| 06 November 2011
The Providence Bruins are below .500 after a weekend with only one win. They had another shake up in the lineup with the return of defenseman Ryan Button and veteran Chris Clark signing a professional tryout contract with the team. Forward Max Sauvé also returned to the lineup after missing 6 games with injury.
Friday night the team was edged by the Manchester Monarchs 2-1. Much of the action came in the opening stanza when Manchester broke out to a 2-0 lead after about 13 minutes of play. Kirk MacDonald dropped the gloves with Justin Johnson in a heated exchange that earned both players majors for fighting and a 10 minute misconduct for Johnson. Johnson returned in the second period and again dropped the gloves but that time with Lane MacDermid. Sauve got the lone goal at 10:37 of the second period. Anton Khudobin turned aside 32 shots and suffered the loss.
Both teams were back at it Saturday night and the Bruins fought hard to win 3-2 in the sixth round of the shootout. The Monarchs again took a lead after the first when Brandon Kozoun got a puck past Khudobin (27 saves) with just two seconds remaining. The second period belonged to Providence as Josh Hennessy and Zach McKelvie lit the lamp to gain the lead. Matt Bartkowski assisted on both goals. The Monarchs tied up the game early in the third and the game went to a scoreless overtime followed by a shootout. No one scored through five rounds but in the sixth round, Hennessy found the back of the net to win the game.
Sunday afternoon the Bruins were blanked 3-0 by the Norfolk Admirals. Michael Hutchinson got the start and made 27 saves. Providence went 0-for-3 on the power play but did kill off three penalties that they took against them.
Providence returns to action Friday night against the Monarchs and take on the Portland Pirates the next night on the road.
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