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Providence Bruins 2016-17 season in review
June 5, 2017
After a slow first couple of months to the 2016-17 season, the Providence Bruins would surprise many around the American Hockey League by staving off a good Bridgeport Sound Tigers team to clinch a spot in the playoffs in the tough Atlantic Division and then navigate their way past the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy-winning Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins […]
Read More »Which Bruin goes in the Expansion Draft?
May 30, 2017
Monday night – Game 1 of the 2017 Stanley Cup Final is in the books with the Penguins’ 5-3 win over the Predators. Tuesday morning – the Bruins sign their coveted draft pick out of Notre Dame, Anders Bjork. In the days ahead, here’s another topic in the Hub of Hockey. The countdown to June […]
Read More »Bruins sign Anders Bjork to entry-level contract
(Photo credit: Notre Dame Athletics) Another prospect in the Bruins pipeline is a step closer to realizing his dream of playing in the National Hockey League. After a solid three-year career at Notre Dame, forward Anders Bjork will forego his senior season at South Bend after signing his three-year entry-level contract with the Bruins on […]
Read More »Providence’s great season ends in Game 5 loss to Syracuse
May 29, 2017
All postseason long, every time the Providence Bruins had been down, they had always gotten back up. Trailing 2-1 in the best-of-five opening round to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the team with the best record in the American Hockey League during the regular season, the P-Bruins rallied for two straight wins to advance past the same […]
Read More »Syracuse hammers Providence 7-2, put P-Bruins in 3-1 Hole
May 27, 2017
Here we are again. The Providence Bruins are in another hole that they’ll need to dig themselves out of in order to save their season. Only this time, the hole is just a little deeper. Providence is going to have to find a way to not only win three in a row but pick themselves […]
Read More »Syracuse thwarts another late Providence comeback in Game 3
May 25, 2017
It was yet another valiant effort for the Providence Bruins. But in the end, just wasn’t enough. Much like Game 1, Providence found themselves trailing by three in the third period before making it interesting by scoring two quick goals, only to ultimately fall to the Syracuse Crunch. The latest blow came Wednesday night in […]
Read More »The bridge vs. long-term contract case for David Pastrnak
May 23, 2017
As the conference finals wrap up this week and the Stanley Cup Final starting early next week – with the Nashville Predators clinching the first of two spots – the NHL’s off-season is getting that much closer. From the Expansion Draft to the Entry Draft and free agency frenzy, GMs around the league, including Don […]
Read More »Szwarz, McIntyre exorcise P-Bruins’ playoff demons
May 22, 2017
When the Providence Bruins entered the overtime period tied with Syracuse 1-1, the thought of not having won a playoff game in the extra frame since 2015 – four of those losses coming this year alone – entered the minds of fans at the Dunkin Donuts Center during Game 2 on Sunday night. Jordan Szwarz […]
Read More »Late Providence rally falls short as Syracuse takes Game 1
May 20, 2017
Though the P-Bruins made things interesting with less than seven minutes remaining in the contest, the effects of a grinding win to close out a grinder of a series just two nights before would cost Providence as Syracuse would take Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, 6-3, on Friday night at the Dunkin Donuts […]
Read More »Providence completes comeback, eliminates Hershey
May 18, 2017
It didn’t appear possible. Down 3-2 with the remaining two games in Hershey, the Providence Bruins’ 2016-2017 season appeared to be in serious jeopardy. It seemed as though there just wasn’t enough puck luck that could bounce the P-Bruins way. But, that’s why they play the game. Coming off a huge 4-2 victory Tuesday night […]
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