Freddy Brunet, second from right, is mobbed by his teammates after scoring the go-ahead goal on Sunday against Springfield. (Photo courtesy of Providence Bruins)

The Providence Bruins finished up 2025 and rolled into 2026 last week, winning two of their three games.

For starters, they lost a 4-2 decision to the Thunderbirds in Springfield on New Year’s Eve. They rebounded with a 4-1 win against the Wolf Pack in Hartford on Friday, then returned to the AMP and beat Springfield, 3-1, on Sunday.

As of Monday morning, Providence has 47 points, tied with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the Atlantic Division with a record of 23-6-1-0. The P-Bruins have played four fewer games than the Pens.

Here’s the good, bad and ugly.

GOOD

— The AHL announced on Sunday evening that coach Ryan Mougenel will represent the Atlantic Division at the 2026 All Star Classic in Rockford, Ill., next month. It’s well-deserved recognition for the Providence coach.

“It’s an amazing honor, but it’s the players. We have a good bunch here and they work hard. I just really enjoy coming to the rink. I appreciate it, but it’s the players that make it happen,” Mougenel said.

— After missing a couple of weeks with a muscle pull, Michael DiPietro returned with wins against Hartford and Springfield. He stopped 47 of 49 shots in the two games. DiPietro is second in the AHL in both save percentage (.935) and goals-against average (1.86).

— On Friday night and again on Sunday, Patrick Brown could have put the puck into an empty net himself, but instead passed to Georgii Merkulov and Riley Tufte for easy scores. Brown had a goal and an assist on Wednesday. He leads the team in scoring and is fourth in the AHL with 12-22-34 in 30 games. His plus-22 is tied for the league lead. Brown, Providence’s captain, also dropped the gloves with Hartford captain Casey Fitzgerald on Friday shortly after Brown flattened Adam Sykora with a clean hit. Both Brown and Fitzgerald were captains at Boston College.

—  Dans Locmelis had a good week. He scored twice on Friday and had a goal and an assist on Sunday. He is tied with Brown for second on the team with 12 goals

— With a goal in Hartford, Matej Blumel snapped a streak of 12 games without a goal.

— Frederic Brunet scored the winner on Sunday on a shot from distance with 1:11 left in the game. It was his fifth goal of the season in his 30^th game, matching his total from last season in 69 games.

— Stick tap for Georgii Merkulov, who jumped in after Patrick Brown took a hard hit from Springfield’s Hunter Skinner on Wednesday. Merkulov had an assist on Wednesday, a goal on Friday and an assist on Sunday. He leads the team in goals with 13. With 206 points, he now ranks second all-time in P-Bruins scoring behind Andy Hilbert (2001-2005) with 210.

— Riley Tufte, to his credit, came to the defense of Merkulov in Springfield after Merkulov was decked by Wagner. Tufte had two helpers in Hartford and a goal on Sunday, when his physical play sparked Providence to the win in the third period. He has 11-12-23 in 23 games.

— Providence continues to get production from the top of the lineup. Merkulov has 13 goals, Brown and Locmelis have 12, Fabian Lysell and Tufte have 11.

— The P-Bruins are up to third in the league on the power play at 25.8 percent.

BAD

— On Wednesday, an egregious no-call by referees Mike Dietrich and Jim Curtin after Chris Wagner knocked down Merkulov, who didn’t have the puck, led to a bench minor and a game misconduct for abuse of officials on Ryan Mougenel.

— Inadvertently, Locmelis came close to scoring an own goal against Hartford, but DiPietro made the save.

— Providence plays its first three-in-three of the season next weekend.

UGLY

— Injured: Max Wanner, Jackson Edward