Mikko Lehtonen, who was returned by Boston Friday, scored twice and Jamie Arniel added his first goal of the season for Providence.

The P-Bruins took a 1-0 lead on Arniel's goal at 5:02 of the first period.

Taking a pass from Adam McQuaid, Arniel broke in alone and beat Hartford goalie Chad Johnson from 15 feet. Andrew Bodnarchuk also received an assist.

The Wolf Pack tied it just 1:23 later when Brodie Dupont beat Providence's Dany Sabourin with a screened shot. Ryan Garlock was credited with the lone assist.

The P-Bruins retook the lead at 6:48 mark of the second period. After a pass from Andy Wozniewski, Jeff Penner sent Lehtonen in on a partial breakaway down the left wing. He beat Johnson for his fourth goal of the season.

The Wolf Pack tied it at the 8:39 mark. Jordan Owens netted his second goal of the season, with assists from Corey Locke and Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau picked up the assists.

Hartford took its first lead of the game at 13:40 on Evgeny Grachev's fourth goal of the season, with Brent Henley and Dale Weise getting the assists. The Wolf Pack grabbed a two-goal advantage at 16:22 on Dupont's second goal of the game and third of the season, from Grachev.

The P-Bruins pulled to within a goal at 10:52 of the third period, on the power play. Wozniewski took a shot from the blue line and the rebound went to Penner in the right face-off circle. He passed it to Lehtonen, who scored his second of the game and fifth of the year from the left face-off circle.

The Wolf Pack added an empty net goal at the 19:16 mark. Parenteau tallied his ninth goal of the season, while Owens and Locke recorded the assists.

The Bruins outshot the Pack 16-8 in the third period.

Sabourin stopped 22 of 26 shots for the P-Bruins, while Johnson made 29 saves for the Wolf Pack. The P-Bruins were 1-for-1 on the power play and 1-for-1 on the penalty kill.

Providence hits the road Saturday to face the Lowell Devils at the Tsongas Arena at 7 p.m. The P-Bruins wrap up the weekend at home Sunday against the Hershey Bears at 4:05 p.m.

Rask would have been a restricted free agent after this season, but the extension wraps him up until 2012. Terms of the deal haven't been disclosed, but it's believed to be in the range of $1.2 million to $1.6 million a season.

BOSTON, MA - Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced today that the club's medical staff has confirmed a diagnosis of H1N1 for David Krejci. Based on Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommendations, Krejci will be isolated from the rest of the team until he is symptom and fever free for 24 hours.

"Like most people, we are taking many precautions to try to prevent our players and staff from contracting the H1N1 virus," said Chiarelli. "Our medical staff is working with David to get him healthy as soon as possible, and our players and staff will continue to take precautions with hopes of preventing the spread of the virus to others in the organization."

The Bruins host the Montreal Canadiens Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. ET at the TD Garden in Boston (TV: NESN, RADIO: 98.5 The Sports Hub).

The Finnish winger has 3-7-10 totals in 11 AHL games. Two of his goals have come on the power play.

Along with a team-leading 33 shots on goal, Lehtonen has a team-worst minus-6.

Lehtonen, 22, is 6'5'' and 196 pounds. He played his first NHL game with Boston last April.

Coach Rob Murray hopes that left wing Mark Derlago, brought in on a tryout from the Idaho Steelheads of the East Coast Hockey League, can help.

"We're looking for offense,'' Murray said.

In eight games for Idaho, Derlago has six goals and four assists for 10 points. He is a plus-six and has recorded 30 shots on goal. The 23-year-old winger is 5'11 and 197 pounds.

Heading into his second season with the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League, Derlago broke his neck in a preseason game in 2004 and missed the 04-05 season. After recovering, he played two more seasons in Brandon and put up 46-35-81 numbers in 72 games in 2006-07.

He scored 39 goals in 68 games for the ECHL Bakersfield Condors in 07-08, and had a 32-45-77 line in 49 games in Bakersfield last season.

Derlago also played a total of 25 games with the AHL Manitoba Moose over the past two seasons, with a 6-8-14 line.

