P-Bruins Prepare for Busy Weekend
November 14, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Providence Bruins News Release
The Providence Bruins have a busy upcoming weekend, playing three games. The P-Bruins open up the weekend at the Dunkin' Donuts Center, Friday, November 18 versus the Manchester Monarchs at 7:05 p.m. The P-Bruins then travel to Portland Saturday night for a 7:05 p.m. contest with the Pirates, before returning home Sunday, November 20th to face the Albany River Rats at 4:05 p.m. Tickets 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.
Head coach Scott Gordon's club's penalty kill unit has had great success over the past five games. Until Norfolk scored a power play goal Saturday night the P-Bruins killed off 28 consecutive opponent power plays. Providence's penalty kill ranks fourth in the league, killing opponent's opportunities 87.7% of the time. The Bruins have also done a good job keep the opponent's puck out of the net allowing just 2.60 goals per game on average, which ranks sixth in the league. Tim Thomas helped that stat Friday night when he stopped 39 of 40 shots in a 3-1 win at Norfolk. .
Left wing Eric Healey continues to lead the P-Bruins in scoring after recording the game-winning goal Friday night in Norfolk. Healey has 13 points (6g, 7a). Rookie Tyler Redenbach had another two-point game on Friday, which gives him a team leading five on the season. Redenbach is currently second on the team in scoring with 11 points (4g, 7a) and tied for 12th in the league among rookies. Left wing Zdenek Blatny is quietly working his way up the team ladder in scoring. Even though he only has one goal on the season, he has eight assists for a total of nine points, which is third best on the P-Bruins. Rookie Ben Walter has eight points (2g, 6a), which is fourth on the team. All of his points have come on the man-advantage.
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, November 18 vs. Manchester, 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 Monarchs face off in the first of ten meetings this season... Last season Providence went 4-6 against Manchester, including 3-2 on home ice... Overall, Providence trails in the all-time series 15-18-3... The Monarchs are 8-3-0-1, 17 points and in second place in the Atlantic Division... LW Jeff Tambellini, 14 points (7g, 7a) leads Manchester in scoring, while RW Brad Smyth, 13 points (3g, 10a) is second and C Connor James and RW Lauri Tukonen 10 points (4g, 6a) are tied for third.
Saturday, November 19 at Portland, 7:05 PM, Cumberland County Civic 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 Pirates face off in the fourth of 12 meetings this season... Providence is 1-2 against Portland this season, picking up a 5-2 win on Saturday, October 15 at the Cumberland County Civic Center... Eric Healey leads the Bruins in head-to-head against the Pirates with five points (1g, 4a)... Zenon Konopka leads Portland in head-to-head scoring against Providence with four assists... Overall, Providence trails in the all-time series 51-59-15... The Pirates are in first place in the Atlantic Division with a 10-4-0-0 record, 20 points... LW Dustin Penner, 17 points (9g, 8a) leads the Pirates in scoring, while C Ryan Shannon, 16 points (8g, 8a) is second and C Zenon Konopka, 12 points (5g, 7a) is third.
Sunday, November 20 vs. Albany, 4:05 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 River Rats face off in the first of eight meetings this season... Last season Providence went 2-2 against Albany, including 1-1 on home ice... Overall, Providence trails in the all-time series 19-23-6... The River Rats are 4-9-0-0, 8 points and tied for sixth place in the Atlantic Division... RW Aleksander Suglobov, 10 points (4g, 6a) leads Albany in scoring, while LW Tuomas Pihlman, 9 points (5g, 4a) is second and RW Barry Tallackson and LW Jason Ryznar 7 points (2g, 5a) are tied for third.
Providence Bruins Schedule:
Tuesday 11/15 10:30 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center
Wednesday 11/16 10:30 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center
Thursday 11/17 10:30 PM - Dunkin' Donuts Center
Friday 11/18 10:00 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center, Game vs. Manchester, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday 11/19 10:00 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center, Game at Portland, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday 11/20 10:00 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center, Game vs. Albany, 4:05 p.m.
Monday 11/21 OFF
LAST WEEK Date Opp. Score B's goal scorers (#, type) Goaltender (saves; record)
11/11 at Norfolk W, 3-1 Walter (2; PPG); Healey (6); Thomas (39; 3-4-0)
Redenbach (4; EN)
11/12 at Norfolk L, 4-1 Guite (2) Sigalet (34; 1-2-0)
IN THE BOOKS
Records Leaders Goaltenders Overall Record 4-6-0-0 Eric Healey, 13 points (6g, 7a) Jordan Sigalet, 2.02 GAA, 1-2-0, .933%
Home Record 1-3-0-0 Tyler Redenbach, 11 points (4g, 7a) Tim Thomas, 2.73 GAA, 3-4-0, .916%
Road Record 3-3-0-0 Zdenek Blatny, 9 points (1g, 8a)
Overtime 0-0 Ben Walter, 8 points (2g, 6a)
Shootout 0-0 Eric Nickulas, 7 points (3g, 4a)
Power Play 14-78, 17.9%, 11th Nathan Robinson, 6 point (4g, 2a)
Penalty Killing 63-72, 87.5%, 4th Ben Guite, 4 point (2g, 2a)
Slap Shots: Nathan Robinson played in his 200th AHL game Friday night at Norfolk... Tim Thomas played in his 100th AHL game Friday night in Norfolk... With an assist Saturday at Norfolk Jason MacDonald is one point away from 300 in his career... Nathan Robinson and Eric Healey are tied for third in the league in shooting percentage scoring 28.6% of the time... Ben Guite was the only P-Bruin player to have a point in both of this weekend's games... 2004-05 P-Bruin Andy Hilbert was expected to be in Norfolk's lineup for both games this weekend, but was a healthy scratch.
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
Wednesday, November 16 Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Sean Curry, Chris Dyment,
Jeremy Reich
Friday, November 18 and Saturday, November 20 Providence Bruin player's wives and girlfriends will be collecting non-perishable food items for one hour prior to game time for the RI Food Bank.
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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