
Providence Bruins posed for a picture after clinching the AHL regular season title on Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)
The Providence Bruins won all three of their games over the weekend.
A 4-1 road win over the Hartford Wolf Pack on Friday got things started. At home a night later, the P-Bruins beat the Rochester Americans, 6-3. On Sunday afternoon at home, Providence edged Springfield, 1-0.
With the victory on Sunday, Providence clinched the MacGregor Kilpatrick Trophy, which is awarded to the AHL’s regular season champions. It’s the fourth time the P-Bruins have finished first overall. They also won the trophy in 1998-99, 2007-08 and 2012-13.
“It’s really cool. It goes to show how hard we’ve worked all year and what a special group we’ve got, gutting it out for as many games as we have,” said captain Patrick Brown.
“I just think that everyone should be really proud in that room of how we’ve played so far, but we’re not done yet.”
Here’s the good, bad and ugly
GOOD
— The P-Bruins are 54-14-2. The 54 wins is a record for most wins in a 72-game season.
— Against Rochester, Matej Blumel, Patrick Brown, and Georgii Merkulov each posted a goal and an assist and Riley Tufte and Christian Wolanin recorded two assists each.
— Providence outshot Rochester, 24-2, in the second period.
— After missing nearly a month with the concussion, Fabian Lysell scored twice on Saturday, snapped a stretch of 11 straight games without a goal.
— Christian Wolanin and Colin Felix were plus-three on Saturday.
— The line of Blumel, Brown and Tufte combined for 20 shots against Rochester. Blumel had nine, Brown six and Tufte five.
— In Hartford, John Farinacci and Frederic Brunet each put up a goal and an assist. It was Brunet’s first game since going down with an upper-body injury on March 20.
— Providence’s balanced scoring continues to be the envy of the league. They have nine players with 11 or more goals.
— Riley Tufte is tied for second in the league with 32 goals in 64 games.
BAD
— The home power play continues to be stuck at 15.6 percent, which is 27th in the league. I still say the fans yelling, “Shoot,” are to blame.
UGLY
— Injured: Victor Soderstrom, Alexis Gendron, Dans Locmelis