Mark Derlago is the nephew of Bill Derlago, who is a footnote in Boston Bruins history.

After a contract dispute in the fall of 1985, GM Harry Sinden shipped promising center Tom Fergus to Toronto in exchange for Derlago, a former 40-goal scorer.

It turned out to be terrible trade for the Bruins. Fergus had several productive years with the Leafs, while Derlago put up a 5-16-21 line in 39 games as a third- and fourth-line center with Boston. Sinden later peddled him to Winnipeg for Wade Campbell.


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Jimmy Fraser was returned to Reading of the ECHL. He was scoreless in two games over the weekend.


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Adam McQuaid (upper-body injury) practiced today and should be available this weekend, Murray said.


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Don Sweeney was on the ice for practice. Afterward, he took first-year pros Alain Goulet and Jamie Arniel aside and chatted with them individually for a few minutes.

PROVIDENCE -- Defenseman Adam McQuaid is day to day with an upper-body injury that he suffered early in Sunday's 4-3 win over Bridgeport.

Coach Rob Murray said that McQuaid was hurt when "he got twisted up'' on his second or third shift on Sunday afternoon. McQuaid played sparingly after the injury.

Kirk MacDonald (groin) skated in practice on Tuesday and should be ready for the weekend, Murray said.


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After a tough 2-1 loss in Manchester Friday night on a late penalty shot, and a 7-0 debacle in Hartford on Saturday night, Murray was pleased with the win on Sunday in what he described as a must-win situation.

"Guys who hadn't been producing, did,'' he said.

Jeff Penner had a goal and two assists; Jeff LoVecchio had a goal and an assist.

Zach Hamill was credited with three assists, but Murray said that Hamill should have received credit for his first goal of the season on the winning goal, which credited to Jordan Knackstedt, who had his first points of the season.

"A lot of guys stepped up. As early as it is in the schedule and with the lineup we had, we had to have a win,'' Murray said.

"We found a way. That's one of the things we've been preaching. We've got to find a way to get points. It was a good character win.''


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Not much went right for the P-Bruins on Saturday night, but if you are a fan of fighting there was plenty to see. With thanks to Matt Stopa, here are the pugilistic highlights:

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Kevin Regan (34 saves) was the first star in Reading's 4-2 win over Johnstown on Sunday. Regan is 2-2-1 with a 3.76 goals-against average and a save percentage of .896.

PROVIDENCE -- Craig Weller wasn't caught completely by surprise when he got the call two Sundays ago that he'd been dealt to Boston in the Chuck Kobasew trade.

"The management in Minnesota told me when they put me on waivers (late in training camp) that they might try to move me, give me an opportunity somewhere else. It just happened a little quicker than I thought it would,'' said Weller.

For a player who is looking for another chance in the NHL, the Boston organization might turn out to be a good fit.

The Bruins haven't hesitated over the last few seasons to find a place for veteran role players such as Shawn Thornton and Jeremy Reich.

"That's encouraging to see. I'm just going to have to work hard and prove myself. I'm definitely going to try to make it back to the NHL,'' said Weller, a right wing who has 4-10-14 career numbers with 127 penalty minutes in 95 NHL games with Phoenix and Minnesota.

Weller spent four seasons with Hartford before moving up to the NHL. At the time of the trade, he was with Minnesota's AHL affiliate in Houston.

The 28-year-old brings size -- he's 6'4'', 220 pounds -- and physical presence. He knows what is expected of him.

"My role is to be a veteran guy playing with poise every night, somebody the coach can rely on in a bunch of different situations. To show leadership through hard work,'' he said.

Providence coach Rob Murray is glad to have him.

Last weekend, Murray put Weller on a crash line with Drew Larman and Lane MacDermid, and the trio was Providence's best line last Saturday in a 2-0 loss at Manchester.

"I know what to expect from him. He's an intelligent guy, he understands. He asks the right questions. That's probably one of the reasons he was captain in Hartford for a few years. His skating has improved from what I remember. He gets around better. And when he hits, he really catches guys,'' said Murray.

