tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682079942264681322024-03-13T05:38:31.768-04:00Providence Bruins InsiderT.Chace Jr.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger366125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568207994226468132.post-3500784640527551172014-08-27T20:42:00.000-04:002014-08-27T20:42:46.800-04:00<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;">- Don Sweeney Named Providence General Manager</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Boston, MA</strong> – Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced today, August 27, that the club has agreed to a long-term affiliation agreement with the Providence Bruins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Chiarelli also announced that Assistant General Manager </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8451819"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Don Sweeney</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> has been named the General Manager of the Providence Bruins and that </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8459454"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Jay Pandolfo</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> has been hired as Development Coach. In Sweeney’s role as General Manager of Providence, he will be responsible for hockey operations with the P-Bruins in addition to his current responsibilities. Pandolfo will be responsible for aiding in the development of players and prospects throughout Boston’s system.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The P-Bruins have served as the American Hockey League affiliate for Boston since their inception in 1992, making the 23 consecutive season affiliation between Boston and Providence one of the longest standing player development agreements in either league’s history.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“On behalf of the Bruins organization we are happy to have our relationship with the Providence Bruins extended,” said Bruins President </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8449812"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Cam Neely</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. “Having our AHL affiliate so close is a great asset to not only our hockey team, but to our fans, as they can watch our prospects develop. I’d like to thank H. Larue Renfroe, Jeff Fear and Matt Poore and the rest of the Providence Bruins organization for their continued commitment to Bruins Hockey. I would also like to congratulate </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8451819"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Don Sweeney</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> on being named General Manager of the Providence Bruins."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“We are proud to continue our long standing affiliation with the Boston Bruins.” said Providence Bruins team owner H. Larue Renfroe, adding “We take great pride in helping provide a high end development environment for the prospects and coaches of the Boston Bruins. The Jacobs family, </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8449812"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Cam Neely</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, Peter Chiarelli and </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8451819"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Don Sweeney</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> have been outstanding partners and we look forward to working with them for many years to come.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“The city and fans of Providence have a history in the AHL that dates back to the league’s formation in 1936,” said David Andrews, President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Hockey League. “Providence has been a natural partner for the Boston Bruins for the last 22 years, and it is wonderful to see that relationship extended for the foreseeable future.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">With the P-Bruins serving as the primary pipeline for Boston, over 190 players that have spent time with Providence have played for the big club as well. Current players in the organization that have played at least one game for both Providence and Boston include: </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8474749"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Matt Bartkowski</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8470638"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Patrice Bergeron</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8470187"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Johnny Boychuk</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8475150"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Jordan Caron</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8475414"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Craig Cunningham</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8475845"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Justin Florek</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8475671"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Matt Fraser</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8476435"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Alexander Khokhlachev</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8471276"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">David Krejci</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8476792"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Torey Krug</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8477228"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Matt Lindblad</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8473419"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Brad Marchand</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8471717"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Adam McQuaid</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8476191"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Kevan Miller</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8471695"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Tuukka Rask</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8475727"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ryan Spooner</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8476844"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Niklas Svedberg</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">, </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8475902"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Zach Trotman</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> and </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8474660"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">David Warsofsky</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“Having a solid working relationship with your AHL affiliate is so integral to the long term success of your NHL team,” said Chiarelli. “With Providence and H. Larue Renfroe's stewardship, we have that and more. We look forward to many more years with the Providence Bruins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sweeney enters his ninth season in the Bruins front office and is in his sixth as Assistant General Manager. He joined Chiarelli’s staff in June of 2006 as the team’s Director of Player Development and added the position of Director of Hockey Operations to his resume in July of 2007 before being named Assistant GM.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“Don takes a lot of pride in the development and success of the younger players, most of whom come through Providence,” said Chiarelli. “Don has been in charge of Providence for some time now and he will continue to oversee that important relationship with enthusiasm and passion and ultimately, success.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The 16-year NHL veteran was drafted by the Boston Bruins in the 1984 Draft (166th overall) after spending four seasons at Harvard University where he graduated with a degree in economics. The former NHL blueliner is one of just two defensemen and four players in team history to have played in over 1,000 games in a Boston sweater and still ranks third on the team’s all-time games played list.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“During the past eight years, I have been very fortunate to have been afforded the opportunity to work closely with some outstanding people in Providence,” said Sweeney. “I can fully attest to their total commitment to developing young men as both aspiring NHL Players and quality people. Our partnership with Providence is about providing an opportunity for Players to develop in a competitive and winning environment. Peter Chiarelli and the Bruins have chartered a relationship with H. Larue Renfroe and his staff that continuously reinforces the ideals of a successful Player Development System.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Pandolfo, 39, appeared in 899 NHL games throughout his career, notching 100 goals and 126 assists for 226 points. The forward also brings 131 games of postseason experience to Boston, where he racked up 11 goals and 22 assists, winning two Stanley Cups with the New Jersey Devils in 2000 and 2003. The Burlington, MA native played his final NHL season with the Boston Bruins in the 2012-13 season, where the winger skated in 18 games.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“Jay got a good sense of how we approach things during his time as a player here,” said Chiarelli. “He has a real common sense approach that focuses on commitment and dedication. These are attributes that he showed also as a player and he will use in development of our younger players and prospects.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Prior to being drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft (Second round, 32nd overall), Pandolfo skated four seasons at Boston University (1992-96) where he picked up a career 169 points (ranks 11th most in school history) and 79 goals (tied for ninth in school history). Under Head Coach Jack Parker and Assistant Coaches Bill Berglund, Mike Eruzione and Blaise MacDonald, Pandolfo and his BU teammates won the NCAA National Championship in 1995. The left wing was named Terrier Captain in 1996 – the same season he finished as the runner-up for the Hobey Baker Award.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“We are excited to have Jay rejoin the Bruins organization as he brings a wealth of NHL experience to our group,” said Sweeney. “He knows what it takes for forwards to play in all sorts of different roles on Stanley Cup winning teams. I believe Jay will be a huge asset to aid our staff in the development of our young players.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Pandolfo announced his retirement from his 15-season NHL career in January of 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“I am very excited to start the next chapter in my career and rejoin the Boston Bruins organization as the team’s Development Coach,” said Pandolfo. “Working with the younger players in the system and helping them improve as professionals is an opportunity I am grateful for and a challenge that I look forward to.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It took a while, but the Providence defenders have fully
bought into the Bruins system at the right time of the season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With just five games remaining, the Boston
Bruins AHL farm club is ready to make a serious run in the playoffs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ability to defend as a team started in
training camp and is now bearing the fruits of the team believing in the
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Head Coach Bruce Cassidy explains, “That part of the game,
the guys are buying into it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As long as
we keep our transition and quick strike offense going and we’re a threat to
score and keep our PP working like it can, it makes us a pretty well-rounded
team.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Specifically, regarding the
defensive part of the Providence team, Cassidy says, “I like that we are
defending better, I really do, the guys are buying in.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The difference between the defense in October and November
to where the team is now is quite apparent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They have been involved in numerous low scoring games of late, with a
couple of blowout victories thrown in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Balanced scoring has also been a great asset to the club this season as
well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As always, good defense starts with goaltending.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Boston has a plethora of solid netminders in
their system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bruins had enough of
them that they let <span style="color: yellow;">Anton Khudobin</span> go to the Carolina Hurricanes where he has
mostly thrived in his first NHL season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Providence
retained solid goaltending in <span style="color: yellow;">Niklas</span> <span style="color: yellow;">Svedberg</span> and first year pro <span style="color: yellow;">Malcolm
Subban</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Svedberg played most of the
games early and was let down many times by the young or new Providence
defense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Subban has improved his play in
the second half and at times has been outstanding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cassidy says that, “They are competing
against one another on a regular basis now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are pushing each other now and it’s going to go down to the wire as
to who’s going to play at the end.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Currently Providence sits in 6<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup> place with just
five games to go in the regular season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Albany, Hershey, and Norfolk are three to five points back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bruins have a big weekend coming up as
they play Albany, Norfolk, and 1<sup>st</sup> place Manchester over the course
of those three days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bruins are 10<sup>th</sup>
in points overall in the entire AHL.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Their home and away records are almost identical which again shows the
balance in their overall play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Bruins are 19-11-2-3 on home ice at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center and sport a
19-12-0-5 on the road.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also lead
the league in overtime games with 23 games played and a record of 2-2-11-8 in
those games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Svedberg leads the AHL with
7 shootout wins to his credit. Rookie forward Seth Griffith is second in the
league in shootout goals with seven on the season thus far.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another rookie, <span style="color: yellow;">Anthony Camara</span>, leads the
team in game winning goals with five; three of those were in shootout wins.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Rookies have played a significant role in the Bruins season,
none more than Russian <span style="color: yellow;">Alexander </span><span style="color: yellow;">Khokhlachev</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Second among rookies in scoring with 56 points in 61 games, he, along
with line mates <span style="color: yellow;">Justin Florek</span> and <span style="color: yellow;">Seth Griffith</span>, has become a force on offense.
