Unlike his first two years where he started the season in Boston, the Bruins sent the oft-injured Anders Bjork to Providence to start his third professional campaign. Even with a solid preseason performance, GM Don Sweeney and the Bruins’ brass assigned him to the AHL for a confidence boost and a chance to play top minutes, something he wouldn’t have done with the big club to start the season.
Bjork earned his stripes down in Providence tallying a team-high eight points (three goals, five assists) in seven games. Now, he’s returning in Boston on an emergency recall — with injuries to David Krejci (IR), Joakim Nordstrom and Karson Kuhlman opening up a roster spot for Bjork — in time for Tuesday’s second game of a home and home with the Toronto Maple Leafs.