Fighting is also part of Weller's game. He had seven fighting majors in the NHL last season, and 13 fights in both 2004-05 and 2005-06 while with Hartford.

According to Murray, Weller knows "when to try and change the momentum of a game. He'll go out purposely and try to do that by getting in a fight. That speaks to his hockey IQ, because some guys don't pick up on that, when the right time is to do that kind of thing.''


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Over a long season, there are losses and then there are losses.

For the P-Bruins, Friday night's 2-1 defeat in Manchester on a penalty shot by Oscar Moller with 1:51 to go in regulation definitely left a mark.

Murray said that the call by referee Chris Cozzan -- Adam McQuaid tripped Moller, who had a breakaway -- probably was legitimate. But that didn't make it any easier to swallow.

Penalty shots have become "the flavor of the month for referees'' over the past couple of seasons, Murray said.

"Our argument was that one camera showed Adam got a stick on the puck before he trips him,'' said Murray.

Murray conceded, though, that "if the situation is flip-flopped, we'd be expecting a penalty shot.''

PROVIDENCE -- Former Harvard captain Jimmy Fraser has been recalled from Reading and will be in the P-Bruins lineup tonight in Manchester.

Fraser, 22, was a late cut in Providence's training camp. Not known as a scorer, the 5'11'', 185-pound center had 15-39-54 totals in 118 career games at Harvard.

"I'm not necessarily looking for him to contribute offensively very much,'' said coach Rob Murray. "That's not necessarily his game. But he skates well enough and he gets himself in position, hopefully he can help in that aspect.

"He gives me another centerman. We've had three natural centermen in (Drew) Larman, (Jamie) Arniel and (Zach) Hamill. Somewhere along the line you're going to get a guy in the penalty box or hurt, and then there really wasn't another potential centerman in the lineup,'' said Murray.

Before college, Fraser was the captain of the U.S. National Development Team's U-17 and U-18 squads that featured current NHL stars such as Phil Kessel, Jack Johnson, Peter Mueller and Eric Johnson.

Fraser flew to Providence this morning after playing Thursday night in Reading's 2-2 tie with Toledo. He has an assist in 6 games with Reading and is minus-5.


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Dany Sabourin will start in goal tonight and Matt Dalton will start on Saturday in Hartford.

"We'll see about Sunday,'' Murray said.


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Murray said he had not decided on his lines for tonight. Jeff LoVecchio, who was sick for most of the week, will play tonight, but might not dress for all three games this weekend.

Former Brown All-American Yann Danis will make his Devils' debut in goal.

Danis hasn't played since a Sept. 23 preseason game.

He had a 2.86 goals-against average and a 10-17-3 record for the Islanders last year.

Danis hasn't started a regular-season game since April 12, when he was pulled early in the second period after giving up 4 goals on 15 shots to the Bruins in a 6-2 loss.

PROVIDENCE -- It's been a quiet week at The Dunk. Too quiet.

About the only nugget of news is that Yannick Riendeau and Levi Nelson have been cleared to start skating. They have been told not to do any puck-handling or shooting yet.

Riendeau and Nelson were on the ice on Wednesday for the first time. Skills coach Victor Teleguine skated them hard after the team practice was over.

Coach Rob Murray said both players probably are at least a couple of months away from being cleared to play in games.

Riendeau had shoulder surgery over the summer. Nelson had surgery after breaking his collarbone during a rookie tournament in early September.

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Defenseman Drew Fata is eligible to play again on Friday at Manchester.

He was suspended for four games "as a result of his actions in a game at Portland on Oct. 10. Fata was suspended under the provisions of AHL Rule 29.1 (supplementary discipline)," according to the league.

That's the AHL's way of saying that he cross-checked Portland's Brad Larsen in the jaw.

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Three-games-in-three-nights weekends are a staple in the AHL, so it's surprising that a month into the season, the Bruins start their first 3-in-3 on Friday. After playing in Manchester and Hartford, the P-Bruins return home on Sunday afternoon to play Bridgeport.

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Jeff LoVecchio has been sick and hasn't skated all week, but he rode the bike on Thursday and will skate on Friday. "He'll see some action this weekend,'' said Murray.

