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P-Bruins Face Maple Leafs in Playoffs

April 8, 2002 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Providence Bruins News Release


The Providence Bruins have completed their 10th regular season in the American Hockey League, finishing with a 35-33-8-4 record (82 points). The Black and Gold ranked third in the East Division and 10th in the Eastern Conference, reaching the postseason for the eighth time in their 10-year history. Head coach Bill Armstrong's club has already departed for Brampton, Ontario, where they will face off with the Canadian Division's St. John's Maple Leafs in a best-of-three Qualifying Round series. Game 1 will be played at the Air Canada Centre, home of the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs, on Wednesday, April 10th, while Game 2 will be played at the Brampton Sports Centre the next night. Should a deciding Game 3 be necessary, it will be played on Friday, April 12th at the Brampton Sports Centre. The puck drops for all three games at 7:30 p.m. and will be broadcast live on WDDZ AM-550 and the Bruins' website, www.providencebruins.com.

If the Bruins advance to the next round, they will play a best-of-five series against their East Division rivals, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. The Tigers captured the AHL's regular season championship with their 43-25-8-4 record (98 points), but the Bruins took the season series, 3-0-1-0.

THIS WEEK (ALL GAMES EST)

Wednesday, April 10th @ St. John's, 7:30 PM, Air Canada Centre
Thursday, April 11th @ St. John's, 7:30 PM, Brampton Sports Centre
Friday, April 12th @ St. John's, 7:30 PM, Brampton Sports Centre (* = if necessary)
WDDZ AM 550 – www.providencebruins.com
The Bruins and Maple Leafs face off in a best-of-three series...The clubs did not meet in the regular season, and have not played against one another since the 1999-2000 campaign...The teams have never met in the Calder Cup Playoffs before...The Leafs (1991-92) rank third in AHL seniority, while the Bruins (1992-93) rank fourth...St. John's C Donald MacLean was the AHL's top scorer this season with 33-54-87 totals in 75 games...C Bob Wren was tied for eighth with 24-49-73 totals in 69 games...D Nathan Dempsey was tied for first among AHL blueliners with 13-48-61 totals in 75 games...St. John's led the AHL with a 21.5% power play success rate, but ranked 17th on the penalty kill (82.8%).

Providence Bruins Schedule:

Tuesday 4/9 1:00 PM – Brampton Sports Centre
Wednesday 4/10 11:00 AM – Brampton Sports Centre; Game @ St. John's, 7:30 p.m. (Air Canada Centre)
Thursday 4/11 11:00 AM – Brampton Sports Centre; Game @ St. John's, 7:30 p.m. (Brampton Sports Centre)
Friday 4/12 *11:00 AM – Brampton Sports Centre; Game @ St. John's, 7:30 p.m. (Brampton Sports Centre)
Saturday 4/13 TBD Sunday 4/14 TBD
Monday 4/15 TBD

LAST WEEK
Date Opp. Score B's goal scorers (#, type) Goaltender (saves; record)
4/3 @ Bridgeport W, 3-0 Hilbert (26; PPG); Thompson (5); Emmons (4; GWG) Raycroft (27; 25-22-6)
4/5 Hartford L, 4-2 Kelleher (6; PPG); Thompson (6) Raycroft (21; 25-23-6)
4/6 @ Springfield L, 5-2 Huml (28); Haggerty (21) Raycroft (30/ENG; 25-24-6)
4/7 @ Lowell L, 6-1 Omicioli (2) Lombard (31; 0-1-0)

Slap Shots: G Andrew Raycroft finished sixth in the AHL with 25 wins and third in saves (1,546) and minutes played (3,317)...Raycroft, who was named the winner of the team's Most Valuable Player, Hendricks Memorial Fan Appreciation and Three Stars Awards, set new franchise records for single-season saves, minutes played and shutouts (4)...He and partner Jeff Maund (2) helped the Bruins tie a franchise mark (1998-99) for most shutouts in one season...C/RW Andy Hilbert, who was named to the AHL All-Rookie Team, was named the Bruins' Rookie of the Year and was the top scorer with 26-27-53 totals in 72 games...D Jonathan Girard, who led all Bruins' blueliners with 6-31-37 totals in 59 games, was named the team's Best Defenseman...LW Jay Henderson was the Bruins' nominee for AHL Man of the Year and shared the team's Community Service Award with RW Lee Goren...Goren had the team's longest point streak of the season, at seven games (4-9-13)...Captain Keith McCambridge, who finished the year ranked third on the franchise list with 613 PIM in 168 games, was the Bruins' nominee for the Fred T. Hunt Award, given to the AHL player who exhibits "sportsmanship, dedication and determination to hockey"...LW Ivan Huml led the team with 28 goals and was tied for third in the AHL with seven game-winning goals...Rookie D Martin Wilde led the Bruins with a +10 rating...D Zdenek Kutlak was the Bruins' lone "iron man", playing in all 80 games, one of only 17 players in the AHL to do so.

In the Community:

Wednesday, April 10th North Kingstown High School 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Adam Alper
Wednesday, April 10th Rockwell Elementary School 1:00 p.m. Adam Alper, Jay Henderson
Thursday, April 11th Eldredge Elementary School 9:30 a.m. Adam Alper, Jay Henderson

Bruins Radio & Media: All 80 Providence Bruins games will be broadcast on WDDZ AM-550, and via the Internet at www.providencebruins.com. Corey Masse brings you the action.

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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