Providence presently has three 20 goal scorers in Khokhlachev, Griffith, and
<span style="color: yellow;">Craig Cunningham</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the verge of
hitting 20 goals is Florek with 19, <span style="color: yellow;">Matt Fraser</span> with 18, and <span style="color: yellow;">Nick Johnson</span> with
17 tallies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Providence, much like their big club in Boston, can play
whatever style the game takes on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
want to mix it up, you’ll have to deal with several willing combatants,
including <span style="color: yellow;">Bobby Robins</span>, <span style="color: yellow;">Tyler</span> <span style="color: yellow;">Randell</span>, and Captain <span style="color: yellow;">Mike Moore</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Robins is third in the league in fighting
majors with 25 and is the heart and soul of the team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Randell does not get many takers due to his
stamina and fierce punching power. Moore, as classy a player as you’ll meet,
has stood up numerous times for the more skilled Providence players.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The AHL playoffs are around the corner and Providence hasn’t
lost in regulation in the last six games. The team has bought into what Head Coach
Cassidy and Coach <span style="color: yellow;">Kevin Dean</span> have been selling all year and this bodes well as
they approach the AHL tournament.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Columbus Blue Jackets have acquired forward </span><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?lang_code=en&id=4122" target="_player"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">Carter Camper</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;"> from the Boston Bruins in exchange for defenseman </span><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?lang_code=en&id=3986" target="_player"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">Blake Parlett</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">. In addition, the Springfield Falcons traded defenseman </span><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?lang_code=en&id=4143" target="_player"><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">Joe Lavin</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;"> to the Providence Bruins for future considerations. <br /><br /><span style="color: yellow;">Camper</span>, 25, has totaled 128 points (37 goals, 91 assists) in 170 career AHL games, all with Providence. In 41 games this season, the Rocky River, Ohio, native has amassed 31 points (eight goals, 23 assists), 16 penalty minutes and a minus-2 rating. <br /><br />Before beginning his professional career, Camper played four seasons at Miami University from 2007-11. The 5-foot-9, 173-pound forward totaled 183 points (69 goals, 114 assists) in 156 games, including 57 points (19 goals, 38 assists) in 39 games during his senior season. <br /><br />Parlett, 24, has recorded 18 points (four goals, 14 assists) in 37 games with Springfield this season. In 192 career AHL games, the Bracebridge, Ont., native 76 points (18 goals, 58 assists) with the Falcons and the Connecticut Whale. <br /><br /><span style="color: yellow;">Lavin</span>, 24, has not appeared in a regular season game with the Falcons this season. In 24 games with the ECHL’s Evansville IceMen, the Shrewsbury, Mass., native has totaled 10 points (three goals, seven assists), 20 penalty minutes and a +1 rating. Lavin spent the previous two seasons with the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs, totaling 27 points (four goals, 23 assists) in 112 games.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568207994226468132.post-37754044353677560562014-01-31T10:42:00.002-05:002014-01-31T10:42:19.080-05:00Spooner and Trotman Back in Providence<span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Ryan Spooner and Zach Trotman Assigned to Providence</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">BOSTON, MA - Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced today, January 28, that the team has activated </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8467967"><strong><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Chris Kelly</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> from injured reserve and assigned forward </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8475727"><strong><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ryan Spooner</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> and defenseman </span><a href="http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8475902"><strong><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Zach Trotman</span></strong></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> to the Providence Bruins (American Hockey League). Kelly will be eligible for Tuesday’s game against the Florida Panthers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: yellow;">Spooner</span></strong> has appeared in <u>22 games with Boston</u> this season, racking up 11 assists. In total, the forward has played in 28 NHL games for Boston (2012-14).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Spooner will rejoin Providence where he has skated in 21 games earlier this year, earning five goals and 18 assists for 23 points with six penalty minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In total, the 21-year-old Spooner has skated is 88 AHL games with Providence from 2010 to 2014, accruing 25 goals and 62 assists for 87 points.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The 5’10’’, 180-pound native of Kanata, Ontario was drafted by the Boston Bruins in the second round (45th overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Trotman made his NHL debut earlier this season against the Senators in Ottawa on December 29, where he registered three shots on net in 16:41 time on ice. The defenseman skated in his second game with the Bruins on January 20 against the Los Angeles Kings in Boston, where he registered one shot on goal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Prior to joining Providence, Trotman played three seasons at Lake Superior State University (2009-12) where he racked up 19 goals and 20 assists in 114 games.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The 6'3", 219-pound defenseman hails from Noblesville, Indiana and was drafted by Boston in the seventh round (210th overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.</span> </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568207994226468132.post-29560189213210917852013-10-25T23:53:00.002-04:002013-10-25T23:58:14.386-04:00Providence Gets First Win on Home Ice<strong><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Bruins Beat Undefeated Springfield in Shootout</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Warsofsky With Game Winner</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: orange; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">October 25, 2013</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: yellow; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><em>Providence Bruins Press Release</em></span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em>Providence, RI-- </em><span style="line-height: 115%;">The<strong> </strong>Providence Bruins defeated the <strong><span style="color: red;">Springfield Falcons</span> </strong>4-3 in a shootout Friday night at the <u>Dunkin’ Donuts Center</u>. <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Nick Johnson</span></strong> scored twice and <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Justin Florek</span> </strong>added a goal in regulation, while <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Ryan Spooner</span></strong> and <strong><span style="color: yellow;">David Warsofsky</span></strong> tallied goals in the shootout. <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Niklas Svedberg</span></strong> recorded <u>36 saves</u>.</span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">After a scoreless opening period where both teams had many scoring chances, the P-Bruins took a 1-0 lead 4:29 into the second when defensemen <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Zach Trotman</span></strong> took a hard shot from center ice which tipped off Johnson and into the net. For Johnson it was his third goal of the season and <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Carter Camper</span></strong> got the second assist. Springfield bounced back quickly at the 8:10 mark when a rush up the ice led to a crowd of players in front of the net, which helped Falcons forward <strong>Sean Collins</strong> flip the puck into the net for his first goal of the season. <strong>Jake Hansen</strong> and <strong>Patrick McNeill</strong> recorded the assists. Springfield took its first lead of the night, while on the power play at the 10:23 mark. Defensemen <strong>Jean-Francois Jacques</strong> scored a power play goal, his first goal of the season, with Collins and <strong>Darryl Boyce</strong> getting the assists. The Falcons led 2-1 going into the second intermission.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: yellow;">Bobby Robins</span></strong> returned to action for Providence after missing the first six games of the season and recorded his first point of the season with an assist on the P-Bruins goal at the 15:56 mark of the third period. He fed a long pass from Warsofsky to the front of the net where Florek flipped it into the net. The scoring was not over when Collins tallied his second goal of the night to put the Falcons up 3-2 at the 17:34 mark. St. Denis and Hansen picked up the assists. The P-Bruins would again match their rival when Johnson scored his second goal of the game off a shot from the point by<strong> <span style="color: yellow;">Joe Morrow</span></strong> at the 18:27 mark. Camper had the second assist as the game went into overtime tied at three.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> After a scoreless overtime the game went into a shootout. In the shootout, Spooner scored in the first round to give the P-Bruins a 1-0 lead. Springfield answered back in round four with a goal from <strong>Jonathan Marchessault</strong> to tie the shootout at one. Providence grabbed the victory when Warsofsky scored in the sixth round to give the P-Bruins the 4-3 victory. <br /><br /> Svedberg stopped 36 of 39 shots for the P-Bruins, while <strong>Jeremy Smith</strong> made 32 saves for the Falcons. Providence was <u>0-for-4 on the power play</u> and <u>3-for-4 on the penalty kill</u>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568207994226468132.post-60735743202830369532013-10-18T14:12:00.000-04:002013-10-18T14:13:41.433-04:00Providence Team Has a Lot to Learn<span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Young Squad Needs Time</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>October 16, 2013</strong></span><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ROe_9PsmIRI/UmF5xo2DamI/AAAAAAAAF80/aQf38oaSpJY/s1600/6jvfeof4cl0c8f5b6kgybld54.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ROe_9PsmIRI/UmF5xo2DamI/AAAAAAAAF80/aQf38oaSpJY/s320/6jvfeof4cl0c8f5b6kgybld54.gif" width="320" /></a><span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Thomas Chace Jr.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">With
just four games played and a couple of wins it’s no time for Providence Bruins
fans to cast too much judgment on this year’s team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The one home game they played on <u>Friday
October 11</u><span style="font-size: small;"><sup><u>th</u></sup> did not end well, as the B’s gave away a two goal lead
and were beaten in a shootout by the Manchester Monarchs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The season is long and there are many young
players on the roster that will be learning along the way about the
professional style of play in the AHL.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The
current roster for Providence includes just seven players that were born in the
1980’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Defenseman, <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Mike Moore</span></strong>, will be
29 years old in December and is the elder statesman of the group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Injured forward, <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Bobby Robins</span></strong> is 31 years old,
but is recuperating from a knee injury suffered in an exhibition game vs. the
Washington Capitals in September and as of yet has no return date.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">One
of Boston’s last assignments to Providence after training camp was 27 year old
<strong><span style="color: yellow;">Nick</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Johnson</span></strong>, who has picked up where he left off in Boston, tallying 3 goals
and an assist in their four contests so far.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No one else on the team was born before 1985. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Most
of the team is 23 years old or younger and will have to learn to adjust to the
AHL’s weekend heavy series of games and what to do on their own, during the
week when meetings and practices conclude.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s an adjustment for anyone in that age group, but to play a
professional game with men takes some getting used to.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The
Boston Bruins philosophy of how to play the game filters through all their levels
of play in the minor leagues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many times
during the season a player from Providence seemingly fits seamlessly into the
Boston line-up while filling in for an injury or as a reward for solid two-way
play in Providence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The
biggest job asked of the Providence Bruins is to develop players for the big
club in Boston and hopefully win along the way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Last year that happened in big fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Providence finished with a flurry and got to the Conference Semi-finals against
the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins where they took a 3-0 lead in their best of
seven series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, after Game 2,
both defensemen, <strong><span style="color: orange;">Matt Bartkowski</span></strong> and <strong><span style="color: orange;">Torey Krug</span></strong>, were now summoned to Boston
for their playoff run.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leaving
Providence with no blue line scoring and facing a hot goalie, the P-Bruins
caved and eventually lost in seven games to the Pens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The team lost and it was heartbreaking but
the big picture showed Providence coaches and staff getting it done in
preparing the players for Boston. Bartkowski and Krug are both integral parts
of the Boston defensive corps today.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: yellow;">Ryan
Spooner</span></strong>, due to his position at center was a tough cut for the Boston
club.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He played well enough on offense
but needs to work better along the wall and be stronger on his stick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Battling for a job with <u>Patrice Bergeron,
David Krejci, Chris Kelly</u> and <u>Greg</u> <u>Campbell</u> was a no win situation for
Spooner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His future is bright because he
is such a great skater.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Forwards, <span style="color: yellow;">Nick
Johnson</span>, <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Matt Lindblad</span></strong>, and <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Craig Cunningham</span></strong> battled to the end of Boston’s
camp and should excel in Providence. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On
the defensive side, <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Zach Trotman, Tommy Cross, Joe Morrow, Kevan Miller, Chris</span></strong>
<strong><span style="color: yellow;">Casto</span></strong>, <span style="color: yellow;">Mike Moore</span>, and <strong><span style="color: yellow;">David Warsofsky</span></strong> anchor a strong defense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Warsofsky was expected to improve to the point
that he would get the recall to Boston last year but he watched Krug skate past
him into the Boston line-up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mike Moore,
a Princeton graduate, is the veteran as mentioned earlier, who is a solid d-man
