Good, bad & ugly from Providence Bruins weekend

The Providence Bruins headed home from their weekend in Hershey, Pa., with only one out of four points.

In their first game of the trip on Saturday night, the P-Bruins were on the cusp of being run out of the Giant Center in the first period as they fell behind by three goals. To their credit, they stopped the bleeding and went to work. They chipped away and tied the game in the third period and earned a point after losing, 4-3, in a shootout.

On Sunday, Providence held its own for just over a period before they were blitzed by the Bears, 5-1.

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— The P-Bruins built some character with their comeback on Saturday night. Captain Patrick Brown and Vinni Lettieri put on a master class in veteran leadership as the team rallied from three goals down. Credit to Brown for going right after Matthew Strome after the Hershey winger elbowed Matt Poitras. Big props to Mike DiPietro for locking it down as his teammates clawed their way back to even.

— Brown scored an important power play goal on Saturday to put the Bruins on the board with 48 seconds left in the first period. The goal gave them a positive to build on instead of going to the room facing a 0-3 deficit. On Sunday, Brown set up a Max Jones goal that gave Providence the lead 80 seconds into the game. Brown has points in four straight games.

— Riley Tufte scored his 10th goal on Saturday.

— Vinni Lettieri’s 12th goal of the year tied the game in the third period on Sunday. He continues to lead the team with 12-20-32 in 31 games.

BAD

— Sunday’s game spun away from the P-Bruins went they allowed two goals within 30 seconds in the second period.

— They could muster only 19 shots on Sunday. It made for an easy night for Hershey’s backup goalie, Clay Stevenson.

UGLY

— Injured/sick: Ian Mitchell, Riley Duran, Tyler Pitlick

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