Providence Bruins

The Providence Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Providence, Rhode Island. They are the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). They play at the Amica Mutual Pavilion.

Providence Bruins
City	Providence, Rhode Island
League	American Hockey League
Conference	Eastern
Division	Atlantic
Founded	1987
Home arena	Amica Mutual Pavilion
Colors	Black, gold, white
Owner(s)	H. Larue Renfroe
General manager	Evan Gold [1]
Head coach	Ryan Mougenel[2]
Captain	Patrick Brown
Media	NESN The Providence Journal AHL.TV (Internet)
Affiliates	Boston Bruins (NHL) Maine Mariners (ECHL)
Website	www.providencebruins.com
Franchise history
1987–1992	Maine Mariners
1992–present	Providence Bruins
Championships
Regular season titles	3: (1998–99, 2007–08, 2012–13)
Division titles	8: (1992–93, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23)
Conference titles	1: (1998–99)
Calder Cups	1: (1998–99)
Current season

History

The Providence Bruins began operation for the start of the 1992–93 AHL season after Providence mayor Buddy Cianci negotiated a deal with the owners of the Maine Mariners franchise, Frank DuRoss and Ed Anderson, to relocate their club. The move saw AHL hockey return to Providence for the first time since the Providence Reds, a founding member of the AHL, left town in 1977.

The Bruins captured their first AHL Calder Cup in the 1999 playoffs, after a regular season in which they dominated the league with 56 regular season wins. Led by rookie head coach Peter Laviolette and paced by Les Cunningham Award winner Randy Robitaille, the Bruins went from only 19 victories the previous season, to dropping the Rochester Americans four games to one to skate away with the league championship.

In the 2001–02 season, the Providence Bruins contracted with then-13-year-old musician Ben Schwartz to work as the official organist at all home games. As a result, Schwartz, who provided music for seven years until the conclusion of the 2007–08 season, is the youngest organist to ever work for a professional North American sports franchise.^[3]

In August 2006, DuRoss sold his majority interest in the club to Massachusetts businessman H. Larue Renfroe.^[4]

After the 2019–20 season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bruins moved to a temporary home in the New England Sports Center in Marlborough, Massachusetts, as the Dunkin' Donuts Center was being used by the state of Rhode Island for pandemic-related operations.^[5] The New England Sport Center is also owned by team owner H. Larue Renfroe.^[6] The Bruins returned to the Dunkin' Donuts Center for the 2021–22 AHL season.

In September 2022, the home arena was renamed to Amica Mutual Pavilion.^[7]

This market was previously served by:

• Providence Reds (1926–1977)

Team mascot

"Samboni" the anthropomorphic bear serves as the Bruins' team mascot similar to the Boston Bruins' "Blades the Bruin".^[8]

Season-by-season results

Calder Cup Champions

Conference Champions

Division Champions

Records as of the 2023–24 AHL season.^[9]

