P-Bruins Power Past Senators for Franchise Record 13th Straight Win
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P-Bruins Power Past Senators for Franchise Record 13th Straight Win

Published on February 20, 2026 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Providence Bruins News Release


Providence, RI - The Providence Bruins powered past the Belleville Senators 5-2 on Friday night at the Amica Mutual Pavilion to set a franchise record with their 13th consecutive victory. Forward Brett Harrison scored two goals, while Matej Blumel recorded a goal and an assist and Georgii Merkulov notched two assists. Goaltender Michael DiPietro stopped 25 shots including a penalty shot to earn the victory.

How It Happened

Just 27 seconds into the opening frame, Billy Sweezey knocked the puck ahead to put Harrison on a breakaway, where he fired a wrist shot inside the left post to give the P-Bruins a 1-0 lead.

While on a delayed penalty, Arthur Kaliyev hammered a one-timer from the right circle past the glove of the goaltender to tie the game at 1-1 with 10:27 remaining in the first period.

Fifteen seconds later, Riley Tufte collected a rebound above the crease and backhanded a shot past the glove of the goaltender to give Providence a 2-1 lead. Blumel received an assist.

While shorthanded, Olle Lycksell collected a turnover at center ice and took it on a breakaway, before deking to the backhand and flipping a shot under the crossbar to tie the game at 2-2 with 10:17 to play in the second frame.

Merkulov stole the puck away and backhanded a pass to Blumel in the right circle, where he one-timed a shot into the upper-left corner of the net to give the P-Bruins a 3-2 lead with 5:13 left in the second period.

While cutting through the slot, Harrison redirected a shot from Merkulov into the back of the net to extend the Providence lead to 4-2 with 30 seconds remaining in the second period. Victor Soderstrom was credited with a secondary assist.

Just 24 seconds later, Jake Schmaltz chipped the puck ahead for Joey Abate to send him on a 2-on-1, before he fired a shot from the slot whistled inside the right post to give the P-Bruins a 5-2 lead. Christian Wolanin received a secondary assist.

Stats

Harrison's first tally was the quickest goal to start a game for Providence this season (0:27). He posted his first career multi-goal game.

DiPietro stopped 25 of 27 shots faced. The P-Bruins totaled 39 shots.

The power play went 0-for-2 and the penalty kill was 2-for-2.

The P-Bruins improve to 38-8-1-0.

Providence set a franchise record with its 13th consecutive victory.

Up Next

The Providence Bruins travel to the Springfield Thunderbirds on Saturday, February 21 at the MassMutual Center. Puck drop is set for 6:05 p.m.

Every minute of Bruins hockey can be watched online with the league's streaming service, AHLTV on FloHockey. AHLTV on FloHockey provides its subscribers access to not just every regular season and Calder Cup Playoff game for all 32 AHL teams, but also more than 21,000 hockey contests from other professional and junior leagues on FloHockey, as well as access to all other live event streams and replays across FloSports.

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