Kirk MacDonald (groin) skated Thursday, but is questionable for the weekend.

PROVIDENCE -- It was a slow morning at The Dunk, with the team going through a rare Monday practice after having Sunday off.

The highlight of the day came at the end of practice when Doug Smith, the team's unofficial fight coach, got together with Brett Clouthier, Lane MacDermid, Guillaume Lefebvre and Craig Weller to work on some of the fine points of fighting.

Smith, 45, is a police officer in Hanover, Mass. He was a minor-league enforcer before retiring in 1998.

The four P-Bruins players took turns punching the padded mitts held by Smith, first working on right-left combinations and then punching with one hand while holding Smith's jersey with the other. At times, Smith, who was 6'2'' and 210 pounds in his playing days, grabbed a handful of the player's jersey and tied them up.

After about 15 minutes, all four of the players, as well as Smith, were laughing, dripping with sweat and breathing hard.





One of Smith's former students, ex-Providence heavyweight Steve MacIntyre, now in Edmonton, had an epic bout with Calgary's Brian McGratton on Saturday night.


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The Bruins had seven defensemen and nine forwards on the ice. Drew Larman was given a maintenence day and Jeff LoVecchio was sick.

Kirk MacDonald is still out with a groin injury. He'll skate on his own on Tuesday, said coach Rob Murray. "There's an outside chance he might be ready for the weekend,'' Murray said.


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Boston returned Lefevbre to Providence on Sunday.

Early on Sunday, the P-Bruins released Reading callup Ben Gordon from his PTO and returned Jared Ross to Reading. The two were able to catch a flight to Michigan in time to play in Reading's 4 p.m. game in Kalamazoo.

So far, Reading has a win, two regulation losses, an overtime loss and a shootout loss.

Kevin Regan has played every game in goal for the Royals. He has a 4.10 goals-against average and a .887 save percentage.


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It was a tough weekend offensively for Providence, scoring two goals Friday night and being blanked on Saturday.

"We had trouble generating much sustained offense,'' in the 3-0 loss in Manchester, Murray said. "Our best line was Larman, Weller and MacDermid. They were on the puck, they got it deep, they had some chances. Along with Dany Sabourin, they were probably our best players.

"We've just got to squeeze a little more out of some of the other guys. You've gotta grasp your opportunity. It might come and go real quick. You've got to take advantage of it.''

PROVIDENCE -- Nothing in Andy Wozniewski's resume over five pro seasons suggests that he's a big scorer.

A dependable, two-way defenseman, yes.

A player with size, reach and skating ability. A guy who can run a power play in the American Hockey League.

And, with 77 games of NHL experience in Toronto and St. Louis, someone who can fill in on the third defense pairing in Boston if injuries strike.

But not a player who is capable of averaging two points per game. After all, his career high is 17 points in a season.

Yet, heading into Saturday's games, Wozniewski was the AHL's leading scorer with 5 goals and 9 assists for 14 points in 7 games.

"It hasn't been a fluke,'' said P-Bruins coach Rob Murray. "He's played very well. He's probably been our most consistent player overall, offensively and defensively. He bought into the idea that we want our D to join the play.

"I don't know how he played before coming here, but you can almost see him saying, 'All right, I can jump into the play.' He's taking advantage of it.''

"The game's changing towards the defensemen . . . being the fourth man (in the attack),'' said Wozniewski, who is 6'5'' and 225 pounds. "The last few years, I've played more defensive hockey. (This season) I've been getting my opportunities and jumping at the right time.''

While 10 of Wozniewski's points have come on the power play, Murray and assistant coach Butch Cassidy depend on him in all situations.

"He's got a good long reach on the penalty kill, and he's a smart player. That's one of the things I'm finding with him,'' said Murray. "His hockey intellect is high. He grasps what needs to be done and what we're asking him to do.''

Except for one game with the Blues, the 29-year-old former University of Wisconsin defenseman spent all of last season in Peoria and Wilkes-Barre / Scranton of the AHL. He signed a two-way contract with Boston just days before training camp started in September that pays him $105,000 in the AHL and $600,000 in the NHL.