and unafraid to drop the gloves when needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Miller was essentially the 8<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup> defenseman in Boston’s camp
and plays a style like Adam McQuaid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
played over 60 games last year for Providence and along with the other
Providence defensemen has good size and understands the Bruins systems.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: yellow;">Jared
Knight</span></strong> was injured most of last year but is in great shape this season and it
shows already.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Knight, a left wing, has
already scored two goals and is playing a solid game thus far.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Younger players like Russian <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Alexander
Khokhlachev</span></strong>, rookies <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Seth Griffith</span></strong>, <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Alexander Fallstrom, Anthony Camara</span></strong>, and
<strong><span style="color: yellow;">Justin Florek</span></strong> are expected to improve on last year or gain knowledge this year
to give them a chance down the road to see NHL action.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: yellow;">Carter
Camper, Rob Flick, Matt Fraser</span></strong> and enforcers Bobby Robins and <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Tyler Randell</span></strong>
round out a very young club in Providence which is ultimately backed up by two
stalwart goaltenders in <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Niklas Svedberg</span></strong> and rookie <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Malcolm Subban</span></strong>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus far Svedberg has played in three of the
four games and playing time as always in Providence is based on how the week
goes in regards to practice, preparation, and attitude. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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looks like it should be balanced among several lines; the defense appears to be
pretty solid but lacks the offensive creativity Bartkowski and Krug
provided.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Warsofsky and others need to
step up their games in that regard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Toughness is covered by Moore, Randell, Flick, and Robins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Providence Bruins are capable of playing
several styles of hockey but they all involve a work ethic and a philosophy
developed by the Boston brass and carried out by <strong>Head Coach Bruce Cassidy</strong> and
Asst. <strong>Coach Kevin Dean</strong>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Make
no mistake; these young guys have much to learn about professional hockey and
playing against grown men but the blueprint is written.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keep learning, take direction, and follow instructions
and you’ll get a chance like Krug and all those before him, who got to wear the
spoked “<strong><span style="color: orange;">B</span></strong>”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568207994226468132.post-68808679052040913462013-10-04T22:16:00.002-04:002013-10-04T22:20:08.696-04:00Providence Wins First Game of Season<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: orange;">Johnson Scores In OT, Svedberg 40 Saves</span></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: orange;">October 4, 2013</span></span></strong><br />
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</span></em><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Providence Bruins</span></strong> won their season opener 4-3 in overtime over the <strong><span style="color: cyan;">St. John’s</span> IceCaps</strong> Friday evening at the <strong>Mile One Centre</strong>. The P-Bruins got a goal from <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Matt Fraser</span></strong> and <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Jared Knight</span></strong> and two goals, including the game-winner in overtime from <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Nick</span> <span style="color: yellow;">Johnson</span></strong>. <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Niklas Svedberg</span></strong> made <u>40 saves</u> in the winning effort.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The IceCaps came out strong in the first period, outshooting Providence early, but it was the P-Bruins taking the 1-0 lead at the 14:28 mark of the opening period. Fraser scored off his backhand, his first goal of the season, while Johnson and <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Ryan Spooner</span></strong> recorded the assists. The P-Bruins led 1-0 going into the first intermission.</span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">The P-Bruins doubled their lead at the 13:13 mark of the second period. Johnson tallied his first goal of the game and of the season with help from a behind the back pass from Spooner. Fraser picked up the second assist. Providence led 2-0 going into the second intermission. <br /><br /> St. John’s got on the board at the 9:18 mark of the third period. <strong>Adam Lowry</strong> scored his first goal of the season, while <strong>Patrice Cormier</strong> and <strong>Jordan Hill</strong> had the assists. Providence retook their two-goal advantage at the 12:47 mark, when Knight notched his first goal of the season, with <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Alexander Khokhlachev</span></strong> grabbing the lone assist. The IceCaps battled back with two goals in less than a minute. At the 18:11 mark, <strong>J.C. Lipon</strong> tallied his first goal of the season, while <strong>Brenden Kichton</strong> and <strong>Jason Jaffray</strong> had the assists. It was Eric O’Dell tying the game at three at the 19:03 mark, his first goal of the season. <strong>Kael Mouillierat</strong> <strong>and Jerome Samson </strong>picked up the assists on the goal. The game went into overtime tied at three.<br /><br /> At the 2:04 mark of overtime, Johnson’s second goal of the game gave the P-Bruins the victory as he skated in on a breakaway and beat St. John’s net minder <strong>Eddie Pasquale</strong> on the backhand. Khokhlachev recorded his second assist of the night and the lone assist on the game winning goal. Providence went onto the 4-3 victory.<br /><br /> Svedberg stopped 40 of 43 shots he faced for the P-Bruins, while Pasquale made 26 saves for the IceCaps. The <u>P-Bruins were 1-for-2 on the power play</u> and 1-for-1 on the penalty kill.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568207994226468132.post-16588295098005871292013-10-04T14:13:00.000-04:002013-10-04T14:13:15.870-04:00Providence Roster - Game 1 - October 4, 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Solid Roster for Providence</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Providence Bruins</span></strong> roster consists of a majority of young talented players. <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Bobby Robins</span></strong> and Mike Moore are the eldest statesmen of the team. The majority are 23 and under if you can believe that. The talent across the board is improving every season. Robins injury keeps him off this list but he is on the team.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><u><strong>The Providence Roster:</strong></u></span><br />
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<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=4809"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Alexander Fallstrom (RW)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=4813"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Alexander Khokhlachev (C)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=5079"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Anthony Camara (LW)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=4274"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ben Youds (D)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=4122"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Carter Camper (C)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=4851"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Chris Casto (D)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=4187"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Craig Cunningham (LW)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=4062"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">David Warsofsky (D)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=4111"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Jared Knight (LW)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=4585"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Joe Morrow (D)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=4471"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Justin Florek (LW)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=4027"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Kevan Miller (D)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=5082"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Malcolm Subban (G)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=3643"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Matt Fraser (LW)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=4914"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Matt Lindblad (LW)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=2407"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Mike Moore (D)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=2325"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Nick Johnson (RW)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=4627"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Niklas Svedberg (G)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=4267"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Rob Flick (C)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=4112"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ryan Spooner (C)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=5080"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Seth Griffith (RW)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=4553"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Tommy Cross (D)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=4231"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Tyler Randell (RW)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><a href="http://theahl.com/stats/player.php?id=5081"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Zach Trotman (D)</span></a></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap=""><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></td><td class="dataRow" nowrap="" width="50%"></td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568207994226468132.post-22708189811105622872013-08-23T13:17:00.004-04:002013-08-23T13:31:25.191-04:00Providence Bruins - 2013-14 Schedule<span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>2013-14 Season Schedule</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Providence Bruins, entering their 22nd season in the American Hockey League, today announced their schedule for the 2013-14 season. The P-Bruins will play a 76 game schedule led by head coach <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Bruce Cassidy</span></strong> and assistant coach <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Kevin Dean</span></strong>. Opening Night at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center will be on <u>Friday, October 11 at 7:05 p.m</u>., hosting Eastern Conference rival, the <span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><strong>Manchester Monarchs</strong></span>. The P-Bruins <u>begin the season</u> on the road <u>Friday, October 4</u> in St. John’s, Newfoundland. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The P-Bruins' 38-home game schedule features <u>all weekend dates</u>, including 21 Friday night games and 17 Sunday afternoon contests. All Friday night games will be played at 7:05 p.m., while all Sunday games will begin at 3:05 p.m., with the exception of Sunday, March 9 which will begin at 4:05 p.m. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Providence will compete in the fifteen-team Eastern Conference and will face all but one Eastern Conference rival. The P-Bruins will face-off with the Monarchs and Worcester Sharks 12 times apiece and the Springfield Falcons 10 times. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Black and Gold will also play the St. John’s IceCaps and Portland Pirates eight times each, Hartford Wolf Pack six times, Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and Norfolk Admirals four times each and Syracuse Crunch, Adirondack Phantoms, Albany Devils and Hershey Bears two times each. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Providence will see the most ice time in January and March, each with 13 contests scheduled. The club will play a season high eight home games in January, while hitting the road a high of eight times in December. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The P-Bruins' longest home stand is four games, which occurs from November 10 through November 22. The longest road stretch of the year is five games, which happens twice, once from December 21 through December 31 and once from January 31 through February 8. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Providence Bruins will also be hosting a special Dunkin’ Donuts Pre-Season Game& FanFest at The Dunkin' Donuts Center on Saturday, September 28 at 3:05pm against the Sharks. The Dunkin’ Donuts Pre-Season Game & FanFest is a celebration of P-Bruins hockey and will be the first chance for fans to see members of the 2013-14 Providence Bruins skate together as a team. Festivities for the evening will include fan interactive games and access, along with kids and family activities.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Providence Bruins, established in 1992, are the top affiliate of the 2011 Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins. The Providence Bruins have enjoyed much success over their history. The team won the American Hockey League's Calder Cup championship in 1999 and boasts 10 former players on the 2011 Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins. In addition to accomplishments on the ice, the Providence Bruins were third-best in attendance in the AHL in 2012-13 and are the best-attended minor-league hockey team in New England.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: orange;">Schedule is here: </span><a href="http://www.providencebruins.com/ftp/pdf/season_schedule.pdf"><span style="color: yellow;">http://www.providencebruins.com/ftp/pdf/season_schedule.pdf</span></a></strong><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">For more information on P-Bruins Season Ticket or FlexTix packages visit providencebruins.com or call the Providence Bruins Ticket Office at 401-273-5000.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;">For all the latest Providence Bruins news and updates, become a fan of the P-Bruins</span> on</span> <span style="color: white;">Facebook at </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/providencebruins"><span style="color: #1155cc;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">www.facebook.com/providencebruins</span></span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: white;">o</span><span style="color: white;">r follow the club on Twitter</span> <span style="color: white;">at</span> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/AHLBruins"><span style="color: #1155cc;">www.twitter.com/AHLBruins</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">*Information gathered from </span><a href="http://www.providencebruins.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">www.providencebruins.com</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></span><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568207994226468132.post-18515327297125047122013-06-11T20:31:00.000-04:002013-06-11T20:31:02.385-04:00Stadium Journey - Dunkin Donuts Center Review<span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Stadium Journey Reviews the Dunk</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>June 11, 2013</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The folks over at Stadium Journey.com recently visited the home of the Providence Bruins and asked me to share their review of the Dunkin Donuts Center.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">They seemed to like "The Dunk".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here's their link, check it out:</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.stadiumjourney.com/stadiums/dunkin-donuts-center-s871"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">http://www.stadiumjourney.com/stadiums/dunkin-donuts-center-s871</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568207994226468132.post-18131347697608588712013-06-11T20:02:00.002-04:002013-06-11T20:09:36.131-04:00Bruins Headed Back to Work<br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>The Boston Bruins Get
