On a day when the nation stayed home for Super Bowl Sunday, your P-Bruins most certainly did not.  After a rare 5-3 win against the 1^st place divisional rival Worcester Sharks, the P-Bruins followed up—less than 24 hours later—with yet another strong showing…to say the least. These tired Bruins came out gunning from the very start. And they did not disappoint. With a 6-2 final victory, the Providence Bruins swept the Sharks in what Bruins fans hope to be a key game moving forward in a push for a berth in the playoffs.

Right off the bat, this game was destined for excitement. On the opening faceoff, Drew Fata and Dennis McCauley avenged the 78 minutes of penalties of the previous night’s matchup by squaring off. To put it kindly, Fata’s showing was embarrassing…but he was not quite finished. Worcester set the tone with a goal by Matt Jones a mere 2:02 into the game. But the Bruins had no patience for such a deficit, as they responded with a Power Play goal by Andy Wozniewski in his 300^th career game, and then later a great performance by Matt Marquardt to put the Bruins up late in the period. After an upending hit in the defensive zone, Marquardt hustled up the ice, grabbed the rebound, and pounded it behind the goal for his long-awaited first goal of the season.

After a strong 1^st period, the Bruins faced some adversity a mere 32 seconds in, as Worcester’s Ben Ferriero scored a breakaway goal high stick side on starting goaltender Kevin Regan. But one strong Penalty Kill later, and the Bruins were right back in business. And not just some Main Street business…we’re talking a full-fledged Fortune 500 company, folks! In only 58 seconds, The fans at the Dunk saw three goals by John Lammers, Jordan Knackstedt, and Drew Larman. The Sharks didn’t even know how to react other than to flop around like fish without water. Add one more goal by Mikko Lehtonen to that mix, a variety of penalties and misconducts after Fata found himself in a second brawl, and now you’ve got a nice 6-2 lead for the Bruins over the best team in the division.

The third period calmed down, with no goals, few penalties, and no more fights. In fact, the only slightest form of competition came between the Bruins shooters and the shot clock, as the Bruins narrowed in on 50—count ‘em!—50 shots! Starting off the period with a 10-2 shot advantage, the pace slowed down and Providence settled in on a respectable 46 shots as the clock hit zero. The Bruins played it safe, and this game goes in the books not only as a well-fought victory completing the sweep of the rival Worcester Sharks, but also as a possible turning point to the misery of the P-Bruins known as this 2009-2010 season.