"It was really late,'' he said. "I went over it and took a long time, and I decided on what team and what situation I wanted to be in, and Boston was the right fit.''

A chance to get back to the NHL is one reason Wozniewski chose the Bruins. "Obviously, that's my goal. That's why you play is to try and play in the NHL. I've been there, and I definitely want to be back there,'' he said.

Only three weeks into the season, it's not too early to compare Wozniewski to Johnny Boychuk. Boychuk had a career year last season, winning the Eddie Shore Award winner as the AHL's best defenseman and sharing the team scoring lead with Martin St. Pierre. It earned Boychuk an NHL contract with Boston."

"He's doing what Johnny did last year,'' said Murray.


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Shortly before the pregame warmup Friday night, Dany Sabourin poked his head into Murray's office and said that his wife had gone into labor.

While Sabourin rushed to the hospital, Murray started searching for a backup goalie.

"I had to scramble,'' Murray said.

Murray called Paulo Deroxas of Warwick, the netminder on Murray's summer men's league team. Deroxas was able to get to the Dunkin Donuts Center and suit up by gametime.

The Sabourins had a baby girl early on Saturday morning, and Dany was expected to be in uniform Saturday night in Manchester.

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Three forwards who are playing significant minutes for Providence -- Zach Hamill, Jamie Arniel and Drew Larman -- still had not scored a goal going into Saturday night's game.

Hamill, 21, and Arniel, 19, are youngsters still trying to find their way in the pro game. But Larman, 24, has over 200 games of AHL experience as well as 22 games in the NHL.

A free-agent pickup from the Florida organization, Larman has never scored more than 17 goals in an AHL season.

Murray is not worried about Larman's lack of offensive production.

"It probably concerns him more than it concerns me. He's doing what I'm asking him to do as a checking centerman,'' said Murray. "For the most part, that line (Larman, Guillaume Lefebvre and Kirk MacDonald) has got the job done against the other team's top line.''

Larman "doesn't have outstanding touch around the net, but he's gonna score some goals. . . . I've really liked his game otherwise. Losing (Brad) Marchand and (Vladimir) Sobotka, you're going to have to hope that on certain nights he becomes the guy that gets that goal for you. He's getting his chances, so it'll come.''

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.

PROVIDENCE -- The callup of Trent Whitfield to Boston leaves the P-Bruins short one forward, and coach Rob Murray is looking for a player to fill in.

"We haven't made any moves as far as getting a guy, but we're going to have to,'' Murray said after practice Wednesday morning. "We're weighing our options right now. I don't expect to get anyone back (from Boston) by the weekend.''

One possibility, Murray said, is free agent Adam Pineault, who was one of the team's best forwards in training camp.

Without Whitfield, and with Kirk MacDonald sidelined by an apparent groin injury, Murray has only 11 forwards, instead of the usual 12. The 11 includes Craig Weller, who hasn't arrived in Providence yet, but is expected in the next day or so.

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Providence has the AHL's leading scorer and the best power play. Defenseman Andy Wozniewski, who runs the power play, leads the league in points with 4-9-13 in six games. The Bruins have scored on 14 of 45 PP chances, a 31 percent success rate.

The Bruins' Guillaume Lefebvre is tops in penalty minutes with 42 in five games. Adam McQuaid is tied for for second with 36 in six games. Only Bridgeport has more penalty minutes than Providence.


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After a loss in regulation and a shootout loss in the Reading Royals first two games, Kevin Regan a 4.32 goals-against average and an .859 save percentage. Reading's next game is Friday night at Kalamazoo.

The team's announcement Wednesday did not say when Savard injured the foot.

The forward has led the team in scoring each of the past three years. He did not miss a game last season, when he had 25 goals and 63 assists for 88 points. He has four goals and three assists this season.

The team recalled 32-year-old forward Trent Whitfield from Providence. He has scored three goals with eight assists this season. Whitfield is expected to be available for
Wednesday night's game with Nashville.