The Providence Bruins were eliminated by the Springfield Thunderbirds in the playoffs after a surprising overtime loss, ending their remarkable 54-win season. This defeat came after just four playoff games, despite Providence's regular-season dominance.
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The Providence Bruins' amazing 54-win season has come to an unceremonious end after just four playoff games.
The Springfield Thunderbirds, Providence's rival, stunned the Bruins again in overtime on Thursday night to eliminate the AHL's best regular-season team.
Springfield is the AHL Affiliate of the St. Louis Blues.
Providence swept up all the regular-season awards, with league MVP (Les Cunningham Award) awarded to Michael DiPietro while Head Coach Ryan Mougenel won best coach.
All of it for not, as the P-Bruins simply could not find their offense whatsoever in this series against Springfield.
Former Boston & Providence Bruin and Springfield Captain Chris Wagner assisted the overtime winner for the Thunderbirds.
Springfield goaltender Georgi Romanov was unbelievable, making 37 saves in the Game 4 shutout to eliminate the Bruins.
The Bruins scored six goals over the 4 games, two of which bled into overtime.
The offense's top guns, led by captain , fell silent with Brown posting zero points across the four games.
The Providence Bruins were eliminated in the playoffs after losing to the Springfield Thunderbirds in just four games.
Michael DiPietro of the Providence Bruins won the Les Cunningham Award as the AHL's MVP this season.
The Springfield Thunderbirds stunned the Providence Bruins by winning in overtime, eliminating them from the playoffs.
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Don Sweeney lamented Wednesday afternoon that he wished James Hagens could've played for Providence in the playoffs, and his lamenting perhaps is made stronger as Providence desperately could've used his offense.
Providence General Manager Evan Gold is a reported finalist for the vacant Vancouver Canucks General Manager job, so heavy change could be afoot for the organization.
Providence's top-five scorers in the regular season (Brown, Riley Tufte, Matej Blumel, Georgii Merkulov, and Matthew Poitras), are all out of contract this summer.
Poitras is the only restricted free agent.
Heavy, heavy change could be around the corner for the Providence Bruins. The bitter disappointment of a sudden elimination that ends this season will be the lasting taste for the organization.