The Providence Bruins rounded out their coaching personnel on Wednesday, announcing that that the team has hired Ryan Bourque as an assistant coach on Ryan Mougenel’s staff.
Bourque — who is the son of Bruins legend Ray Bourque — joins an assistant-coach grouping with Boston’s AHL affiliate that also includes Trent Whitfield and goaltending coach Mike Dunham.
Bourque has plenty of experience in the American Hockey League, as he played in 585 AHL games across nine seasons with Connecticut/Hartford, Hershey, Bridgeport, and Charlotte. He scored 85 goals and posted 203 total points over that stretch.
The Topsfield native was a third-round pick by the New York Rangers in 2009, eventually appearing in one NHL game with the Blueshirts during the 2014-15 season.