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P-Bruins Prepare for Three-Game Weekend

January 17, 2006 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Providence Bruins News Release


The Providence Bruins enter the week with a 21-16-1-1 record, 44 points, on the season and in fourth place in the Atlantic Division. Providence is seven points behind the third place Hartford Wolf Pack with a game in hand. The P-Bruins started off the week Wednesday falling to the Albany River Rats 3-2, before picking up two straight victories Friday at the Portland Pirates 3-2 in a shootout and Saturday versus the Lowell Lock Monsters in overtime 2-1. The P-Bruins wrapped up the week Sunday in Manchester with a 4-3 defeat. David Lundbohm and Jason MacDonald led the P-Bruins offense this weekend. MacDonald had four goals this weekend including two Friday night versus Portland. Lundbohm had assists on the two goals in Portland and scored in the shootout to send Providence onto victory. Saturday he scored the game-tying goal versus Lowell.

Eric Healey continues to lead the P-Bruins in scoring with 39 points (17g, 22a). He is tied for 17th in the league in scoring and is second in the league in game winning goals with five. Nathan Robinson is second on the team in scoring with 33 points (16g, 17a) even though he has been with the Boston Bruins this past weekend. Rookie Tyler Redenbach remains third on the P-Bruins in scoring with 28 points (11g, 17a). He also leads the team in plus/minus at +11. Ben Guite is fourth on the team in scoring with 26 points (13g, 13a) and leads the P-Bruins in power play goals with seven.

The P-Bruins are back in action at home at the Dunkin' Donuts Center Friday, January 20 to face the Wolf Pack at 7:05 p.m. The first 4,000 fans will receive FREE Providence Bruins hats courtesy of your Rhode Island Lottery. The P-Bruins then hit the road Saturday, January 21 at Hartford, before returning home to the Dunkin' Donuts Center Sunday, January 22 to face the Springfield Falcons. Tickets for all regular season Providence Bruins games are available online at the Bruins' website, providencebruins.com, at all TicketMaster outlets and the Dunkin' Donuts Center box office.

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, January 20 & Saturday, January 21 vs/at Hartford, 7:05 PM, Dunkin' Donuts Center, & 7:00PM, Hartford Civic Center WARL AM-1320, WQRI FM-88.3, WNRI AM-1380, WBLQ FM-96.9, WAKX FM-102.7 www.providencebruins.com The Bruins and Wolf Pack face off in the fifth and sixth of ten meetings this season... Providence is 2-3-0-0 against Hartford this season... Left Wing Zdenek Blatny leads the Bruins in head-to-head scoring against the Wolf Pack with four assists... Right wing Colby Genoway leads Hartford in head-to-head scoring against Providence with five points (2g, 3a)... Overall, Hartford leads in the all-time series 31-40-10... The Wolf Pack are in third place in the Atlantic Division with a 22-11-2-5 record, 51 points... C Dwight Helminen, 32 points (20g, 12a) leads the Wolf Pack in scoring, while LW Nigel Dawes is second with 32 points (19g, 13a) and C Jarkko Immonen is third with 32 points (14g, 18a).

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Sunday, January 22 vs. Springfield, 4:05 PM, Dunkin' Donuts Center WARL AM-1320, WQRI FM-88.3, WNRI AM-1380, WBLQ FM-96.9, WAKX FM-102.7 www.providencebruins.com The Bruins and Falcons face off in the sixth of 12 meetings this season... Providence is 4-1 against Springfield this season... C Nathan Robinson lead the Bruins in head-to-head scoring against the Falcons with twelve points (6g, 6a)... Right wing Norm Milley leads Springfield in head-to-head scoring against Providence with four goals... Overall, Providence leads the all-time series 67-47-5... The Falcons are in fifth place in the Atlantic Division with a 14-20-2-4 record, 32 points... C Jason Jaspers 38 points (16g, 22a) leads the Falcons in scoring, while Ryan Vesce is second in scoring with 34 points (10g, 24a) and RW Norm Milley is third with 32 points (12g, 20a).

Providence Bruins Schedule: Tuesday 01/17 10:00 AM - RI Sports Center, Rte. 146, North Smithfield, RI Wednesday 01/18 10:00 AM - RI Sports Center, Rte. 146, North Smithfield, RI Thursday 01/19 10:30 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center Friday 01/20 10:00 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center, Game vs. Hartford, 7:05 p.m. Saturday 01/21 10:00 AM - Game at Hartford, 7:00 p.m. Sunday 01/22 10:00 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center, Game vs. Springfield, 4:05 p.m. Monday 01/23 OFF

LAST WEEK Date Opp. Score B's goal scorers (#, type) Goaltender (saves; record) 1/11 at Albany L, 3-2 Robinson (16; SHG); MacDonald (2) Traylen (35; 0-1-0) 1/13 at Portland W, 3-2 (SO) MacDonald (3, 4; PPG) Sigalet (26; 5-4-1) 1/14 at Lowell W, 2-1 (OT) Lundbohm (8); Curry (1) Sigalet (29; 6-4-1) 1/15 at Manchester L, 4-3 Leahy (1; PPG); MacDonald (5); Guite (13; PPG) Sigalet (17; 6-5-1); Brown (5; 0-0-0) IN THE BOOKS Records Leaders Goaltenders Overall Record 21-16-1-1 Eric Healey, 39 points (17g, 22a) Tim Thomas, 2.26 GAA, 15-11-0, .923% Home Record 11-6-0-0 Nathan Robinson, 33 points (16g, 17a) Jordan Sigalet, 2.81 GAA, 6-5-1, .889% Road Record 10-10-1-1 Tyler Redenbach, 28 points (11g, 17a) Mike Brown, 2.87 GAA, 0-0-0, .867% Overtime 3-1 Ben Guite, 26 points (13g, 13a) Dustin Traylen, 3.06 GAA, 0-1-0, .921% Shootout 4-1 Ben Walter, 22 points (7g, 15a) Power Play 39-238, 16.4%, 15th Zdenek Blatny, 21 point (5g, 16a) Penalty Killing 190-219, 86.8%, 2nd Jonathan Sigalet, 16 point (4g, 12a)

Slap Shots: Tim Thomas has won 11 of his last 13 appearances... The P-Bruins are 12-2 when leading after two periods and 7-2 in overtime/shootout games... The P-Bruins are unbeaten when they score four or more goals (11-0)... Eric Healey and Tyler Redenbach lead Providence in multiple point games with ten... Healey leads the P-Bruins in power play scoring with 19 points (5g, 14a)... The P-Bruins are on a seven game home winning streak... Sunday in Manchester LW Zdenek Blatny played in his 200th AHL game and Michael Schutte played in his 150th AHL game... Wednesday at Albany Sean Curry played in his 200th AHL game.

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, January 17 Blessed Sacrament School, Walpole, MA 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Mark Stuart Tuesday, January 17 Hasbro Hospital, Providence 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Pascal Pelletier Tuesday, January 17 Smokey Bones Barbeque and Grill, Providence 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. David Lundbohm Jordan Sigalet, Nate Thompson --More-- Page 3 of 4

Wednesday, January 18 Sovereign Bank Family Skating Center, Newport 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Mike Brown, Scott Ford Thursday, January 19 Fire + Ice, Providence 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Sean Curry, Michael Schutte Jonathan Sigalet

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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