I have a rare Friday off, and decided to write up a quick post about this upcoming weekend for the Providence Bruins.

Providence will face the Hartford Wolf Pack (NYR Affiliate) once and the Utica Comets (VAN Affiliate) twice this weekend. Puck drops at 7:05 PM for Friday and Saturday, while Sunday afternoon’s game will be a 3:05 PM Matinee. The Bruins have won their last 4 in a row off the heels of a win against Charlotte (CAR Affiliate) two Sundays ago, and a clean sweep of last weekend’s games.

I expect the starting goaltenders to follow the same pattern as last week, barring any unforeseen injuries or last minute roster juggles. This means NHL Bruins prospect Zane McIntyre will man the crease Friday and Sunday, while backup and STL Blues loaner Jordan Binnington will netmind Saturday night. Both McIntyre and Binnington have been stellar lately with better than .900 SV% averages over the streak.

Providence is tied for first place in the Atlantic Division with rival Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins (PIT Affiliate).

Per Mark Divver of the Providence Journal, the forward lines for Friday night are:

F1: Hargrove-Czarnik-Szwarz

F2: Agostino-Cave-Senyshyn

F3: Blidh-JFK-Gabrielle

F4: Acolatse-Hennessy-Hickman

While on Defense:

D1: Cross-Marshall

D2: Breen-Clifton

D3: Zboril-O’Gara

Per the AHL website and stats page, the full forward roster is:

# Name Pos./Hand/Height/DOB/Birthplace

9 Zach Senyshyn(B) RW R 6-3 205 Ottawa, ON 11 Josh Hennessy C L 6-0 195 Brockton, MA 12 Justin Hickman(B) RW R 6-2 220 Lethbridge, AB 16 Jesse Gabrielle(B) LW L 5-11 205 Moosomin, SK 17 Adam Payerl RW R 6-3 215 Kitchener, ON 18 Kenny Agostino(B) LW L 6-0 210 Morristown, NJ 19 Ryan Fitzgerald(B) C L 5-9 175 Fort Lauderdale, FL 20 Colton Hargrove LW L 6-1 205 Rockwall, TX 21 Anton Blidh(B) LW R 6-0 200 Molnlycke, Sweden 23 Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson(B) C R 6-1 192 Stockholm, Sweden 24 Chris Porter LW L 6-1 210 Thunder Bay, ON 25 Colby Cave(B) C L 6-1 190 North Battleford, SK 27 Austin Czarnik(B) C R 5-9 160 Washington, MI 37 Jordan Szwarz(B) RW R 5-11 195 Burlington, ON

While on Defense:

# Name Pos./Hand/Height/DOB/Birthplace

2 Emil Johansson(B) D L 6-0 190 Vaxjo, Sweden 3 Tommy Cross(B) D L 6-3 205 Simsbury, CT 6 Connor Clifton D R 5-11 190 Matawan, NJ 8 Chris Breen D L 6-7 225 Uxbridge, ON 13 Ben Marshall D L 5-10 185 Mahtomedi, MN 14 Sena Acolatse D R 6-0 205 Hayward, CA 15 Jeremy Lauzon(B) D L 6-2 205 Val-d’Or, QC 38 Jakub Zboril(B) D L 6-2 190 Brno, Czech Republic 44 Rob O’Gara(B) D L 6-4 210 Nesconset, NY

Players denoted with a “B” are within the Boston Bruins Organization as well.

Injured this week: Ryan Fitzgerald (LBI), Emil Johansson, Jeremy Lauzon(UBI)