I keep forgetting about this!
P-Bruins journal: Whitfield is captain
11:27 AM Fri, Oct 16, 2009
Mark Divver
By MARK DIVVER
Assistant Sports Editor
PROVIDENCE -- Trent Whitfield wore the captain's 'C' for the first four games of the season, but coach Rob Murray said he wanted to take a week or two before making a final decision.
Now it's official: Whitfield is the captain of this year's Providence Bruins.
Whitfield was the captain in Peoria last year, where former P-Bruin Brent Thompson is an assistant coach. "Any time I talk to Brent, and we talk a lot during the season, he couldn't say enough about Trent Whitfield and what he brings,'' Murray said.
"This guy leads by example, he's one of the hardest-working guys in practice every day,'' Murray said. "(Assistant coach) Butch (Cassidy) had him in Washington and he endorsed him right off the hop.''
Whitfield, a center, signed a two-year contract with Boston over the summer.
Murray is still in the process of deciding on assistant captains.
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Kevin Regan stopped 32 of 36 shots in Reading's 4-1 loss to Kalamazoo in the East Coast Hockey League opener Thursday night.
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I deleted what we knew.. congrats to Trent!
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