AHL Providence Bruins

P-Bruins set for three-game week

December 5, 2005 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Providence Bruins News Release


After the Providence Bruins earned an exciting 3-0 victory Sunday night over the Lowell Lock Monsters, the team returns to the ice Friday, December 9 opening up a three game week at home at the Dunkin' Donuts Center against Lowell at 7:05 p.m. The P-Bruins head on the road Saturday, December 10 to face the Albany River Rats at 7:00 p.m., before returning home to the Dunkin' Donuts Center Sunday, December 11, to face the Springfield Falcons at 4:05 p.m. Tickets for Friday's and Sunday's games 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.

The P-Bruins defense has been strong the entire season. No opponent has scored more than four goals in a game this season against Providence. The P-Bruins have allowed on average just 2.70 goals per game, which ranks fifth in the league. Providence has also held opponents to only 27.50 shots per game, which ranks fourth in the league. On special teams the P-Bruins have not allowed a power play goal in the last five games (23-23) and overall the penalty kill unit ranks fourth in the league killing 102 of 117 opportunities (87.2%). In net, Tim Thomas held this week's opponents to only two goals after picking up a shutout victory Sunday over Lowell. His GAA has plummeted to 2.35 with a 91.9 save percentage. His GAA is seventh best in the league.

Eric Healey continues to lead the Bruins in scoring with 22 points (8g, 14a) and is currently on a five game point/assist scoring streak. Rookie Tyler Redenbach continues to be one of the top young players in the league with a total of 19 points on the season (8g, 11a), which puts him eighth in the league among rookies in scoring. Ben Guite is third on the team in scoring after scoring 13 points (7g, 6a) over the last 12 games, including five power play goals. After picking up an assist last night, Guite extended his home point-scoring streak to six games.

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, December 9 vs. Lowell, 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 Lock Monsters face off in the third of 12 meetings this season... Providence is 1-2 against Lowell this season, picking up a 3-0 win on Sunday, December 4 at the Dunkin' Donuts Center... Eric Healey and Eric Nickulas lead the Bruins in head-to-head against the Lock Monsters with three points (1g, 2a) each... Chad LaRose leads Lowell in head-to-head scoring against Providence with four goals... Overall, Providence leads the all-time series 35-21-7... The Lock Monsters are in fifth place in the Atlantic Division with a 11-11-1-2 record, 25 points... C Keith Aucoin, 29 points (10g, 19a) leads the Lock Monsters in scoring, while RW Chad LaRose is second with 26 points (14g, 12a) and C Colin Forbes, 23 points (8g, 15a) is third.

Saturday, December 10 at Albany, 7:00 PM, Pepsi Arena 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 second of eight meetings this season... Providence is 1-0 against Albany this season ... Eric Healey leads the Bruins in head-to-head against the Lock Monsters with two points (1g, 1a)... Aleksander Suglobov leads Albany in head-to-head scoring against Providence with three goals... Overall, Providence trails in the all-time series 20-23-6... The River Rats are tied for sixth place in the Atlantic Division with an 8-14-0-2 record, 18 points... RW Aleksander Suglobov, 18 points (10g, 8a) leads the River Rats in scoring, while RW Ilkka Pikkarainen and C Petr Vrana are tied for second with 14 points each.

Sunday, December 11 vs. Springfield, 4:05 PM, MassMutual 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 Falcons face off in the third of 12 meetings this season... Providence is 1-1 against Springfield this season ... Eric Healey leads the Bruins in head-to-head against the Falcons with five points (3g, 2a)... Norm Milley leads Springfield in head-to-head scoring against Providence with three goals... Overall, Providence leads the all-time series 64-47-5... The Falcons are in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with a 12-9-1-2 record, 27 points... F Ryan Vesce, 27 points (7g, 20a) leads the Falcons in scoring, while RW Norm Milley, 24 points (11g, 13a) is second and C Jason Jaspers, 23 points (9g, 14a) is third.

Providence Bruins Schedule:

Tuesday 12/6 10:00 AM - RI Sports Center, Rte. 146, North Smithfield, RI

Wednesday 12/7 10:00 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center

Thursday 12/8 10:00 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center

Friday 12/9 10:00 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center, Game vs. Lowell, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday 12/10 Game at Albany, 7:00 p.m.

Sunday 12/11 10:00 AM - Dunkin' Donuts Center, Game vs. Springfield, 4:05 p.m.

Monday 12/12 OFF

LAST WEEK Date Opp. Score B's goal scorers (#, type) Goaltender (saves; record)

12/9 vs. Springfield L, 4-3 Thompson (2); Nickulas (4); Guite (8; PPG) Sigalet (7; 4-3-1); Thomas (5; 3-7-0)

12/10 at Lowell L, 2-0 Thomas (34; 3-8-0)

12/11 vs. Lowell W, 3-0 Healey (8; PPG); McEachern (1; PPG) Thomas (15; 4-8-0)

Nickulas (5; EN)

IN THE BOOKS

Records Leaders Goaltenders Overall Record 8-10-1-1 Eric Healey, 22 points (8g, 14a) Tim Thomas, 2.35 GAA, 4-8-0, .919%

Home Record 4-5-0-0 Tyler Redenbach, 19 points (8g, 11a) Jordan Sigalet, 2.77 GAA, 4-3-1, .887%

Road Record 4-5-1-1 Ben Guite, 15 points (8g, 7a)

Overtime 2-1 Zdenek Blatny, 12 points (2g, 10a)

Shootout 1-1 Jonathan Sigalet, 11 points (3g, 8a)

Power Play 23-131, 17.6%, 11th Eric Nickulas, 10 point (5g, 5a)

Penalty Killing 102-117, 87.2%, 4th Nathan Robinson, 10 point (5g, 5a)

Slap Shots: Ben Guite had a six game point scoring streak snapped Saturday night in Lowell... He has at least a point in ten of his last 12 games... Sunday night was his 400th professional game... With his goal Sunday night Eric Nickulas moved into a tie for seventh on the P-Bruins All-Time Goals list with Peter Ferraro with 62 goals... With his assist last night he also moved into a tie for 15th on the P-Bruins All-Time Points list with Ivan Huml with 123 points... Friday night he scored his 100th AHL goal... Friday night Tim Thomas played in his 150th North American professional game... Sunday night, Thomas earned his 11th shutout in a P-Bruins uniform, which is a franchise record, two better than Hannu Toivonen... Saturday night was Shawn McEachern's first AHL game and Sunday he scored his first AHL goal...

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, December 6 Hasbro Children's Hospital, Providence 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Jason MacDonald, Tim Thomas

Ben Walter

Wednesday, December 7 Special Olympics Telethon 8:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. TBA

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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