Back to Work on Wednesday</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: orange;">June 10, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div>
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Thomas Chace Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Chicago Blackhawks dramatic win on Saturday night to
wrap up their Western Conference Final should be considered a good break for
the Boston Bruins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not having to wait too
long to play again should benefit the Bruins as they are on such a roll right
now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Los Angeles win would have pushed
Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals to Saturday instead of Wednesday, much too
long of a layoff for the NHL’s hottest team.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Several key items have shown up in my review of the
upcoming series between the two storied franchises.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be the first Original Six Stanley
Cup Final since I graduated Bishop Hendricken High School in 1979.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dreaded Montreal Canadiens disposed of
the New York Rangers in 5 games to secure their fourth straight Cup win that
year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Bruins and Blackhawks have met just seven times in
the playoffs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their last meeting in 1978
was a four game Bruins sweep in the first round.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The teams did not face each other this season
due to the lock-out by the owners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
have never faced each other in the Stanley Cup Finals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This will be the Bruins 19<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup>
appearance in the Finals and for the Hawks it will be their 12<sup>th</sup> opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bruins have won six Stanley Cups to four
for the Blackhawks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both teams have won
recently, Chicago in 2010 followed by the Bruins in 2011.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Chicago is the favorite coming into the series. The Hawks
won the President’s Trophy as the NHL’s best team in the regular season,
finishing 15 points ahead of Boston.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Boston loves the underdog scenario as proven against the much heralded
Vancouver Canucks while winning the Cup in 2011, and most recently disposing of
the favored Pittsburgh Penguins in a shocking sweep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Comparing some critical numbers between the two teams is
very interesting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bruins power-play,
which is a real sore spot within the organization and its fans, is sitting at
15.6% in the playoffs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the four game
sweep over the Penguins the Bruins failed to score on 13 opportunities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bruins fared a little better in their
5-game series with the New York Rangers converting on 4 of 12 chances.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Blackhawks power-play is worst, believe it or not,
converting man advantage chances just 13.7% of the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bruins and Hawks combined power-play went
1/27 in their Conference winning series against the Penguins and Kings,
respectively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On the penalty killing side of things, the Bruins just
held the top scoring team in the league to just two goals in the series, and no
goals on the power-play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Overall, their
percentage suffers from their opening round series with the Toronto Maple
Leafs, in which they allowed five power-play goals by the Leafs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Rangers managed to punch in two
power-play tallies in the 2<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>nd</sup> Round. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Blackhawks penalty killing has been at an elite level
throughout this season’s playoffs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Hawks have allowed a measly three goals through 17 games played.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Kings managed to get two goals, and the
Detroit Red Wings were stymied by the Hawks, converting on just one power-play
goal in their 7 game series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their penalty
killing percentage is an astounding 94.8%.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Boston has averaged 3.12 goals per game this playoff
season compared to the Blackhawks at 2.76.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, against the Kings, the Hawks averaged about 3.6 goals per
game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bruins scored 12 goals against
Pittsburgh, including a 6-1 blowout in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference
Finals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Overall, the Bruins have
outscored the Hawks 50-47 during the playoffs despite playing one less game.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: yellow;">Tuukka Rask</span></strong> allowed just two goals against the highly
offensive Penguins and is on fire right now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Bruins are allowing just 1.88 goals on average, but as stated, Rask
is playing the best hockey of his life right now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other side, <strong><span style="color: red;">Corey Crawford</span></strong> allowed 11
goals against the Kings and his play would seem to be the biggest question mark
for the Hawks heading into the Finals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The difference that he can make against the Bruins, where so much is more
or less even on both sides, should be compelling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Rask currently leads all postseason netminders in save
percentage (.943) and is second in goals against average (1.75).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A lot is made of face-offs nowadays and the Bruins are
the best in the NHL in that category.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Winning face-offs generally leads to possession, which leads to scoring
chances. The Hawks win about 47% of their draws compared to the dominant Bruins
at over 56%.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: yellow;">David Krejci</span></strong> and <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Nathan Horton</span></strong> lead all skaters in
scoring during the playoffs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Krejci, who
led the league in playoff scoring when the Bruins won the Cup in 2011, has 21
points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His league leading 9 goals is
one more than Chicago’s <strong><span style="color: red;">Patrick Sharp</span></strong> and <strong><span style="color: red;">Bryan Bickell</span></strong>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Krejci also leads in assists with 12, for a
total of 21 points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Horton, now a proven
playoff scorer has 17 points, including 7 goals for Boston.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><strong><span style="color: yellow;">Brad Marchand</span></strong>, <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Milan Lucic</span></strong>, <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Patrice</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Bergeron</span></strong>,
and <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Zdeno Chara</span></strong> also have at least 11 points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Boston top scorers have amassed 86 points this playoff season, 20 more
than Chicago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sharp, <strong><span style="color: red;">Marian Hossa</span></strong>, <strong><span style="color: red;">Patrick Kane</span></strong>, Bickell, and <strong><span style="color: red;">Duncan
Keith</span></strong> all are listed in the top 25 scorers this postseason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sharp, with his 8 goals and 6 assists is tied
with Hossa and Kane for 14 points each.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The surprising Bickell is a legitimate scorer this playoff season and
along with defenseman Duncan Keith round out the scoring threats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Bruins own the top four spots in the NHL plus/minus
rating this postseason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nathan Horton’s
+21, Krejci’s +14, Lucic’s +13, and Chara’s +12 are far and away better than
any Chicago player.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The backline of Chicago is being recognized for their
puck moving abilities and rightfully so, but it is Boston’s defensemen who are
putting pucks in the net.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bruins,
<strong><span style="color: yellow;">Johnny</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Boychuk</span></strong>, ranks second among NHL defenseman in scoring with five
goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>22 year-old rookie <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Torey Krug</span></strong>
ranks third with four goals for the Bruins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Chara ranks third overall among all NHL defenseman this postseason.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Bruins and Blackhawks have faced each other eight
times in the regular season since 2004.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Boston has won six times, including their last two meetings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Boston has won five of its previous six
playoff series against the Blackhawks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Hawks lone victory was a three game preliminary round win in 1975.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Blackhawks do have the home ice advantage and they
have a 9-1 record in this year’s postseason play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Hawks have won on home ice 27 of 34
contests at the United Center this regular and playoff season combined.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No denying they play better on Chicago home
ice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Should the series go to a Game 7, the Hawks are 5-2 in
Game 7’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Boston on the other hand is
just 1-4 on the road for Game 7’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, that one win was in 2011 in Vancouver to clinch the Stanley
Cup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bruins are 5-2 away from their
home ice at TD Garden in Bean Town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
last time Boston didn’t get a point in a game at Chicago was on March 29, 2003.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Rask has appeared in only one game for Boston against
Chicago and allowed one goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Crawford
has faced Boston twice and is 0-1-1 with a 2.40 GAA in his two chances against
the Bruins. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: yellow;">Andrew Ference</span></strong> and Chara are the only Bruins to play more
than 10 games in their career against the Hawks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the other side, Marian Hossa has 16 goals
and 38 points against Boston in his career in 45 games played.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Defenseman <strong><span style="color: red;">Johnny Oduya</span></strong> (21 games), and
<strong><span style="color: red;">Michal Rozsival</span></strong> (34 games) are the other Hawk regulars who have played more
than 14 games against the Bruins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This could be a memorable old school affair but the
Bruins look so good since being down 4-1 against Toronto in the opening round
of the postseason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are the best
team right now and their force and will is unmatched in my opinion, by any
team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The layers of defense and a
commitment to each other should get the underdog Bruins another Cup
celebration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soon to be free agent,
Tuukka Rask, will be the difference again for the Big Bad Bruins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Game 1 is Wednesday at the United Center in Chicago at 8
p.m.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enjoy.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568207994226468132.post-68714152736440254832013-05-22T12:42:00.000-04:002013-05-22T12:44:59.912-04:00The Finish Line: Providence Bruins on the Brink<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bruins Need to
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">May 22, 2013<o:p></o:p></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On January 7, 2013 I wrote an article titled “Not Finishing,
Proving Costly to Providence”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Game
7 of the AHL Eastern Conference Semi-Finals approaches tonight I am drawn back
to that portion of the season, in which the Bruins would have chances but
couldn’t score.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Providence <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Head Coach
Bruce Cassidy</span></b> would exclaim after a tough January loss, “We’ve had trouble
finishing all year, that’s nothing new”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Fast forward to tonight and the final hockey game for one of
these fine AHL clubs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Providence
Bruins dominated the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on home ice at the Dunkin’
Donuts Center on Monday night in Game 6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>WBS won the game in overtime getting more shots in OT than they did in
the whole 3rd period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Penguins
didn’t have a shot on net in the 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> period until the 11:00
mark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The star of the game was<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Penguins goaltender, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Brad Thiessen</span></b>, who made 46 saves to steal the victory and force a
final showdown tonight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Thiessen,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>entered the
series following the 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> period of Game 2 back on May 11<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
and has allowed a total of 4 goals in 4.67 games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The back-up netminder, replaced arguably the
league’s best goaltender, Jeff Zatkoff, after he allowed 12 goals in 1.23 games
played.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Providence blew out WBS 8-5 and
4-2 to take a 2-0 series lead after two home games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bruins took a commanding 3-0 series lead
by winning in OT on a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Carter Camper</span></b>
goal on Wednesday May 15<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>, a 2-1 OT win WBS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thiessen has since shut the door on the
Bruins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Before arriving in Providence, according to winger <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Steve MacIntyre</span></b>,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the team watched the 2004 Red Sox DVD ,
featuring one of the greatest comebacks in sports history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The <span style="color: red;"><u>Red Sox</u></span>, were of course, down 3 games to
none<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>against the <span style="color: red;"><u>Yankees</u></span>, yet won the
