14 • COMMUNITY ADVOCATE • Friday, January 15, 2021
COMMUNITY | Sports Providence Bruins to play 2021 season in Marlborough By Dakota Antelman, Contributing Writer M A R L B O RO U G H - The Providence Bruins will spend their 2021 abbrevi-
ated season playing at the New England Sports Center in Marlborough, the organization recently announced. A flash of good
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Sudden move offers good and bad news for local fans The Providence Bruins play in the American Hockey League, serving as the primary minor league team beneath the Boston Bruins. Their slate of games slashed by COVID-19, the team will play from early February through the first weeks of May, taking the ice in Marlborough behind closed doors. Due to COVID-19, fans will not be able to attend games. That news has local fans somewhat disappointed as does the news that this move is only temporary. The Providence Bruins will return to their home at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Rhode Island next year as that facility is only unavailable, this winter, because of ongoing coronavirus testing there. Still, officials even at the top of the Bruins organization are thanking Marlborough. “Given the unprecedented circumstances, we are very grateful that the New England Sports Center can host the team this season,” Bruins President Cam Neely said in that Jan. 4 statement.
New England Sports Center, a familiar fixture for locals The NESC is an every-day part of life for athletes of all ages throughout the area. It hosts hockey tournaments, multiple high school and college teams, private showcase
programs and clinics. Games are proceeding this year under tight social distancing restrictions, just as the facility also hosts a massive virus testing operation in its parking lot. Bruins | 15
Marlborough hockey tops Algonquin
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Marlborough’s Matt Skillings handles the puck while battling against Algonquin.
By Jeff Slovin, Contributing Writer WESTBOROUGH - The Marlborough High School Panthers boys ice hockey defeated the Algonquin Regional Tomahawks 3-2 in a game played Saturday evening, Jan. 10 at North Star Ice Sports in Westborough. Marlborough’s Mark Evangelous netted the go-ahead goal midway through the second period. Marcus Chrisafidies and Collin Tunnera also scored for Marlborough. Algonquin’s goals were scored by Gregory Grimaldi and Jack Gulachenski. A number of COVID-19 precautions are in place for this season. The game is played in two extended periods instead of the traditional three, masks are required at all times, locker rooms are closed and players arrive directly in uniforms, and fans are not allowed to attend.
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news for local fans, this means elite hockey players one step short of the NHL will spend at least three months this winter regularly passing through the region. “We welcome the Providence Bruins to the New England Sports Center,” NESC owner H. Larue Renfroe wrote in a statement, Jan. 4.
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