Category — Bruins Prospects

Dalton

PROVIDENCE — When he was fully equipped, Providence Bruins goaltender Matt Dalton was nearly impenetrable tonight at Dunkin’ Donuts Center.

But without his stick, the rookie was no match for Jamie McGinn’s wrist shot, which found the back of the net 1:58 into overtime to end Worcester’s 3-2 win over the P-Bruins in AHL action. [Read more →]

WILMINGTON, Mass. — The Boston Bruins have returned forward Max Sauve to his junior club, Val d’Or of the QMJHL.

In three games, Sauve, Boston’s second-round pick in ‘08, was the Bruins’ leading scorer with 1-2-3 totals. He was also a plus-2. Sauve, 19, showed impressive skill and improved strength and could wind up helping Providence (AHL) in the spring once his junior season is over.

LoVecchio

Jeff LoVecchio and Jordan Knackstedt both scored goals but it wasn’t enough to prevent the Boston Bruins rookies from losing their third and final game at the tournament in Kitchener, Ontario, 3-2, to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Boston finished 2-1-0 in the event.

Goaltender Matt Dalton finished with 49 saves.

Hutchinson

The Boston Bruins rookie team is proving adept at winning one-goal games at the tournament in Kitchener, Ontario.

Today the Bruins downed the Ottawa rookies, 4-3, to improve to 2-0 in the tournament. Goaltender Michael Hutchinson made 47 saves, while Jamie Arniel scored twice. [Read more →]

McKelvie

For those who missed it over the weekend, Chris Botta of Fanhouse had a great piece on Boston Bruins prospect Zach McKelvie, who the team signed as a free agent over the summer. McKelvie starred for Army before signing a one-year deal with Boston.

He still owes the Army a two-year commitment, although his commanding officer — as quoted in the story — has granted him one year to pursue his professional hockey dream. Beyond this season, there’s no telling what will happen. [Read more →]

Arniel

Jamie Arniel scored on the back end of a give-and-go with Zach Hamill to lift the Boston Bruins rookie team over the Toronto Maple Leafs rookies, 6-5, in overtime in Kitchener, Ontario. [Read more →]

LoVecchio

Every Boston Bruins prospect that left on the bus to Kitchener for this week’s rookie tournament was eager for the opportunity to go head-to-head with prospects from three other Bruins Eastern Conference rivals.

But none could match the excitement of free-agent signee Jeff LoVecchio. [Read more →]

Hamill

No one expects Zach Hamill to show up for training camp next week and push Marc Savard for the Boston Bruins’ No. 1 center spot. The odds are Jamie Arniel and Matt Marquardt won’t be stealing away even a fourth-line job from a Bruins veteran, nor will Adam Courchaine or Matt Dalton leap ahead of Tuukka Rask on the club’s depth chart.

But that doesn’t mean some of the Bruins’ top prospects can’t use the upcoming rookie tournament in Kitchener, Ontario, as a place to get their games in gear in order to be in peak form when big camp opens Sept. 12. [Read more →]

The Boston Bruins’ pair of prospects from Halifax, Nova Scotia, has seemingly done everything together.

Forward Brad Marchand and defenseman Andrew Bodnarchuk grew up together, played junior hockey together and both made the jump to pro hockey with Providence (AHL) last season. Now they’re entering Bruins training camp in the same boat, as they both try to show the club’s brass that they’ve made the type of strides that make them NHL-worthy in their second season of being paid to play. [Read more →]

The Boston Bruins today released their roster and schedule for rookie camp, which will take place in Kitchener, Ontario.

The Bruins’ rookies will report to Wilmington, Mass., Sept. 5 for off-ice testing and then will travel to Kitchener. After a practice Sept. 6, the 24-player team will play games against squads went by Toronto, Pittsburgh and Ottawa over the course of the week. [Read more →]

The American Hockey League today released its complete regular season schedule. The Providence Bruins, the primary farm club of the Boston Bruins, will open their season Sunday, Oct. 4 at home against Springfield. The P-Bruins do not have a road trip longer than four games and the only one with major travel is a four-game jaunt, Feb. 26 to March 3, when they head to Binghamton and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton for one game each and then to Abbotsford for two contests.

Here is a look at the complete 2009-10 schedule for Providence: [Read more →]

Goulet

For those wondering about the fate of defenseman Alain Goulet, the Boston Bruins’ sixth-round pick (159th overall) in 2007, here’s what TheBruinsBlog.net has learned.

Goulet is scheduled under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement to become a free agent Aug. 16 because he was a collegiate player at Nebraska-Omaha before joining Gatineau of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League midway through last season. [Read more →]

Caron

For those who haven’t already seen it, here’s a link to the hit that caused Boston Bruins first-round pick Jordan Caron to suffer a broken collarbone this weekend at Canada’s junior hockey team summer camp. (Sorry you have to sit through a commercial and TSN.ca does not permit embedding.)

According to the Canadian Press, recovery time from a broken collarbone is six to eight weeks, so Caron should still be available to participate in some of the Bruins’ training camp, which opens Sept. 12.

The Providence Bruins, the Boston Bruins’ AHL affiliate, today released their preseason schedule for this fall. Here it is:

Date, Opponent, Location, Time

Wed., Sept. 23, Springfield Falcons, N.E. Sports Center (Marlboro, Mass.), 7:05 p.m.

Thurs.., Sept. 24, Lowell Devils, Iorio Arena (Walpole, Mass.), 6:05 p.m.

Sat., Sept. 26. Springfield Falcons. MassMutual Center (Springfield, Mass.), 7:00 p.m.

LoVecchio

Boston Bruins prospect Jeff LoVecchio missed all of last season because of a serious concussion.

But during last week’s Bruins development camp in Wilmington, you’d have been hard-pressed to find any proof that he was still in the process of returning from injury. On the the ice, LoVecchio flaunted the work ethic and straight-line approach that originally caused the Bruins to sign him as a free agent out of Western Michigan after the 2007-08 college season. Off the ice, LoVecchio emanated with positivity and an attitude that spoke volumes about how the 23-year-old has moved on after a freak fall at home in St. Louis forced him to the sidelines. [Read more →]