series in dramatic fashion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Penguins
are riding that<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>great wave right now and
they feel it is within their reach.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Thiessen has faced <strong><u>109
shots</u></strong> in the last three games and allowed just <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>2 goals</u></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Following
3-1 and 4-0 losses to the Pens in WBS, the Bruins hoped to end the series at
home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite outplaying and outshooting
the Pens <u>47-18</u>, the Bruins now face an even more formidable foe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After the Game 6 loss,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>when asked if Thiessen was in the Bruins heads, Cassidy replied,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“It might have been before the game, to be
honest, the guy’s played pretty well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By
the same token, we’re missing open nets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At some point you ‘ve got to put the puck in the net.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You gotta finish, you gotta finish
goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have got to finish better,
plain and simple”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">How do you beat Thiessen at this point?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Up high, we’ve got to get some rebounds up
high.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For some reason we’re not
elevating the puck right now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s easy
from the bench”, Cassidy explained.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">“Now we have to finish, it’s up to us, if we do, we move on,
if we don’t…….”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- HC Bruce Cassidy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This Providence team has done it the hard way all season and
heading into a Game 7 with a Penguins squad<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>that is very similar to them should not be too surprising.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can the Bruins finish their scoring chances
like they did after January or will they be just finished?</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568207994226468132.post-80932327592525522462013-05-20T17:31:00.001-04:002013-05-20T17:31:19.061-04:00Graham Mink is SuspendedMink Suspended as Expected<br />
May 20, 2013<br />
Thomas R. Chace Jr.<br />
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The AHL has suspended RW Graham Mink of the Providence Bruins for 2 games for his actions in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semi Finals.<br />
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Mink was given a match penalty for intent to injure after pummeling goaltender Brad Thiessen in a huge scrum in the WBS crease in the 3rd period of Saturday nights game in PA.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568207994226468132.post-20057804586953902122013-05-20T15:06:00.000-04:002013-05-20T15:19:55.573-04:00Providence Bruins - Review of Series vs. WBS Penguins<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Providence Bruins
vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-
Series Review<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">May 20, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Thomas R. Chace
Jr.</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Eastern Conference Semi-Final match between two of
the elite organizations in hockey has been unusual yet also what was
expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took a couple of games for
the teams to get back to playing their similar styles of good defense coinciding
with exceptioinal goaltending.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The series has a 2-3-2 format, so Providence opened the
series at home before a smaller than accustomed loyal crowd of about 3000 on
Friday night May 10<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Providence as expected had a better offense, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but they simply overwhelmed WBS goaltender <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Jeff Zatkoff</span></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Zatkoff, was the AHL leader in GAA at 1.93 and had a
save% of .920.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Zatkoff gave up 8 goals
on 27 Providence shots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">WBS scored first on a penalty shot by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Chad Kolarik</span></b>, who beat Providence
goalie <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Niklas Svedberg</span></b> with a nice
wrist shot at 9:31 of the first period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Much of the period was spent in the WBS end of the ice as evidenced by
the shots on goal that favored the Bruins 17-6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Ryan Spooner</span></b> finally beat
Zatkoff with just 1:06 left in the period to knot it at 1-1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was Spooner’s 1st career playoff
goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first period sort of played
out<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>like the first round in a boxing
match, each team measuring up the other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The second period went scoreless until the 5:09 mark, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>when<span style="color: yellow;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jordan
Caron</b></span> scored his 2nd goal of the playoffs and gave the Bruins their first
lead of the game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, just 1:14
later, the Penguins tied it up on a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Brian
Gibbons</span></b> goal, his 2nd of the playoffs as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Kyle
MacKinnon</span></b> responded almost immediately with his 1st goal of the playoffs
just 46 seconds later. This was soon followed by another Bruin goal by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Jamie Tardif</span></b>, his 4th,<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></sup>at
8:34. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Carter Camper</span></b> (6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>)
made it 5-2 with a PP goal at the 10:24 mark.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The teams and game then got a little rougher as the feeling out process
was over and the Penguins were down by three goals on the road.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bruins, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Bobby Robins</span></b>, went off for roughing which resulted in a WBS PP goal
by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Paul Thompson</span></b> to close the gap at
5-3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thompson would join Bruin <span style="color: yellow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Chris</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bourque</b></span> moments later in the penalty box for matching unsportsmanlike
conduct penalties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A little over 5 minutes in to the third period,
Providence added to their lead on a goal by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Craig</span></b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Cunningham</span></b>, his
second, getting the three goal cushion back at 6-3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>13:46, several fights<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>went down
including <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Alex Grant</span></b> of the Penguins
and Bobby Robins, in which Robins would get instigating, slashing, and
misconduct penalties as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bruins
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Garnet Exelby</span></b> would clash with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Joey</span> <span style="color: yellow;">Mormina</span></b> before being sent to their
locker rooms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This seemed to fire up the
Penguins who scored twice in 48 seconds, to bring it to 6-5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Chris
Collins</span></b> (2nd) and Thompson’s second goal of the game gave WBS some life but
not a lot of time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Within another
minute, Bourque scored his 4th goal to make it 7-5 and Tardif scored a PP goal
to ice it at 19:24 to gain a victory in Game 1. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Shots were in favor of WBS, as they pushed to come back,
30-27.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>WBS was 2 for 6 on the PP and
Providence ended up 2 for 4 with the man advantage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So much for a low scoring series.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On the following Saturday night before a little bigger
home crowd in Providence, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Jamie Tardif</span></b> scored twice and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Niklas Svedberg</span></b> made 38 saves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Starting goaltender and AHL best <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Jeff Zatkoff</span></b> was chased after the 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup>
period, his Penguins trailing 4-1 after one period.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Once again Wilkes-Barre scored the games first goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Warren
Peters</span></b> scored a SH goal at 4:40 to give the Pens a 1-0 lead. That lead was
short lived when Jamie Tardif scored a little over a minute later to tie it up
at 1-1. It was Tardif’s 6<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> goal of the playoffs and came on the
PP.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Ryan
Spooner</span></b> (2nd) and Tardif (7th) scored for the Bruins before the period
ended, Tardif’s goal , his second of the game was also a PP goal, like his
first one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Zatkoff would not see the ice
again, after giving up 4 goals on 13 shots in the 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was no real carryover of rough play
from the previous game, with WBS desperate to get a split in Providence,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>before heading home for three home games.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: yellow;">Brian Gibbons</span></strong>
scored on the PP for the Penguins at the end of the 2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup> period at
14:47 to break the shutout bid by Niklas Svedberg.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bruins held the lead in the 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup>
on some great netminding by Svedberg, as the B’s withstood a 19-5 shot
disadvantage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Zatkoff’s replacement in
net, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Brad</span> <span style="color: yellow;">Thiessen</span></b>, was flawless in
stopping all 16 shots he faced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>WBS
outshot Providence 40 -29 and were 1 for 3 on their PP.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Providence was 2 for 6 on the PP and were
about to face the next few games without <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Torey
Krug</span></b>, who was recalled by the parent club in Boston.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Already without stalwart defenseman, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Matt Bartkowski</span></b>, the Bruins were going
to be challenged on the back end in Wilkes-Barre.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">One would expect that the home club would want to get off
to a good start in front of their nearly 4000 fans in WBS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, for the first time in the series, it
was Providence who got on the board first at 3:04 of period number two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Jared
Knight</span></b> scored his 1st playoff goal to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead in the 2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup>
after a scoreless, tight checking, first period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Providence killed two penalties in the first,
<span style="color: yellow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Chris</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bourque</b></span> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Christian Hanson</span></b>
received slashing and boarding penalties about five minutes apart in the
opening<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>period.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Center <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Trevor
Smith</span></b> of the Penguins tied the score at 1-1 with his 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> goal of
the playoffs at 10:42 of the second stanza.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Shots favored the Penguins again, 15-9 in the second period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bruins <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Niklas</span> <span style="color: yellow;">Svedberg</span></b> was up to the task tonight and was being matched by<span style="color: yellow;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Brad Thiessen</b></span> who has replaced <span style="color: yellow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jeff</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Zatkoff</b></span> in the starting line-up for the Pens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a scoreless 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> period, the
two teams prepared for their first OT game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Bruins wasted no time at all in OT as <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Carter Camper</span></b> beat Thiessen for his 7<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
goal of the playoffs and the GW in OT for Providence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Craig
Cunningham</span></b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Jordan Caron</span></b>
received the helpers on Camper’s tally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Final score 2-1 OT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Shots favored
WBS, 33-22.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Providence was 0 for 3 on
the PP and WBS was 0 for 2 as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
series was now all in Providence’s favor at three games to none.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Penguins avoided the sweep by beating the Bruins 3-1
on Saturday May 17<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
front of 3100 fans, the Pens had to come from behind,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but outstanding goaltending from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Brad Thiessen</span></b> and timely deflections
led them to their first victory in the series.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Carter Camper</span></b>
started the scoring for Providence with his team leading 8<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> goal of
the playoffs at 7:37 of the opening period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Jordan Caron</span></b> got the loan
assist on Camper’s goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The score stood
after one period of play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Warren Peters</span></b>,
3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> goal of the series, tied the score at 1-1, at 6:25 of the second
period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About 10 minutes later, at
16:10, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Riley Holzapfel</span></b>, scored the
go ahead goal to make it 2-1 Penguins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Chad</span> <span style="color: yellow;">Kolarik</span></b> scored soon after for a
3-1 lead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was Kolarik’s 4<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
