Affiliate Report: Providence returns to action, Maine struggles again

Kyle Keyser.Nearly two years after the onset of the COVID essentially paused the world of minor league hockey, the pandemic has continued to create problems for both the ECHL and AHL alike.

While the health and safety of players and staff always comes first, the effect of consistently rescheduling and postponing contests weighs heavily on the coaches and players across all levels. And the Bruins’ organization has experienced that first hand in recent weeks.

For the first time in nearly two weeks, Providence returned to the ice following a COVID pause for a gauntlet of three games in three days. The P-Bruins started the weekend with a home loss to the Belleville Senators, 4-1, before…