“Excited.” The one word Providence Bruins head coach Jay Leach provided about highly-touted prospect Jack Studnicka.
The Tecumseh, Ontario native showcased a promising future upon his first five games in the P-Bruins lineup late in the 2017-18 campaign. Studnicka tallied a goal and four assists in that brief stretch, including a pair of helpers in his AHL debut. He followed that up the next season with a goal and an assist — both coming in a Game 2 win — during Providence’s first-round matchup with the Charlotte Checkers.
Now in his official rookie season in the AHL, Studnicka has picked up where he had left off.