The Providence Bruins is an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, and are the primary development team for the NHL's Boston Bruins. They play in Providence, Rhode Island at the Dunkin' Donuts Center. [edit] History The Providence Bruins began operation for the start of the 1992–93 AHL season after Providence mayor Buddy Cianci negotiated a deal with the owners of the Maine Mariners franchise, Frank DuRoss and Ed Anderson, to relocate their club. The Bruins captured their first AHL Calder Cup in the 1999 playoffs, after a regular season in which they dominated the league with 56 regular season wins. Led by rookie head coach Peter Laviolette and paced by Les Cunningham Award winner Randy Robitaille, the Bruins went from only 19 victories the previous season, to dropping the Rochester Americans 4 games to 1 to skate away with the league championship. The P-Bruins main rival is the nearby Worcester Sharks. In the 2001–2002 season, the Providence Bruins contracted with then-13-year-old musician Ben Schwartz to work as the official organist at all home games. As a result, Schwartz, who provided music for seven years until the conclusion of the 2007–08 season, holds the distinction of being the youngest organist to ever work for a professional North American sports franchise in history.[1][2] - This market was previously served by
[edit] Team records [edit] Single season - Goals: 41
 Tim Sweeney (1992–93) - Assists: 74
 Randy Robitaille (1998–99) - Points: 102 Randy Robitaille (1998–99)
- Penalty minutes: 407 Aaron Downey (1997–98)
- GAA: 1.84 Tim Thomas (2003–04)
- SV%: .941 Tim Thomas (2003–04)
[edit] Career - Career goals: 101 Andy Hilbert
- Career assists: 109 Andy Hilbert
- Career points: 210 Andy Hilbert
- Career penalty minutes: 1055 Aaron Downey
- Career goaltending wins: 67 John Grahame
- Career shutouts: 10 Tim Thomas
- Career games: 278 Jay Henderson
[edit] Current roster As of July 2, 2009[3][4] | Forwards | | # | | Player | Position | Shoots | Place of birth | | 9 | | Zach Hamill | C | R | Port Coquitlam, British Columbia | | 10 |  | Vladimir Sobotka | C | L | Trebic, Czech Republic | | 11 | | Peter Schaefer | LW | L | Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan | | 12 | | Brad Marchand | RW | L | Halifax, Nova Scotia | | 14 |  | Ned Lukacevic | LW | L | Podgorica, Serbia | | 19 | | Levi Nelson | C | L | Calgary, Alberta | | 20 | | Wacey Rabbit | C | L | Lethbridge, Alberta | | 23 |  | Mikko Lehtonen | RW | R | Espoo, Finland | | 24 | | Kirk MacDonald | RW | R | Victoria, British Columbia | | 26 | | Mark Bomersback | LW | L | Rochester, Alberta | | 28 | | Matt Marquardt | LW | L | North Bay, Ontario | | 29 | | Byron Bitz | RW | R | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | | 39 | | Martin St. Pierre | C | L | Embrun, Ontario | [edit] Season-by-season results [edit] Regular season | Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | OTL | SOL | Points | Goals
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against | Standing | | 1992–93 | 80 | 46 | 32 | 2 | — | — | 94 | 384 | 348 | 1st, North | | 1993–94 | 80 | 28 | 39 | 13 | — | — | 69 | 283 | 319 | 5th, North | | 1994–95 | 80 | 39 | 30 | 11 | — | — | 89 | 300 | 268 | 3rd, North | | 1995–96 | 80 | 30 | 36 | 10 | 4 | — | 74 | 249 | 280 | 4th, North | | 1996–97 | 80 | 35 | 40 | 3 | 2 | — | 75 | 262 | 289 | 4th, New England | | 1997–98 | 80 | 19 | 49 | 7 | 5 | — | 50 | 211 | 301 | 5th, New England | | 1998–99 | 80 | 56 | 16 | 4 | 4 | — | 120 | 321 | 223 | 1st, New England | | 1999–00 | 80 | 33 | 38 | 6 | 3 | — | 75 | 231 | 269 | 5th, New England | | 2000–01 | 80 | 35 | 31 | 10 | 4 | — | 84 | 245 | 242 | 3rd, New England | | 2001–02 | 80 | 35 | 33 | 8 | 4 | — | 82 | 190 | 223 | 3rd, East | | 2002–03 | 80 | 44 | 20 | 11 | 5 | — | 104 | 268 | 227 | 1st, North | | 2003–04 | 80 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 4 | — | 87 | 170 | 170 | 4th, Atlantic | | 2004–05 | 80 | 40 | 30 | — | 7 | 3 | 90 | 211 | 202 | 4th, Atlantic | | 2005–06 | 80 | 43 | 31 | — | 1 | 5 | 92 | 254 | 217 | 4th, Atlantic | | 2006–07 | 80 | 44 | 30 | — | 2 | 4 | 94 | 251 | 218 | 3rd, Atlantic | | 2007–08 | 80 | 55 | 18 | — | 3 | 4 | 117 | 280 | 206 | 1st, Atlantic | | 2008–09 | 80 | 43 | 29 | — | 2 | 6 | 94 | 238 | 232 | 2nd, Atlantic | [edit] Playoffs | Season | Prelim | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Finals | | 1992–93 | — | L, 2–4, SPR | — | — | — | | 1993–94 | Out of playoffs. | | 1994–95 | — | W, 4–3, PORT | L, 2–4, ALB | — | — | | 1995–96 | — | L, 1–3, SPR | — | — | — | | 1996–97 | — | W, 3–2, WOR | L, 1–4, SPR | — | — | | 1997–98 | Out of playoffs. | | 1998–99 | — | W, 3–1, WOR | W, 4–0, HART | W, 4–2, FRED | W, 4–1, ROCH | | 1999–00 | — | W, 3–0, QUE | W, 4–0, LOW | L, 3–4, HART | — | | 2000–01 | — | W, 3–2, HART | W, 4–3, WOR | L, 1–4, SJNB | — | | 2001–02 | L, 0–2, SJNL | — | — | — | — | | 2002–03 | — | L, 1–3, MTB | — | — | — | | 2003–04 | L, 0–2, PORT | — | — | — | — | | 2004–05 | — | W, 4–2, MAN | W, 4–1, LOW | L, 2–4, PHIL | — | | 2005–06 | — | L, 2–4, PORT | — | — | — | | 2006–07 | — | W, 4–3, HART | L, 2–4, MAN | — | — | | 2007–08 | — | W, 4–0, MAN | L, 2–4, PORT | — | — | | 2008–09 | — | W, 4–1, PORT | W, 4–2, WOR | L, 1–4, HER | — | [edit] Notable alumni [edit] External links [edit] References - ^ The Official Site of Ben Schwartz
- ^ WLNE-TV and WPRI-TV featured stories about Ben Schwartz
- ^ AHL Website
- ^ The Hockey News.com
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