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October 24, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Providence Bruins News Release


The Providence Bruins won their only game of the weekend 8-2 over the Springfield Falcons on Saturday. The Bruins are 2-1-0-0 (4 points), putting them in a tie for sixth place in the Atlantic Division. The Bruins have played at least two games less than every other team in the division. Head coach Scott Gordon's club has had key contributions from its power play to go with seven goals combined from veteran forwards Eric Healey and Eric Nickulas. The Bruin power play unit is sixth in the league with a 23.3% success rate (7/30), while holding opponents to an average 2.67 goals per game, which is fifth best in the league. Healey continues to lead the Bruins in scoring with nine points (4g, 5a) including a hat trick Saturday at Springfield. Nickulas has six points (3g, 3a) and had two goals Saturday.

Rookies, C Ben Walter, C Tyler Redenbach and D Jonathan Sigalet continue to make huge contributions offensively. Walter has had three assists in the past two games, while Redenbach has tallied four points (1g, 3a) in the last two games. Sigalet has dominated from the blue line on the power play recording three points (2g, 1a) all on the man-advantage. Tim Thomas earned his first victory of the season Saturday stopping 28 of 30 shots. It was his 39th win in a Providence Bruins uniform.

The Bruins will play two games at the Dunkin' Donuts Center this weekend, Friday, October 28 versus the Hartford Wolf Pack and Saturday, October 29 against the Lowell Lock Monsters. 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)

Friday, October 28 vs. Hartford, 7:05 PM, Dunkin' Donuts Center WARL AM-1320, WQRI FM-88.3, WNRI AM-1380, WBLQ FM-88.1 www.providencebruins.com The Bruins and Wolf Pack face off in the first of 10 meetings this season... Hartford won 8-0 in their pre-season meeting at the Bradford R. Boss Arena, RI on September 27... Last season, Providence went 5-3-0-2 against the Wolf Pack, including 4-0-0-1 on home ice... Overall, Providence trails in the all-time series 29-37-10... The Wolf Pack are 2-1-1-0, 5 points this season, winning in their last game 6-5 over Hershey...C Jarkko Immonen, 5 points (4g, 1a) and D Fedor Fedorov, 5 points (1g, 4a) lead Hartford in scoring.

Saturday, October 29 vs. Lowell, 7:05 PM, Dunkin' Donuts Center WARL AM-1320, WQRI FM-88.3, WNRI AM-1380, WBLQ FM-88.1 www.providencebruins.com The Bruins and Lock Monsters face off in the first of 12 meetings this season... Last season the two teams met in the Atlantic Division Finals where the Bruins won the series 4 games to 1... During the regular season, Providence went 6-2-0-2 against the Lock Monsters, including 4-1 on home ice... Overall, Providence leads the all-time series 34-19-7... The Lock Monsters are 2-3-0-0, 4 points this season, losing their last game 3-1 at Portland...RW Pavel Brendl, 5 points (3g, 2a) leads Lowell in scoring, while C Keith Aucoin, 4 points (2g, 2a), C Colin Forbes 4 points (2g, 2a), D Danny Richmond 4 points (1g, 3a) and LW Paul Healey 4 points (1g, 3a) are tied for second.

Providence Bruins Schedule:

Tuesday 10/25 10:30 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center

Wednesday 10/26 10:30 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center

Thursday 10/27 10:30 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center

Friday 10/28 10:00 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center, Game vs. Hartford, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday 10/29 10:00 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center, Game vs. Lowell, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday 10/30 OFF

Monday 10/31 10:30 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center

LAST WEEK Date Opp. Score B's goal scorers (#, type) Goaltender (saves; record)

10/22 Springfield W, 8-2 Nickulas (2, 3; PPG); Healey (2, 3, 4; PPG); Thomas (28; 1-1-0)

Robinson (1, 2); Reich (1)

IN THE BOOKS

Records Leaders Goaltenders Overall Record 2-1-0-0 Eric Healey, 9 points (4g, 5a) Jordan Sigalet, 2.00 GAA, 1-0-0, .920%

Home Record 0-1-0-0 Eric Nickulas, 6 points (3g, 3a) Tim Thomas, 3.02 GAA, 1-1-0, .897%

Road Record 2-0-0-0 Michael Schutte, 4 points (1g, 3a)

Overtime 0-0 Tyler Redenbach, 4 points (1g, 3a)

Shootout 0-0 Jonathan Sigalet, 3 points (2g, 1a)

Power Play 7-30, 23.3%, 6th Ben Walter, 3 point (0g, 3a)

Penalty Killing 22-27, 81.5%, 20th Nathan Robinson, 2 point (2g, 0a)

Slap Shots: C Eric Healey, 9 points (4g, 5a), RW Eric Nickulas, 6 points (3g, 3a), and D Jonathan Sigalet, 3 points (2g, 1a) are the only three players with points in each of the Bruins first three games... Healey is the only player to have multiple points in all three games... Before Saturday, the last time the Bruins scored eight goals in a regular season game was 1/12/01 versus Worcester, an 8-3 win.

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 25 Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Jay Leach, Jeremy Reich,

Garret Stroshein

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, www.providencebruins.com.

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