 against the Falcons, including 4-1 on home ice... Overall, Providence leads the all-time series 63-45-6... The Falcons have yet to lose in regulation this season (2-0-1-0, 5 points)...C Jason Jaspers, 4 points (1g, 3a) leads Springfield in scoring, while Evgeny Artyukhin, 3 points (2g, 1a) and Norm Milley, 3 points (1g, 2a) are tied for second.
Providence Bruins Schedule:
Tuesday 10/18 10:30 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center
Wednesday 10/19 10:30 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center
Thursday 10/20 10:30 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center
Friday 10/21 10:00 AM - R.I. Sports Center, Rte. 146, North Smithfield, R.I.
Saturday 10/22 10:00 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center, Game @ Springfield, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday 10/23 OFF
Monday 10/24 10:30 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center
LAST WEEK Date Opp. Score B's goal scorers (#, type) Goaltender (saves; record)
10/14 Portland L, 4-3 Nickulas (1; PPG); Healey (1; PPG); Sigalet (1; PPG) Thomas (24; 0-1-0)
10/15 @ Portland W, 5-2 Blatny (1; SHG); Sigalet (2; PPG); Schutte (1; PPG); Sigalet (23; 1-0-0)
Redenbach (1); Thompson (1).
IN THE BOOKS
Records Leaders Goaltenders Overall Record 1-1-0-0 Eric Healey, 5 points (1g, 4a) Jordan Sigalet, 2.00 GAA, 1-0-0, .920%
Home Record 0-1-0-0 Eric Nickulas, 4 points (1g, 3a) Tim Thomas, 4.06 GAA, 0-1-0, .857%
Road Record 1-0-0-0 Michael Schutte, 4 points (1g, 3a)
Overtime 0-0 Jonathan Sigalet, 2 points (2g, 0a)
Shootout 0-0 Tyler Redenbach, 2 points (1g, 1a)
Power Play 5-23, 21.7%, 7th Zdenek Blatny, 1 point (1g, 0a)
Penalty Killing 19-20, 95.0%, t-5th Nate Thompson, 1 point (1g, 0a)
Slap Shots: C Eric Healey, 5 points (1g, 4a), RW Eric Nickulas, 4 points (1g, 3a), D Michael Schutte, 4 points (1g, 3a) and D Jonathan Sigalet, 2 goals, have points in each of the team's first two games... D Jonathan Sigalet leads the team with two goals...G Jordan Sigalet stopped 23 Portland shots in Saturday's 5-2 win, his first professional victory... After scoring the team's first goal of the season Friday night, RW Eric Nickulas moved into a tie for ninth on the Bruins all-time goals scored list with 58. C Nate Thompson, C Tyler Redenbach and D Jonathan Sigalet each scored their first professional goals this weekend. C Ben Walter recorded his first professional point, an assist, Saturday.
Bruins Radio & Media: All 80 Providence Bruins games will be broadcast on the team website, providencebruins.com as Kevin Boryczki brings you the action for the home and road games. Please contact Kevin Boryczki for all interview requests.
Bruins In the Community: Please contact Kevin Boryczki for any player appearances
Tuesday, October 18 Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Ben Guite, Michael Schutte,
Jonathan Sigalet
Tickets: Information on individual game tickets and Providence Bruins season ticket packages can be obtained by calling the Bruins ticket office at (401) 273-5000 or by logging on to the team website, providencebruins.com.
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