AHL Providence Bruins

P-Bruins Family Weekend Friday and Saturday

Published on November 14, 2006 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Providence Bruins News Release


The Providence Bruins won two of their three games this weekend to remain in a tie for first place in the Atlantic Division with a 9-3-1-0 record, 19 points. The P-Bruins have won seven of their last eight games and have points in eight of their last nine. On Friday, the P-Bruins defeated the Norfolk Admirals 6-3. Six different players scored for the P-Bruins including defenseman Mark Stuart in his first game of the season and Wacey Rabbit, his first professional goal. In his first AHL game this year, Hannu Toivonen earned the victory in net stopping 29 of 32 shots. On Saturday, Providence fell to the Worcester Sharks 6-3 to snap a six game winning streak. Ryan Glenn led the scoring with three points (1g, 2a), while Martins Karsums had a two point night with a goal and an assist. On Sunday, the P-Bruins dug out of a 3-1 deficit after the second period against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to win in overtime 4-3. Karsums scored the goal to send the game into the extra session and also tallied the game winner 1:57 into overtime.

The P-Bruins return to the ice Friday for another three game weekend. Providence is home Friday and Sunday at the Dunkin' Donuts Center for Family Weekend. The Family Weekend package includes four tickets, four hot dogs and four sodas for only $44. Additional tickets, hot dogs and sodas can be purchased for $11 per ticket, hot dog and soda. Fans can purchase tickets at the Dunkin' Donuts Center box office, on the team website at providencebruins.com or by calling the P-Bruins' ticket office at (401) 273-5000. Friday, November 17 the P-Bruins face the Portland Pirates at 7:05 p.m. and Sunday, November 19 are home versus the 2006 Calder Cup Champion Hershey Bears at 4:05 p.m. In between the P-Bruins have a road contest Saturday, November 18 at the DCU Center against the Worcester Sharks at 7:00 p.m.

This weekend, before their home games Friday and Sunday, the Providence Bruins are partnering with The RI Community Food Bank and Wings to Go to collect non-perishable food items. Starting one hour before the games in the lobby of the Dunkin' Donuts Center, Providence Bruin players' wives and girlfriends will be collecting the non-perishable food items. Everyone who brings an item to the game will receive a coupon for TEN FREE WINGS FROM WINGS TO GO. On Monday, November 20 the food will be delivered by Providence Bruin players to the RI Community Food Bank.

Six weeks into the season two rookies lead the P-Bruins in scoring. RW Kris Versteeg leads the way with 13 points (5g, 8a) after recording four points (1g, 3a) last weekend. RW Martins Karsums moved into second on the team in scoring with 11 points (6g, 5a) after tallying four points (3g, 1a) last weekend. There is currently a three way tie for third on the team in scoring between C's Ben Walter and David Krejci and LW Pascal Pelletier. Each player has ten points.

This season the P-Bruins have teamed up with Serono and MS Lifelines for the second season of "Sigalet Saves for MS." For every save Jordan Sigalet makes this season $20 will be donated to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society - Rhode Island Chapter. Through his first three games, Sigalet made 57 saves, which means so far this season Serono will be donating $1,140 to the MS Society - Rhode Island Chapter.

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: 1450-AM WLKW, 1340-AM WNBH, 88.3-FM WQRI (all weekend games), 1380-AM WNRI and 96.9-FM WBLQ.

THIS WEEK
(ALL GAMES EST)

Friday, November 17 vs. Portland, 7:05 PM, Dunkin' Donuts Center
WLKW AM-1450, WNBH AM-1340, WQRI FM- 88.3, WNRI AM-1380, WBLQ FM-96.9 www.providencebruins.com
The P-Bruins and Pirates face off in the third of 12 meetings this season... Providence is 1-1 against Portland this season... Left Wing Pascal Pelletier leads the P-Bruins in head-to-head scoring against the Pirates with three points (2g, 1a)... Right Wing Pierre Parenteau leads Portland in head-to-head scoring against Providence with five points (3g, 2a)... Providence trails Portland in the all-time series 55-66-15... The Pirates are tied for first place in the Atlantic Division with a 9-5-0-1 record, 19 points... Zenon Konopka leads Portland in scoring with 10 points (4g, 15a), while Colby Genoway is second on the Pirates in scoring with 16 points (3g, 13a) and Pierre Parenteau is in third with 15 points (7g, 8a).

