Inducted into the Boston University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1982 Born in Providence in 1944 in Providence, Jack starred in the long line of All-State goaltenders at LaSalle Academy. His play, including an All-New England nod, earned him a scholarship at collegiate powerhouse, Boston University. He played under Jack Kelly and was part of [...]
Inducted into the US Collegiate Hall of Fame in 1971 Inducted into the Brown University Hall of Fame in 1974 Inducted into the Norwich University Hall of Fame in 1984 Inducted into the US Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992 Inducted into the MA hockey Hall of Fame in 2019 One of the true gentlemen [...]
Inducted into the RI Interscholastic League Hall of Fame in 2015 Paul Guay was born in Providence in 1963 and raised in Woonsocket. He developed his hockey talents playing in the various youth hockey programs in northern Rhode Island. Paul’s passion for the game blossomed when his father, the team physician for Mount St. Charles, [...]
Inducted into the University of Maine Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007 Inducted into the Mount St. Charles Hall of Fame in 2012 Born in 1969 in nearby Wrentham, MA, Garth was drafted out of Mount St. Charles in 1987 by the Quebec Nordiques. During his junior and senior years at Mount St Charles, his [...]
If you're a fan of hockey in Rhode Island, you no doubt know a lot about the Bennetts. Here's something you probably don't know: In 1980, two of them -- Curt and Harvey Jr., their NHL careers completed -- went to the Far East and played two seasons of professional hockey in Japan. See? Told you. [...]
It isn't often that a stick to the face alters the course of history. The course of a game, maybe. The course of someone's dental profile, possibly. But history? Well, according to Sean Braswell of the website ozy.com, there's a good chance the story of modern aviation began "with an unfortunate incident during a game [...]
No, that's not a Photoshopped image. That really is Johnny Pesky in a Bruins uniform next to Milt Schmidt. We all associate Pesky, of course, with baseball in general and the Red Sox in particular: Player in the '40s and '50s, manager in the '60s, TV/radio announcer in the early '70s, coach from the mid [...]
Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/GM David Poile announced on Tuesday, January 7th, that the team has named Warwick, RI native John Hynes as the third head coach in franchise history. He replaces Attleboro native and former Providence Bruins’ player, captain and coach Peter Laviolette. "John Hynes is a bright young coach and great leader [...]
That was the opening sentence of a Providence Evening Bulletin story in February 1973, and for a couple of glorious weeks that aptly described North Providence High School’s Ron Bruno. And the Rhode Island high school hockey world basked in his radiated glory. Bruno, a senior left wing for the Cougars in '73, scored two [...]
Ron Francis, General Manager of the NHL’s new Seattle franchise, has announced that Cammi Granato will join the team’s fold of pro scouts to begin the process of evaluating which players to select in the 2021 Expansion Draft. The former Providence College Lady Friar and U.S. Olympic captain and gold medalist, is a 2018 charter [...]
