Projo Bruins Blog

By MARK DIVVER
Assistant Sports Editor

PROVIDENCE -- With the parent team playing in Philadelphia tonight, left wing Guillaume Lefebvre was recalled this morning to add toughness to the lineup.

Lefebvre has had two fighting majors in five AHL games this season and is second in the league in penalty minutes with 42.


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Ben Gordon will be in the Providence lineup for Friday's home game against Worcester and Saturday's game at Manchester.

Gordon, a 5'11'' 164-pound forward, has two goals in two games for the Reading Royals, Providence's East Coast Hockey League affiliate.

"He's on the offensive side of the puck,'' said Rob Murray. "He's a skill guy. He's not very big but he's pretty quick. It's going be (a short-term recall) just to get us through this weekend.''

Gordon, 24, played four seasons at the University of Minnesota. He had 39 goals and 74 assists for 113 points in 148 games for the Gophers. He split last season between Cincinnati and Reading and posted a 21-36-57 line in 63 games.

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Craig Weller, acquired from Minnesota on Sunday in the Chuck Kobasew trade, practiced with his new team for the first time today. Weller is on a one-way contract for $625,000 this season.

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Dany Sabourin and Matt Dalton will each get a start this weekend, but Murray has not decided which games they will play.


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Today's lines:

White -- Hamill, LoVecchio, Knackstedt

Yellow -- Arniel, Lehtonen, Marquardt

Red -- Weller, MacDermid, Larman, Clouthier


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Portland's Cody McCormick was suspended for five games for his actions on Sunday in Providence.

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