Regular season												Playoffs
Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	OTL	SOL	Points	PCT	Goals for	Goals against	Standing	Year	Prelims	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Finals
1992–93	80	46	32	2	—	—	94	.588	384	348	1st, North	1993	—	L, 2–4, SPR	—	—	—
1993–94	80	28	39	13	—	—	69	.431	283	319	5th, North	1994	—	Did not qualify
1994–95	80	39	30	11	—	—	89	.556	300	268	3rd, North	1995	—	W, 4–3, POR	L, 2–4, ALB	—	—
1995–96	80	30	36	10	4	—	74	.463	249	280	4th, North	1996	—	L, 1–3, SPR	—	—	—
1996–97	80	35	40	3	2	—	75	.469	262	289	4th, New England	1997	—	W, 3–2, WOR	L, 1–4, SPR	—	—
1997–98	80	19	49	7	5	—	50	.313	211	301	5th, New England	1998	—	Did not qualify
1998–99	80	56	16	4	4	—	120	.750	321	223	1st, New England	1999	—	W, 3–1, WOR	W, 4–0, HWP	W, 4–2, FRE	W, 4–1, RCH
1999–00	80	33	38	6	3	—	75	.469	231	269	5th, New England	2000	—	W, 3–0, QUE	W, 4–0, LOW	L, 3–4, HWP	—
2000–01	80	35	31	10	4	—	84	.525	245	242	3rd, New England	2001	—	W, 3–2, HWP	W, 4–3, WOR	L, 1–4, SJF	—
2001–02	80	35	33	8	4	—	82	.513	190	223	3rd, East	2002	L, 0–2, SJM	—	—	—	—
2002–03	80	44	20	11	5	—	104	.650	268	227	1st, North	2003	BYE	L, 1–3, MTB	—	—
2003–04	80	36	29	11	4	—	87	.544	170	170	4th, Atlantic	2004	L, 0–2, POR	—	—	—	—
2004–05	80	40	30	—	3	7	90	.563	211	202	4th, Atlantic	2005	—	W, 4–2, MCH	W, 4–1, LOW	L, 2–4, PHI	—
2005–06	80	43	31	—	1	5	92	.575	254	217	4th, Atlantic	2006	—	L, 2–4, POR	—	—	—
2006–07	80	44	30	—	2	4	94	.588	251	218	3rd, Atlantic	2007	—	W, 4–3, HWP	L, 2–4, MCH	—	—
2007–08	80	55	18	—	3	4	117	.731	280	206	1st, Atlantic	2008	—	W, 4–0, MCH	L, 2–4, POR	—	—
2008–09	80	43	29	—	2	6	94	.588	238	232	2nd, Atlantic	2009	—	W, 4–1, POR	W, 4–2, WOR	L, 1–4, HER	—
2009–10	80	36	38	—	5	1	78	.488	207	226	7th, Atlantic	2010	—	Did not qualify
2010–11	80	38	36	—	3	3	82	.513	209	252	5th, Atlantic	2011	—	Did not qualify
2011–12	76	35	34	—	3	4	77	.507	193	214	4th, Atlantic	2012	—	Did not qualify
2012–13	76	50	21	—	0	5	105	.691	222	183	1st, Atlantic	2013	—	W, 3–2, HER	L, 3–4, WBS	—	—
2013–14	76	40	25	—	2	9	91	.599	233	210	3rd, Atlantic	2014	—	W, 3–2, SPR	L, 3–4, WBS	—	—
2014–15	76	41	26	—	7	2	91	.599	209	185	2nd, Atlantic	2015	—	L, 2–3, HFD	—	—	—
2015–16	76	41	22	—	9	4	95	.625	238	198	2nd, Atlantic	2016	—	L, 0–3, WBS	—	—	—
2016–17	76	43	23	—	6	4	96	.632	229	188	4th, Atlantic	2017	—	W, 3–2, WBS	W, 4–3, HER	L, 1–4, SYR	—
2017–18	76	45	26	—	3	2	95	.625	231	187	4th, Atlantic	2018	—	L, 1–3, LV	—	—	—
2018–19	76	38	27	—	8	3	87	.572	228	212	4th, Atlantic	2019	—	L, 1–3, CHA	—	—	—
2019–20	62	38	18	—	3	3	82	.661	197	154	1st, Atlantic	2020	Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	25	15	6	—	2	2	32	.680	78	60	1st, Atlantic	2021	No playoffs were held
2021–22	72	36	25	—	5	6	83	.576	199	192	3rd, Atlantic	2022	L, 0–2, BRI	—	—	—	—
2022–23	72	44	18	—	8	2	98	.681	221	201	1st, Atlantic	2023	BYE	L, 1–3, HFD	—	—	—
2023–24	72	42	21	—	6	3	93	.646	239	208	2nd, Atlantic	2024	BYE	L, 1–3, HFD	—	—	—
2024–25	72	41	23	—	5	3	90	.625	240	188	3rd, Atlantic	2025	W, 2–1, SPR	L, 2–3, CHA	—	—	—

Players

Current roster

Updated August 8, 2025.^[10]

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace	Contract
47		Joey Abate	LW	L	26	2022	Bloomingdale, Illinois	Providence
–		Ty Cheveldayoff	LW	L	22	2025	Stony Plain, Alberta	Providence
–		Colin Felix	D	R	26	2025	Camden, New Jersey	Providence
24		Ty Gallagher	D	R	22	2025	Clarkston, Michigan	Providence
–		Brooklyn Kalmikov	LW	L	24	2025	St. John's, Newfoundland	Providence
–		Zachary Massicotte	D	L	24	2025	Shawinigan, Quebec	Providence
–		Erik Middendorf	F	L	25	2025	Scottsdale, Arizona	Providence
9		Jake Schmaltz	LW	L	24	2025	McFarland, Wisconsin	Providence

