After starting the season 7-3, the P-Bruins are experiencing their first rough patch of the season. Providence has dropped their last three games, including two consecutive 4-3 overtime losses. A bevy of injuries to the Bruins' NHL roster has resulted in four of the top five scorers for the P-Bruins being called up to Boston at various points this season.
Austin Czarnik (seven games, 4-6-10), Kenny Agostino (eight games, 3-6-9), Jordan Szwarz (six games, 5-3-8) and Danton Heinen (four games, 1-7-8). With Agostino, Swarz, and Heinen with the big club, some of the fresh faces on the Providence Bruins have had to step up.
First year-pros Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson, Ryan Fitzgerald, and Zach Senyshyn each appear to be coming into their own.
Forsbacka Karlsson scored in each of his first two career AHL games. However, the former BU Terrier went the next seven games without a goal. The Swede appears to be turning a corner, as he has recorded four points in his previous four games (2-2-4). He ranks second on the P-Bruins in points (4-5-9) behind only Czarnik.
Like Forsback Karlsson, Fitzgerald has gone through a recent surge and provided a scoring boost for the P-Bruins. Fitzgerald has seen time at all three forward positions this season, and has recorded four points over his last four contests (3-1-4).
Senyshyn has followed a similar path. The Ottawa native showed off his playmaking in the P-Bruins latest game against the Springfield Thunderbirds, earning three assists in what was his first career multi-point game at the professional level.
After 13 games, the Providence Bruins stand at 7-4-2, and sit in fourth in the Atlantic Division with 16 points.