Saturday, November 18 at Worcester, 7:00 PM, DCU Center
WLKW AM-1450, WNBH AM-1340, WQRI FM- 88.3, WNRI AM-1380, WBLQ FM-96.9 www.providencebruins.com
The P-Bruins and Sharks face off in the fourth of 12 meetings this season... Providence is 1-2 against Worcester this season ... Center Ben Walter leads the P-Bruins in head-to-head against the Sharks with four points (2g, 2a)... Center Joe Pavelski leads Worcester in head-to-head scoring against Providence with five points (3g, 2a)... Overall, Providence trails the all-time series 1-2... The Sharks are in third place in the Atlantic Division with a 7-3-0-3 record, 17 points... Pavelski leads the Sharks in scoring with 21 points (6g, 15a), while Mathieu Darche is second on Worcester in scoring with 19 points (14g, 5a) and Grant Stevenson is in third with 14 points (4g, 10a).

Sunday, November 19 vs. Hershey, 4:05 PM, Dunkin' Donuts Center
WLKW AM-1450, WNBH AM-1340, WQRI FM- 88.3, WNRI AM-1380, WBLQ FM-96.9 www.providencebruins.com
The P-Bruins and Bears face off in the first of two meetings this season... Overall, Providence leads the all-time series 22-15-5... The Bears are in second place in the East Division with a 10-1-0-1 record, 21 points... Eric Fehr leads the Bears in scoring with 16 points (9g, 7a), while Tomas Fleischmann is second on Hershey in scoring with 14 points (8g, 6a) and Alexandre Giroux is in third with 11 points (6g, 5a).

Providence Bruins Schedule:
Tuesday 11/14 10:00 AM - RI Sports Center, Smithfield, RI
Wednesday 11/15 10:00 AM - RI Sports Center, Smithfield, RI
Thursday 11/16 10:00 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center
Friday 11/17 10:00 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center, Game vs. Portland, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday 11/18 Game at Worcester, 7:00 p.m. - DCU Center
Sunday 11/19 Game vs. Hershey, 4:05 p.m. - Dunkin' Donuts Center

LAST WEEK
Date Opp. Score B's goal scorers (#, type) Goaltender (saves; record)
11/10 vs. Norfolk W, 6-3 Stuart (1); Sigalet (4, SH); Walter (6); Toivonen (29; 1-0-0)
DiCasmirro (1); Rabbit (1); Versteeg (1, EN)
11/11 at Worcester L, 6-3 Glenn (3, PP); Karsums (4, PP); Reich (2) Toivonen (12; 1-1-0); Sigalet (4; 2-0-0)
11/12 vs. W-B/Scranton W, 4-3 Thompson (2); Reich (3); Karsums (5, 6) Finley (16; 6-3-0)

IN THE BOOKS
Records Leaders Goaltenders
Overall Record 9-3-1-0 Kris Versteeg, 13 points (5g, 8a) Brian Finley, 3.06 GAA, 6-3-0, .894%
Home Record 5-1-1-0 Martins Karsums, 11 points (6g, 5a) Hannu Toivonen, 3.78 GAA, 1-1-0, .854%
Road Record 4-2-0-0 Ben Walter, 10 points (6g, 4a) Jordan Sigalet, 4.19 GAA, 2-0-0, .864%
Overtime 2-1 Pascal Pelletier, 10 points (5g, 5a)
Shootout 1-0 David Krejci, 10 points (2g, 8a)
Power Play 11-59, 18.6%, 9th Petr Tenkrat, 9 points (2g, 7a)
Penalty Killing 49-68, 72.1%, 27th Nate Thompson, 7 points (2g, 5a)

Slap Shots: D Mark Stuart has points in both of his games this season... D Jonathan Sigalet had the highest single game +/- rating of the season for Providence at +5 Friday versus Norfolk... G Brian Finley has won his last four starts... RW Kris Versteeg leads the P-Bruins in multiple point games with four... RW Martins Karsums and C David Krejci lead the P-Bruins in power play scoring with five points a piece... The P-Bruins are 5-0-1 in one goal games... Providence is 3-1 in extra session games... The P-Bruins are 6-0-1 when scoring first and 5-0 when leading after two periods of play.

In the Community:
Thursday, November 16th - Shaw's Supermarket at 8 Chapel View Blvd. in Cranston from 4-6p.m. - Wacey Rabbit & Dennis Packard

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 road games and Adam Kaufman for the home games. Bruin fans can also listen to games through the following radio stations: WLKW AM-1450, WNBH AM-1340, WQRI FM-88.3, WNRI AM-1380 and WBLQ FM-96.9. Please contact Kevin Boryczki for all interview requests.

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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