Team captains

• Peter Laviolette, 1992–1993
• Bill Armstrong, 1993–1994
• Guy Larose, 1994–1995
• Martin Simard, 1995–1997
• Bill Armstrong, 1997–1998
• Dennis Vaske, 1998–1999
• Sean Pronger, 1999–2000
• Brandon Smith, 2000–2001
• Keith McCambridge, 2001–2002
• Rich Brennan, 2002–2004
• Jay Henderson, 2004–2005
• Sean Curry, 2005–2006
• Nate Thompson, 2006–2008
• Jeremy Reich, 2008–2009
• Trent Whitfield, 2009–2010
• Jeremy Reich, 2010–2011
• Trent Whitfield, 2011–2013
• Mike Moore, 2013–2014
• Craig Cunningham, 2014–2015
• Tommy Cross, 2015–2018
• Jordan Szwarz, 2018–2019
• Paul Carey, 2019–2021
• Josiah Didier, 2022–2023^[11]
• Patrick Brown, 2024–present^[12]

Head coaches

• Mike O'Connell, 1992–1994
• Steve Kasper, 1994–1995
• Bob Francis, 1995–1997
• Tom McVie, 1997–1998
• Peter Laviolette, 1998–2000
• Bill Armstrong, 2000–2002
• Mike Sullivan, 2002
• Scott Gordon, 2003–2008
• Rob Murray, 2008–2011
• Bruce Cassidy, 2011–2016
• Kevin Dean, 2016–2017
• Jay Leach, 2017–2021
• Ryan Mougenel, 2021–present

Notable alumni

List of Providence Bruins alumni who played more than 100 games in Providence and 100 or more games in the National Hockey League:

• Keith Aucoin
• Matt Bartkowski
• Nick Boynton
• Wade Brookbank
• Paul Carey
• Jordan Caron
• Connor Clifton
• Austin Czarnik
• Kevin Dallman
• Aaron Downey
• Peter Ferraro
• Trent Frederic
• Jonathan Girard
• John Grahame
• Ben Guite
• Andy Hilbert
• Jamie Huscroft
• Milan Jurcina
• Antti Laaksonen
• Jeremy Lauzon
• Cameron Mann
• Brad Marchand
• Adam McQuaid
• Kevan Miller
• Eric Nickulas
• Colton Orr
• Chris Porter
• Tuukka Rask
• Andrew Raycroft
• Jeremy Reich
• Randy Robitaille
• Jon Rohloff
• Andre Roy
• Ryan Spooner
• Cam Stewart
• Mark Stuart
• Tim Sweeney
• Tim Thomas
• Nate Thompson
• Mattias Timander
• Chris Wagner
• Trent Whitfield
• Landon Wilson
• Sergei Zholtok

Franchise records and leaders

Single season

Goals: Tim Sweeney, 41, (1992–93)

Assists: Randy Robitaille, 74, (1998–99)

Points: Randy Robitaille, 102, (1998–99)

Penalty minutes: Aaron Downey, 407, (1997–98)

GAA: Tim Thomas, 1.84, (2003–04)

SV%: Tim Thomas, .941, (2003–04)

Career

Career goals: Andy Hilbert, 101, (2001–2005)

Career assists: Alexander Khokhlachev, 110, (2012-2016)

Career points: Andy Hilbert, 210, (2001–2005)

Career penalty minutes: Aaron Downey, 1059, (1997–2000, 2007)

Career goaltending wins: Zane McIntyre, 86, (2015–2019)

Career shutouts: Zane McIntyre, 11, (2015–2019)

Career games: Tommy Cross, 380, (2011-2021)

Scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers for the Providence Bruins in the AHL. Figures are updated after each completed season.^[13]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game;   = current Providence player

Points

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Andy Hilbert	C	234	101	109	210	.90
Sergei Zholtok	C	196	83	103	186	.95
Andre Savage	C	191	71	104	175	.92
Tim Sweeney	LW	121	71	101	172	1.42
Alexander Khokhlachev	C	197	61	110	171	.87
Pascal Pelletier	C	206	71	99	170	.82
Cameron Mann	RW	182	73	86	159	.87
Seth Griffith	C	165	56	102	158	.96
Austin Czarnik	C	157	51	104	155	.99
Jordan Szwarz	C	185	66	82	148	.80

Retired numbers

Providence Bruins retired numbers

No.	Player	Position	Career	No. retirement
25	Colby Cave	C	2014-2019	April 4, 2022[14]