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P-Bruins Earn 500th Franchise Victory

January 27, 2006 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Providence Bruins News Release


Providence, RI - The Providence Bruins defeated the Bridgeport Sound Tigers 4-1 Friday evening at the Dunkin' Donuts Center to pick up the 500th victory in franchise history. The P-Bruins got goals from Jeremy Reich, Tyler Redenbach, Ben Walter and Sean Curry. The P-Bruins are now 24-17-1-1 on the season, 50 points and in fourth place in the Atlantic Division.

The P-Bruins scored only forty seconds into the first period when Reich sent the puck on Sound Tigers goaltender Frederic Cloutier from outside the blueline so the P-Bruins could make a line change. The puck snuck past Cloutier to give Providence a 1-0 lead. Ben Guite and Jason MacDonald were credited with the assists. The P-Bruins scored again at the 9:50 mark of the first period short handed. Zdenek Blatny and Redenbach had a 2-on-1 as Blatny made a pass from the left face off circle to Redenbach at the right face off circle. Redenbach scored upper right corner to send the P-Bruins into the first intermission leading 2-0. Michael Schutte had the second assist.

The P-Bruins added a power play goal at the 9:24 mark of the second period as Walter scored by picking up a loose puck in between the circles and putting it past Cloutier. Nathan Robinson and Pascal Pelletier set up the play as the P-Bruins headed into the final period leading 3-0.

In the third period the Sound Tigers got on the board with a power play goal of their own. At the 10:58 mark Bruno Gervais scored from just inside the blueline with Wyatt Smith and Jeff Hamilton picking up the assists. The P-Bruins added an empty net goal from Sean Curry at the 19:06 mark to go on to win 4-1

Jordan Sigalet stopped 20 of 21 shots for the P-Bruins, while Cloutier stopped 21 of 24 for the Sound Tigers and Cody Rudkowsky brushed aside 3 of 3. The P-Bruins were 1 for 7 on the power play, while Bridgeport was 1 for 5 on the man-advantage.

The P-Bruins hit the road Saturday, January 28 to take on the Springfield Falcons at the MassMutual Center at 7:05 p.m., but return home to the Dunkin' Donuts Center Sunday, January 29 to face the Philadelphia Phantoms at 4:05 p.m. Tickets for all P-Bruins regular season home games are available online at providencebruins.com, at the Dunkin' Donuts Center box office and at all TicketMaster outlets. For more information, please contact the Bruins' ticket office at (401) 273-5000 or log on to the team website.

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