AHL Providence Bruins

P-Bruins Face Division Rivals This Week

November 28, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Providence Bruins News Release


The Providence Bruins had their most successful week of the season taking points in three of their four games last week. The P-Bruins started the week on the winning track handing the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins only their second loss of the season. The Bruins continued their winning ways Friday at the Dunkin' Donuts Center by beating the Atlantic Division leading Portland Pirates 5-4 in overtime. In their fourth game of the week on Sunday against Manchester the Bruins picked up a point in a 4-3 shootout loss. The P-Bruins have taken at least a point in five of their last six games.

The P-Bruins will try to carry the success over into this week's three games. The Bruins return to action Friday, December 2 at the Dunkin' Donuts Center when the Springfield Falcons come to town at 7:05 p.m. The Bruins hit the road for a Saturday match-up with the Lowell Lock Monsters at the Tsongas Arena at 7:35 p.m. before returning home to the Dunkin' Donuts Center on Sunday, December 4 to wrap up the week against the Lock Monsters at 4:05 p.m. Tickets for Friday's and Sunday's 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.

Ben Guite has led the charge for the P-Bruins over the past week tallying seven points (4g, 3a) in the four Bruins' games. Guite is on a five game point scoring streak and has 13 points on the season (7g, 6a). Wednesday at Wilkes-Barre the center won the face off that setup the game winning overtime goal and Friday against the Pirates scored the game-tying goal. Rookie Tyler Redenbach continues to be one of the top young players in the league after picking up another five points last week for a total of 18 on the season (8g, 10a), which puts him sixth in the league among rookies in scoring. Another rookie, Jonathan Sigalet scored the game winning goal Wednesday versus the Penguins, just one of his four points this week. Sigalet leads all P-Bruins d-men in scoring. His brother Jordan has been solid in net for the P-Bruins earning the team at least a point in his last five starts.

As a team, the Providence defense has quieted some of the top offenses in the league holding Wilkes-Barre and Hartford to only two goals each this past week. The Bruins have allowed on average only 2.82 goals per game, which ranks seventh in the league and have allowed just 28.41 shots per game on average which ranks fourth in the league.

P-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. To listen, go to providencebruins.com and click on the listen live link. P-Bruin fans can also listen live on the following radio stations: 1320-AM WARL, 88.3-FM WQRI (all weekend games), 1380-AM WNRI, 88.1-FM WBLQ and 102.7-FM WAKX.

THIS WEEK (ALL GAMES EST)

Friday, December 2 vs. Springfield, 7:05 PM, Dunkin' Donuts Center

WARL AM-1320, WQRI FM-88.3, WNRI AM-1380, WBLQ FM-88.1, WAKX FM-102.7 www.providencebruins.com

The Bruins and Falcons face off in the second of 12 meetings this season... Providence is 1-0 against Springfield this season, picking up a 8-2 win on Saturday, October 22 at the MassMutual Center... Eric Healey leads the Bruins in head-to-head against the Falcons with four points (3g, 1a)... Norm Milley leads Springfield in head-to-head scoring against Providence with two goals... Overall, Providence leads the all-time series 64-46-5... The Falcons are in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with a 10-8-1-2 record, 23 points... F Ryan Vesce, 25 points (7g, 18a) leads the Falcons in scoring, while C Jason Jaspers and RW Norm Milley, 22 points (9g, 13a) are second.

Saturday, December 3 & Sunday, December 4 at/vs. Lowell, 7:35 PM/4:05 PM, Tsongas Arena/Dunkin' Donuts Center

WARL AM-1320, WQRI FM-88.3, WNRI AM-1380, WBLQ FM-88.1, WAKX FM-102.7 www.providencebruins.com

The Bruins and Lock Monsters face off in the second of 12 meetings this season... Providence is 0-1 against Lowell this season ... Ben Walter leads the Bruins in head-to-head against the Lock Monsters with a goal... Chad LaRose lead Lowell in head-to-head scoring against Providence with two goals... Overall, Providence leads the all-time series 34-20-7... The Lock Monsters are in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with a 10-9-1-2 record, 23 points... C Keith Aucoin, 29 points (10g, 19a) leads the Lock Monsters in scoring, while RW Chad LaRose, 24 points (12g, 12a) is second and C Colin Forbes, 23 points (8g, 15a) is third.

Providence Bruins Schedule:

Tuesday 11/29 10:30 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center

Wednesday 11/30 10:30 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center

Thursday 12/1 10:30 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center

Friday 12/2 10:00 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center, Game vs. Springfield, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday 12/3 10:00 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center, Game at Lowell, 7:35 p.m.

Sunday 12/4 10:00 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center, Game vs. Lowell, 4:05 p.m.

Monday 12/5 OFF

LAST WEEK

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

11/23 at W-B/Scranton W, 2-1 Redenbach (6); Sigalet (3) Sigalet (18; 3-3-0)

11/25 vs. Portland W, 5-4 Guite (5; PPG, 6; PPG); Lundbohm (3) Sigalet (19; 4-3-0)

MacDonald (1; PPG); Walter (3)

11/26 at Hartford L, 2-1 Guite (7) Thomas (29; 3-6-0)

11/27 at Manchester SOL, 4-3 Redenbach (7; PPG, 8); Robinson (5) Sigalet (14; 4-3-1)

IN THE BOOKS

Records Leaders Goaltenders

Overall Record 7-8-1-1 Eric Healey, 19 points (7g, 12a) Jordan Sigalet, 2.54 GAA, 4-3-1, .897%

Home Record 3-4-0-0 Tyler Redenbach, 18 points (8g, 10a) Tim Thomas, 2.80 GAA, 3-6-0, .910%

Road Record 4-4-1-1 Ben Guite, 13 points (7g, 6a)

Overtime 2-1 Zdenek Blatny, 12 points (2g, 10a)

Shootout 1-1 Jonathan Sigalet, 10 points (3g, 7a)

Power Play 20-113, 17.7%, 10th Ben Walter, 10 point (3g, 7a)

Penalty Killing 89-104, 85.6%, 8th Nathan Robinson, 9 point (5g, 4a)

Slap Shots: Ben Guite is on a four game home goal scoring streak and has at least a point in eight of his last nine games... Five of the last six P-Bruins games have gone into overtime, including a stretch from 11/20-11/25 when Providence had a three game winning streak... Sunday at Manchester defenseman Jay Leach played in his 300th professional game and recorded his first point of the season, an assist... Defenseman Scott Ford picked up his first AHL point, an assist Wednesday versus Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on the game-winning goal... After playing in 450 professional games left wing Eric Healey made his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins last Friday versus Philadelphia... Eleven of the P-Bruins 17 games this season have been decided by a goal.

Bruins Radio & Media: All 80 Providence Bruin games will be broadcast on the team website, providencebruins.com as Kevin Boryczki brings you the action for the home and road games. Bruin fans can also listen to games through the following radio stations: WARL AM-1320, WQRI FM-88.3, WNRI AM-1380, WBLQ FM-88.1 and WAKX FM-102.7. Please contact Kevin Boryczki for all interview requests.

Bruins In the Community: Please contact Kevin Boryczki for any player appearances

Tuesday, November 29 Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Milan Gajic, Jonathan Sigalet

Mark Stuart

Wednesday, November 30 Attleboro Library, Attleboro 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Mark Stuart

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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