goal of the playoffs, a PP goal,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and was
assisted by <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Joey Mormina</span></b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Brian Gibbons</span></b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The score held up for WBS and they now trailed the series
3 games to 1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Providence outshot the
Penguins, 32-22, but Thiessen was on top of his game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Niklas
Svedberg</span></b> stopped 19 of 22 shots and Providence was 0 for 4 on the PP.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>WBS managed to go 1 for 2 on their PP
opportunities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No rough stuff again in
regards to fisticuffs but there were several slashing and boarding calls on WBS
when they had the lead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Providence had one more chance to knock out the Penguins
in Wilkes-Barre but were shutout by the terrific netminding of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Brad Thiessen</span></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The game was by far the nastiest and roughest
of the series.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Providence had 8 penalties called on them in the 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup>
period alone, as referee <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red;">Jean Hebert</span></b>
was in a giving mood with Providence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>WBS scored twice on the ensuing PP’s to gain a 2-0 lead that they would
never relinquish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Defenseman, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Brian Dumoulin</span></b>, scored his 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup>
playoff goal at 10:55 while <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Ryan Button</span></b>
served a roughing penalty for Providence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>About six minutes later, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Trevor
Smith</span></b> scored his 2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup> playoff goal at 16:47 on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Christian</span> <span style="color: yellow;">Hanson</span></b>’s extra minor penalty
for roughing . The 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> period featured a brawl between the Bruins <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Bobby Robins</span></b> and the Pens <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Adam Payerl</span></b> as well. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More rough stuff to come. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The second period was no sooner underway when Robins
received a 5 minute major penalty for boarding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Providence was able to kill the penalty off and keep within distance at
2-0, after two periods of play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Joey Mormina</span></b> was cited for slashing earlier
and then elbowing to finish the period.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> period featured two more Wilkes-Barree
goals and two full line brawls between the now over-heated clubs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Payerl scored his 1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> goal to make
it 3-0 at the 3:39 mark of the 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A line brawl ensued at the 14:37 mark and
involved everone on the ice, practically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Video replay shows Providence’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Graham
Mink</span></b> punching goaltender Thiessen while he is on the ice in a huge
scrum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the recall of the Bruins <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Torey Krug</span></b>, newcomer <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">David MacDonald</span></b> was in the line-up and
was involved in a fight with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Chad
Kolarik</span></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mink was given a match
penalty for intent to injure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bruins
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Trent Whitfield</span></b>, along with Penguins
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Alex Grant</span></b>, and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Reid McNeill</span></b> received penalties for continuing the altercation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A wild affair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Paul
Thompson</span></b> scored on the ensuing PP at 16:44 and the Pens now led 4-0.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was Thompson’s 3<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">rd</span></sup> goal of the
playoffs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Thompson’s goal infuriated Bruins goalie <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: yellow;">Niklas Svedberg</span></b> who tripped Thompson
and set off another brawl featuring <span style="color: yellow;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Garnet</b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Exelby</b></span> of the Bruins and Trevor
Smith. Svedberg received two penalties as well in the fiasco.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Providence outshot the Penguins 30-29 and was 0 for 5 on
their PP.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wilkes-Barre was an incredible
3 for 11 on the PP and certainly got the better of the chances and perhaps some
of the calls as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="color: red;">Game 6</span></u></b>
is back in Providence tonight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Providence only has to win one of the two home games this week to move
on to the Eastern Conference Final to face the Syracuse Crunch who has swept
both of their series and will be well rested. Stay tuned.</span></div>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tale of the Tape</span></u></strong></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Regular Season</span></u></strong></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wins</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">50</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">42</span></td>
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<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td>
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<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">105 <strong><span style="color: lime;">(1st)</span></strong></span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">88 (5th)</span></td>
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<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">222</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">185</span></td>
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<td class="xl78" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">19</span></td>
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<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">183 <strong><span style="color: lime;">(2nd)</span></strong></span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">178 <strong><span style="color: red;">(1st)</span></strong></span></td>
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<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">26-9-0-3</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">19-15-2-2</span></td>
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<td class="xl78" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1-2-0-0</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Road Record</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">24-12-0-2</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">23-15-0-0</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl78" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2-0-0-0</span></td>
<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2-0-0-0</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Last 10 Gms.</span></td>
<td class="xl69" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9-1-0-0</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7-2-0-3</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl78" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3-1-1-0</span></td>
<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3-0-0-0</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Streak</span></td>
<td class="xl70" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9-0-0-0</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0-2-0-0</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl78" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3-0-1-0</span></td>
<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3-0-0-0</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">PIM</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1246</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1590</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl78" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">84</span></td>
<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">30</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">PP</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">18.5 (8th)</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">15.1 (22nd)</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl78" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">27.8 <strong><span style="color: lime;">(1st)</span></strong></span></td>
<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">18.8 (8th)</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">PK</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">85.7 (5th)</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">87.2 <span style="color: red;"><strong>(1st)</strong></span></span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl78" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">76.9 (14th)</span></td>
<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">83.3 (7th)</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Score 1st</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">37-8-0-3(80%)</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">28-7-1-2 (78%)</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl78" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1-0-0-0</span></td>
<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2-0-0-0</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Leading After 1</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">29-3-0-1</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">20-2-1-1</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl78" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td>
<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Leading After 2</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">32-1-0-1</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">26-2-0-2</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl78" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td>
<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">GF/Game</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.92 (12th)</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.43 (27th)</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl78" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.8</span></td>
<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">GA/Game</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.41 <span style="color: lime;"><strong>(2nd)</strong></span></span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.34 <span style="color: red;"><strong>(1st)</strong></span></span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl80" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black windowtext windowtext; border-style: none none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3.4</span></td>
<td class="xl81" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext windowtext black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shots For/Game</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">33.62 <strong><span style="color: lime;">(2nd)</span></strong></span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">29.57 (19th)</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shots Against/Game</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">28.6</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">25.70 <strong><span style="color: red;">(1st tied)</span></strong></span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Attendance</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8188 (3rd)</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6038 12th)</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Goaltending</span></u></strong></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl72" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: windowtext black black windowtext; border-style: solid none none solid; border-width: 0.5pt 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Head 2 Head</span></u></strong></td>
<td class="xl82" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: windowtext black black; border-style: solid none none; border-width: 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></td>
<td class="xl73" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: windowtext windowtext black black; border-style: solid solid none none; border-width: 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"></td>
<td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Svedberg</span></u></strong></td>
<td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Zatkoff</span></u></strong></td>
<td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl75" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Games</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">48</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">49</span></td>
<td class="xl83" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8-Mar</span></u></strong></td>
<td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">PVD</span></u></strong></td>
<td class="xl77" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">WB/S</span></u></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl66" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Record</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">37-8-0-3</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">26-20-0-0</span></td>
<td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Goals</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td>
<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">GAA</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.17</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1.93 <strong><span style="color: red;">(1st)</span></strong></span></td>
<td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shots</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">25</span></td>
<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">20</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Save %</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.925</span></td>
<td class="xl71" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.920</span></td>
<td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">PP</span></td>
<td class="xl84" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2/5 </span></td>
<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0/5</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">SO</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td>
<td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Penalties</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">11</span></td>
<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">11</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fights</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Randell</span></td>
<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sill</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Playoffs</span></u></strong></td>
<td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Svedberg</span></u></strong></td>
<td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Zatkoff</span></u></strong></td>
<td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cohen</span></td>
<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thompson</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"></td>
<td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Warsofsky</span></td>
<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Farnham</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Games</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td>
