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 4 games to 1 to skate away with the league championship.
The Daily Bruin Sports men’s volleyball beat predicts where the Bruins will land and if conference-title vengeance is in the future ... Daily Bruin senior staff ... There’s no doubt, in my mind, that the Bruins are championship game-bound.
∎ With the Providence Bruins in the postseason fight for a Calder Cup, goaltender Michael DiPietro was not only named team MVP but also earned First-team All-AHL — the first Bruins netminder to claim that honor since Niklas Svedberg in 2012-13.
PROVIDENCE — The Providence Bruins were handed a sour tasting of playoff hockey ... Providence travels to Springfield (34-32) on Friday for Game 2 ... The first period showed they could skate with Providence, but the Bruins owned the final two frames.
Thursday was not just the 11th spring practice for the Bruins ... The Bruins plan to add a handful of more newcomers within the next few months, but Foster did not provide an exact figure to the media.
Daily Bruin Sports’ women’s tennis beat provides its predictions of how the Bruins will fare in Ojai... (StellaCarr/Daily Bruin) ... Daily Bruin contributor ... The Bruins have inadvertently lucked out ... (Brianna Carlson/Daily Bruin staff).
The quest for the Calder Cup is underway ... While it's tough to bet against a three-peat from the Capitals affiliate, the LavalRocket were the class of the AHL during the regular season with 101 points to Hershey's 96 ... No. 3 Providence Bruins vs.
Jakson Walter, LoganAdams and Zach Kincaid each provided two runs for the Bruins ...Ryder Zeman hit a solo home run in the fourth inning for the Bruins (6-4) ... Jameson Dick provided two hits.
Now-former Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava has put his saga to rest officially, confirming reports from ESPN's Pete Thamel that Iamaleava has officially made his transition official from the Volunteers to the Big Ten's UCLA Bruins.
Vo will be the first of the Bruins to tee off Friday ...Despite having traveled some 2,600 miles to Havre de Grace, Maryland, the Bruins will play under similar conditions that the West Coast provides.
Last Friday, she tied Stacey Nuveman as the fastest Bruins to reach 20 home runs in a single season ... The Bruins (40-5, 12-1 Big Ten) have been productive up and down the lineup, starting with leadoff hitter JessicaClements.