AHL Providence Bruins

P-Bruins weekend preview

Published on March 4, 2004 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Providence Bruins News Release


The Providence Bruins return to action on home ice on to host "Bruin Pride Weekend", beginning on Friday, March 5 at 7:05 p.m., when they host the Hershey Bears. The Black and Gold also hosts the Portland Pirates on Sunday, March 7 at 4:05 p.m. All fans in attendance will receive a free Providence Bruins bumper sticker, courtesy of True Value Hardware.

Friday's game will complete the Bruins' four-game season series with Hershey. The season series is deadlocked at 1-1-1-0. The Bruins are tied for third place in the tightly-contested Atlantic Division, with their 26-20-10-3 record (65 points). They are coming off three straight road games, all of which they won in overtime.

The Bruins will visit the Springfield Falcons on Saturday night at 7:35 p.m., before returning home to host Portland on Sunday.

NUTS 'N BOLTS
BRUINS vs. Hershey Bears; Friday, March 5, 2004
Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, 7:05 p.m.;
Radio: WDDZ AM-550

2003-04 records: Bruins: 26-20-10-3 Hershey: 28-24-8-4
2003-04 matchups: Even: 1-1-1-0 All-time matchups: Bruins: 16-15-4

BRUINS: Defensemen (Kevin Dallman, Milan Jurcina and captain Rich Brennan) scored all three overtime goals last week...C Andre Savage had 2-3-5 totals in last weekend's games, and needs three points to move in to second place on the franchise career scoring list...C Matt Herr and RW Carl Corazzini lead the team with +11 ratings...C/RW Brendan Walsh ranks eighth in the AHL with 210 PIM...G Tim Thomas ranks third in the league with a .938 save percentage.

HERSHEY: C Eric Perrin is tied for the AHL scoring lead with 21-45-66 totals...RW Steve Brule leads the team with 24 goals...Former Bruin RW Dennis Bonvie ranks sixth in the AHL with 225 PIM.

Tickets for the Friday and Sunday, as well as all regular season Providence Bruins games, are available online at www.providencebruins.com, all TicketMaster outlets (401-331-2211 or 508/617-931-2000) and the Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence box office. Information on season ticket plans can be obtained by calling the P-Bruins ticket office at (401) 273-5000 or by logging on to the team website.

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