<td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Miller</span></td>
<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Minella</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Record</span></td>
<td class="xl69" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3-2-0-0</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2-0-0-0</span></td>
<td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Robins</span></td>
<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Samuelsson</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">GAA</span></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">3.52</span></td><td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;">1.87</span></td>
<td class="xl83" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">29-Mar</span></u></strong></td>
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<td class="xl75" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Save %</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.887</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.945</span></td>
<td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Goals</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td>
<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>SO</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">SO</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0</span></td>
<td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shots</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">29</span></td>
<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">28</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">PP</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0/7</span></td>
<td class="xl85" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2/5 </span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl74" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Penalties</span></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6</span></td>
<td class="xl79" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext black black; border-style: none solid none none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0px 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl86" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black windowtext windowtext; border-style: none none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fights</span></td>
<td class="xl87" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black windowtext; border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 0.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hirschfeld</span></td>
<td class="xl81" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext windowtext black; border-style: none solid solid none; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 0.5pt 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Farnham</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"></td>
<td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl67" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568207994226468132.post-24535950466453379212013-04-26T12:35:00.001-04:002013-04-26T12:39:21.798-04:00Providence - 2012-13 AHL Regular Season Champions<span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Remarkable Bruins Season Led by Rookies</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong>Oppose the Hershey Bears in Round 1 of Playoffs</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong>April 25, 2013</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong>Thomas Chace Jr.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Providence Bruins have finished the regular season with a flourish, winning their last nine games of the year in all different manners and starring all different players. With a roster of nearly 30 players, it has been a new hero every night in an ever changing line-up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After 19 games at the beginning of the 2012-13 AHL season, the Bruins had 9 victories, 8 losses and 2 shoot-out losses (SOL). They were in last place in the Atlantic Division and 28th in goals scored, through a quarter of the season. Things appeared similar to previous seasons, where finishing scoring chances was the norm and lack of scoring doomed the squad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The need for more scoring and finishing was addressed in the summer of 2012. It took a while for things to gel on offense for the Bruins this season, but it sure ended with a drastic improvement. No less than 12 players have at least 10 goals this season for the Providence club.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Their leading scorer this season was rookie center <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Ryan Spooner</span></strong>, who finished with an exclamation point in Sunday’s regular season finale against a desperate Norfolk Admirals team. Spooner notched a hat-trick, including the game winner with 21 seconds left in regulation time to defeat and eliminate Norfolk from the AHL Playoffs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Spooner, 21, played in 59 games for Providence this season and scored 17 goals and led the team in assists, with 40. His 57 points bests the last three Providence Bruins season’s scoring leaders. Along with fellow rookies, defenseman <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Torey Krug</span></strong> and goaltender <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Niklas</span></strong> Svedberg, they formed a nucleus that spelled trouble for the rest of the AHL.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Bruins leading goal scorer was <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Jamie Tardif</span></strong> who scored 30 goals and led the team in power-play goals as well with 13. <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Craig Cunningham</span></strong> played in all but one game this season and improved on last year’s team high total of 20 goals by netting 25 this season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Other Bruins with 10 or more goals includes, <span style="color: orange;"><strong>Carter Camper, Torey Krug, Chris Bourque, Christian Hanson, Kyle MacKinnon, Justin Florek, Jordan Caron, Graham Mink, </strong><span style="color: orange;">and</span><strong> </strong><span style="color: orange;">recently traded</span> <strong>Maxime Sauvé</strong></span>. Providence has not seen those kinds of numbers for some time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In February the Bruins began to really click and in 11 games, they got 8 wins, had only 2 regulation losses, and 2 (SOL). Providence worked hard, getting 18 out of 22 possible points in February and never looked back. Home or road it didn’t matter, the team won 10 more games out of 14 in March.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">April was a clean sweep, winning all 9 games played. The Bruins last defeat was to their first round playoff opponent, the <strong><span style="color: magenta;">Hershey Bears</span></strong>. The Bruins lost 3-2 on March 30, in Hershey, after Providence blew a 2-0 lead. Providence repaid the Bears with their own 3-2 victory back in Providence. This time they won, after leading 2-0, despite allowing Hershey to tie it up. Jamie Tardif scored his (30th) goal with about nine minutes left to seal the one goal victory.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Since that quarter mark of 19 games, the Bruins won 41 times and dropped only 13. Finishing the 2012-13 season as Regular Season Champions is remarkable considering there were so many unknown variables in regard to so many first year players. There were questions about who would be the starting netminder. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Niklas Svedberg</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Would it be <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Michael Hutchinson</span></strong> or Swedish rookie Niklas Svedberg? As it turns out, goaltender Niklas Svedberg has been awarded so much hardware that he’ll need to rent a storage unit to contain it all and “Hutch” finished strong with a 2.30 GAA and a .914 SV%. Goaltending questions have been answered.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The last time the Providence Bruins were in the playoffs was 2009, they were eliminated in the Conference Final by, you guessed it, the Hershey Bears. The two games played this season between the two teams proved to be very close, hard hitting, and fistic affairs. Jamie Tardif has 3 goals for Providence in the two games played. <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Jared Knight</span></strong> and Torey Krug have multiple points against Hershey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Providence has everything in place to make this an even more memorable 2012-13 AHL season. Hosting the AHL All-Star Classic in January and making a run at the Calder Cup the same season, is great for the city of Providence and its loyal fans, which finished 3rd inattendance this season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Can the Providence Bruins bring AHL President Dave Andrews and the other AHL officials back to Rhode Island one more time this season? I don’t see why not?</span><br />
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<td class="xl69" colspan="3" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt; mso-ignore: colspan; width: 196pt;" width="261"><strong><u><span style="color: orange; font-family: Tahoma;">Eastern Conference Quarterfinals</span></u></strong></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; width: 48pt;" width="64"></td><td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; width: 77pt;" width="103"></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; width: 48pt;" width="64"></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; width: 48pt;" width="64"></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; width: 48pt;" width="64"></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" colspan="3" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt; mso-ignore: colspan;"><strong><span style="color: orange; font-family: Calibri;">Providence vs. Hershey - Best of 5</span></strong></td>
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<td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Providence</span></u></strong></td>
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<td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hershey</span></u></strong></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wins</span></strong></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">50</span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">36</span></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Points</span></strong></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">105</span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">81</span></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">GF</span></strong></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">222</span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">204</span></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">GA</span></strong></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">183</span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">196</span></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Home Record</span></strong></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">26-9-0-3</span></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">18-15-3-2</span></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Last 10 Gms.</span></strong></td>
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<td class="xl64" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9-1</span></td>
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<td class="xl64" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5-5</span></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Streak</span></strong></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9-0</span></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1-0</span></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">PIM</span></strong></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1246</span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1062</span></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">PP</span></strong></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">18.5 (8th)</span></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">18.0 (11th)</span></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">PK</span></strong></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">85.7 (5th)</span></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">84.2 (10th)</span></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Score 1st</span></strong></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">37-8-0-3 (80%)</span></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">27-11-2-3 (69%)</span></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Leading After 1</span></strong></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">29-3-0-1</span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">20-4-0-2</span></td>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Leading After 2</span></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">32-1-0-1</span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">25-1-1-2</span></td>
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<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shots For</span></strong></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">33.62 (2nd)</span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">26.42 (30th)</span></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shots Against</span></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">28.61 (7th)</span></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">29.5 (14th)</span></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Attendance</span></strong></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8188 (3rd)</span></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10, 046 (1st)</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Goaltending</span></u></strong></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Svedberg</span></u></strong></td>
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<td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Grubauer</span></u></strong></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Games</span></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">48</span></td>
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<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">28</span></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Record</span></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">37-8-0-3</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">15-9-0-2</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">GAA</span></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.17</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2.25</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Save %</span></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.925</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0.919</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">SO</span></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td class="xl67" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Head 2 Head</span></u></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Providence</span></u></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hershey</span></u></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">March 30, 2013</span></u></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Goals</span></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shots</span></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">39</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">26</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">PP</span></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl64" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1/1</span></td>
<td class="xl64" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl64" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1/4</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fights</span></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">B. Robins</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">P. Wellar</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Penalties</span></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
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<td class="xl66" colspan="5" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt; mso-ignore: colspan;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Notes:
Providence only loss all season after leading after 2 periods<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td class="xl68" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">April 12, 2013</span></u></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Goals</span></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shots</span></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">27</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">26</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">PP</span></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl64" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0/2</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl64" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0/4</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Fights</span></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Z. Trotman</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">M. Latta</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Penalties</span></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td class="xl63" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3</span></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td class="xl66" colspan="7" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15pt; mso-ignore: colspan;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Notes:Providence
again blows lead after 2 periods but win on Tardif's 30th goal of season</span></strong></td>
<td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"></td>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568207994226468132.post-80385450189357461152013-04-21T23:12:00.001-04:002013-04-21T23:12:05.763-04:00Providence Playoff Schedule<span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Hershey is First Round Opponent</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Eliminated Providence in Bruins Last Playoff Appearance</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>April 21, 2013</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The <u><span style="color: yellow;">Providence Bruins</span></u> announced that they will face the <u>Hershey Bears</u> in the </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Eastern <br /> Conference Quarterfinals of the 2013 Calder Cup Playoffs and will host Games 1 and 2 of the best-of-five series.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Below are the dates for the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals. Game 1 will be played at the Dunkin' Donuts Center on Friday, April 26 at 7:05 p.m. and Game 2 will also be played at The Dunk on Sunday, April 28 at 3:05 p.m. Tickets for Game 1 and Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals are currently on sale. For information and special playoff ticket offers visit </span><a href="http://www.providencebruins.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">www.providencebruins.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> or call the Providence Bruins ticket office 401-273-5000. Providence Bruins playoffs are presented by Dunkin' Donuts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><u>Providence vs. Hershey</u></strong><br /> </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> <strong>Game 1 Fri., April 26 Hershey at Providence 7:05 p.m.</strong></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong> Game 2 Sun., April 28 Hershey at Providence 7:05 p.m.</strong></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong> </strong>Game 3 Sat., May 4 Providence at Hershey 7:00 p.m.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> *Game 4 Sun., May 5 Providence at Hershey 5:00 p.m.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong> *Game 5 Wed., May 8 Hershey at Providence 7:05 p.m.</strong></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">*Information gathered from </span><a href="http://www.providencebruins.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">www.providencebruins.com</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568207994226468132.post-51998964220136569412013-04-18T17:34:00.002-04:002013-04-18T17:34:46.287-04:00Niklas Svedberg Wins Another Award<span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Providence Netminder Has Exceeded Expectations</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>April 18, 2013</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Providence Bruins, in their 21st season in the American Hockey League, announced today that goaltender <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Niklas Svedberg</span></strong> has been named the winner of the <strong><u>Aldege "Baz"</u></strong> <strong><u>Bastien Memorial Award</u></strong> as the <u>AHL's outstanding goaltender</u> for the 2012-13 season, as voted by coaches, players and members of the media in each of the league's 30 member cities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Entering the final weekend of the regular season, <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Svedberg</span></strong> is <u>36-8-2 in 47 appearances</u> for the Bruins, helping them to the Atlantic Division title and the best record in the AHL. His 36 wins rank second in the league this season and are the <u>second-most by a rookie in</u> <u>the 77-year history of the AHL</u>. Svedberg also ranks sixth with a <u>2.15 goals-against average</u> and fourth with a <u>.925 save percentage</u>, allowing two goals or fewer in 34 of his 47 outings while posting four shutouts. Svedberg has a record of 24-2-1 over his last 27 starts since Jan. 4, including a 10-game winning streak from Jan. 20 to Feb. 22.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A <u>23-year-old native of Sollentuna, Sweden</u>, Svedberg was the starting goaltender for the Eastern Conference at the 2013 AHL All-Star Game held in Providence, and was named a First Team AHL All-Star and earned a spot on the AHL All-Rookie Team last week. The CCM/AHL Rookie of the Month for March, Svedberg is the first rookie to be named the AHL's outstanding goaltender since Jim Carey in 1994-95.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The <strong><u>Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award</u></strong>, which was first presented in 1984, honors former Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Baz Bastien, who played four seasons in goal with the AHL's Pittsburgh Hornets (1945-49) before suffering a career-ending eye injury. Bastien would go on to serve as head coach and general manager of the Hornets, leading them to the 1967 Calder Cup championship. Previous winners of the award include Jon Casey (1985), Sam St. Laurent (1986), Mark Laforest (1987, 1991), Felix Potvin (1992), Corey Hirsch (1993), Manny Legace (1996), Martin Biron (1999), Dwayne Roloson (2001), Jason LaBarbera (2004, 2007), Ryan Miller (2005), Dany Sabourin (2006), Michael Leighton (2008), Cory Schneider (2009), Jonathan Bernier (2010), Brad Thiessen (2011) and Yann Danis (2012).</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">*Information gathered from </span><a href="http://www.providencebruins.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">www.providencebruins.com</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568207994226468132.post-30664823199711538442013-04-17T10:02:00.004-04:002013-04-17T10:02:45.535-04:00Jordan Caron Back in Providence<span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Roster Casualty Due to Returning Players</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced today, April 16, that the team has assigned <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Jordan Caron</span></strong> to Providence (American Hockey League).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: yellow;">Caron</span></strong> skated in 17 games with Boston this season and registered <u>one goal and two assists</u> for three points with a +1 rating. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Prior to joining Boston, Caron appeared in 44 games with Providence, where the 22-year-old notched 10 goals and five assists for 15 points with 38 penalty minutes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The <u>6'3'', 204-pound</u> native of <u>Sayabec, Quebec</u> was drafted by the Boston Bruins in the first round (25th overall) of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">*Information gathered from </span><a href="http://www.providencebruins.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">www.providencebruins.com</span></a><br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568207994226468132.post-50567358975707024242013-04-17T09:49:00.002-04:002013-04-17T09:49:19.363-04:00Torey Krug Named AHL Player of the Week<span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Defenseman Having Tremendous Rookie Season</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Providence Bruins, in their 21st season in the American Hockey League, announced today that defenseman <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Torey Krug</span></strong> has been selected as the <u>CCM/AHL Player of the Week</u> for the period ending April 14, 2013.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: yellow;">Krug</span></strong> notched seven points (two goals, five assists) and a plus-5 rating in three games as Providence secured the Atlantic Division title and closed in on the AHL's overall points championship.<br /><br /> On Friday night, <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Krug</span></strong> celebrated his 22nd birthday by tallying two assists and helping the Bruins to a 3-2 win over visiting Hershey. In a battle of division champions on Saturday, Krug set up both Providence goals in a 2-0 victory at Springfield. And on Sunday, Krug scored twice and added another assist for his third consecutive multiple-point game as the B's knocked off Norfolk, 4-1.<br /><br /> <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Krug</span></strong> is tied for eighth among AHL rookies and tied for third among AHL defensemen in scoring with <u>44 points (13 goals, 31 assists)</u> in 62 games for Providence this season. He has also skated in one game with the parent Boston Bruins, notching one assist. Krug, a native of <u>Livonia, Mich</u>., signed with Boston on Mar. 25, 2012, after three years at <u>Michigan State</u> <u>University</u>, where he was named the CCHA conference's Player of the Year last season.<br /><br /> In recognition of his achievement, Krug will be presented with an etched crystal award prior to an upcoming Bruins home game. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">*Information gathered from </span><a href="http://www.providencebruins.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">www.providencebruins.com</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568207994226468132.post-82220480962281790382013-04-16T09:12:00.003-04:002013-04-16T09:12:20.467-04:00Alden Hirschfeld Back in Fold For Providence<span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>Forward Skated in Four Kelly Cup Playoff Games</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: orange;">April 15, 2013<br /></span></strong>The Providence Bruins, in their 21st season in the American Hockey League, announced today that forward <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Alden Hirschfeld</span></strong> has been recalled on loan from the South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL). The Bruins roster is now comprised of 30 players, including three goaltenders, nine defensemen and 18 forwards.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Since being returned on loan to the Stingrays on April 3, the forward skated in four playoff games and recorded one assist. The Stingrays were swept by the Gwinnett Gladiators in the first round of the Kelly Cup Playoffs.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /> <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Hirschfeld</span></strong>, 25, has four goals and four assists in 35 games with the Bruins this season. In 18 games with South Carolina this season, the <u>6'1", 206-pound forward</u> has 4-4-=8 totals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: yellow;">Hirschfeld</span></strong> is a four-year product of <u>Miami University (Ohio)</u> where he recorded 70 points on 35 goals and 35 assists. As a team tri-captain in 2011-12, the forward was one of only three players who skated in all 41 games for the RedHawks. He scored a collegiate-best 12 goals and 14 assists for 26 points as a junior. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">*Information gathered from </span><a href="http://www.providencebruins.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">www.providencebruins.com</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-568207994226468132.post-50879301755401441492013-04-13T18:04:00.001-04:002013-04-13T18:04:23.517-04:00Carl Soderberg is Officially a Bruin<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="text-align: justify;">Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced today, April 13, that the club has signed forward Carl Soderberg to a three-year, one-way contract through the 2014-15 season. The NHL approved the Standard Player Contract of Soderberg for registration today at 5:00 p.m. </span></span></div>
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Soderberg's salary is worth an annual cap figure of one million dollars. Soderberg will join the club Wednesday, April 17, and will be eligible for the remainder of the NHL regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs. </div>
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Chiarelli issued the following statement in regards to Soderberg: </div>
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"We are fortunate to get a player like Carl at this stage of the season. I would like to thank the President of the Linkoping hockey club, Mike Helber and their GM, Johan Hemlin, in playing a significant part in allowing Carl to play for the Boston Bruins. Carl is a big strong two way center who can also play wing. We look forward to him joining our team this week.” </div>
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In 54 games with Linkoping HC (Swedish Elite League) this year, Soderberg has registered 31 goals and 29 assists for 60 points with a +18 rating. The 27-year-old forward is ranked 1st the SEL in goals (31), second in points (60), seventh in assists (29) and 12th in plus/minus rating (+18). Linköping HC and Soderberg were eliminated from the Swedish Elite League Playoffs on Friday, April 5 with the final series score of 4-1. </div>
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In 2011-12, Soderberg was second on Linköping HC in points (35) and assists (21), and was tied for second in goals (14). </div>
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In two seasons with Linkoping HC, Soderberg has skated in 96 games, notching 45 goals, 50 assists for 95 points with a +24 rating. Prior to joining Linköping HC, the 27-year-old forward skated in 219 games with the Malmo Redhawks (Sweden 1st Division) from 2005-2010 tallying 80-159=239 totals with a combined +69 rating. </div>
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The 6'3" 218-pound native of Malmo, Sweden was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the second round (49th overall) the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. The Bruins acquired Soderberg from the Blues on July 23, 2007 in exchange for goaltender Hannu Toivonen.</div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>April 11,2013</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Providence Bruins, in their 21st season in the American Hockey League, announced today that they have signed forward <strong><span style="color: yellow;">Matt Lindblad</span></strong> to an amateur tryout agreement. Per club policy, the financial details of the agreement will not be released. <br /><br /> Lindblad was signed to an entry level contract by the Boston Bruins on April 5. The forward appeared in 30 games for Dartmouth (ECAC) this year and registered 10 goals and 18 assists with two penalty minutes. The forward's 28 points were good for second on the team. The 23-year-old skated in a total of 89 games over three seasons with the Big Green and notched 29 goals and 51 assists for 80 points during that span.<br /><br /> The <u>6'1'', 200-pound forward</u> is a native of <u>Winnetka, Illinois</u> and attended Dartmouth after two seasons in the United States Hockey League with Sioux Falls and Chicago.<br /><br /> With the Sioux Falls Stampede in 2009-10, Lindblad appeared in 57 games and registered 24 goals and 46 assists with a +11 rating. His 24 goals with the Stampede led the team and his 70 points ranked second. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">*Information gathered from </span><a href="http://www.providencebruins.com/"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">www.providencebruins.com</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0