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By: Mark Allred | Follow Me On Twitter @BlackAndGold277
The American Hockey Leagues Providence Bruins announced earlier today that the top minor-pro affiliate of the National Hockey Leagues Boston Bruins has recalled forward Samuel Asselin from the ECHL Atlanta Gladiators. Asselin, a 21-year-old 5′-9″ 181-pound undrafted centerman signed with Providence on a two-year AHL contract back in July of 2019 after an impressive QMJHL season with the Halifax Mooseheads where he led the league in goals with 48.
The #AHLBruins have recalled Samuel Asselin from the @atlgladiators.
📰 >> https://t.co/2jom6vNe6x pic.twitter.com/JhTrSskI1P
— Providence Bruins (@AHLBruins) November 13, 2019
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The Repentigny, Quebec native was with the Providence Bruins for their annual training camp but was passed over for a roster spot to start the 2019-20 campaign. B’s General Manager John Ferguson Jr. had no choice but to send him down to the ECHL to begin his pro career. This was pure motivation for the young forward that @BruinsNetwork on Twitter describes as a hard-nosed, gritty two-way forward with an advanced defensive game and doesn’t shy away from contact and plays hard around the net.
The crafty forward didn’t use this demotion to hang his head and dwell but instead got right to work in game one of the 2019-20 ECHL campaign with Atlanta and would notch at least one point in every game ending his career-high streak at eight games. In those eight games, he would tear up the league producing one assist in his first four contests, then would release the goal fury in his next ultimately getting serious recollection from the higher Providence club posting 7-3-10 in his last four games before heading north to the state of Rhode Island.
The Providence Bruins have two big games coming up this weekend against the AHL’s Atlantic Division-leading Hartford Wolf Pack, who the Bruins faced earlier this week losing a 2-1 battle to the pack at the Dunk on November 10th. The second game of the home-and-home has the Providence club traveling to the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, to wrap up the weekend festivities. Providence sits in third place in the Atlantic with an 8-6-0-2 record with 18 points while the front running Hartford club sits comfortably in first with a 10-1-0-4 record earning a league-best 24 points.
1st career ECHL goal for Samuel Asselin 🤩 https://t.co/slGR7Rgocz
— Halifax Mooseheads (@HFXMooseheads) October 28, 2019
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Big game from our boy @asselin_samuel for the Bruins over the weekend with 1🚨 & 1🍎. pic.twitter.com/xqTZ2qkylf
— Scott MacIntosh (@scottmacintosh4) September 9, 2019
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John Beecher’s skating ability and some solid defending from Samuel Asselin on display here #NHLBruins #BruinsDevCamp pic.twitter.com/fzY0bX5bNV
— Mike Cratty (@Mike_Cratty) June 27, 2019
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