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A scary moment occurred late in the first period when P-Bruins defenseman Matt Lashoff was pushed from behind by a Manchester forechecker and crashed awkwardly into the corner boards in the Providence zone.

His defensive partner, Nathan Dempsey, signaled for team trainer Mike Poirier as Lashoff lay motionless on the ice. After a few minutes, Lashoff made it to his feet and skated off on his own. It appeared he was favoring his left shoulder. He went to the locker room and has not returned.

The P-Bruins clinched a playoff berth with their victory over Springfield on Saturday, so Gordon gave a few of the team’s starters the day off in order to rest for the upcoming playoffs, including Mark Stuart, captain Jay Leach, Nate Thompson, David Krejci, T.J. Trevelyan and Sean Curry.

The Boston Bruins have reassigned rookie left wing Chris Collins to the Providence Bruins from the Long Beach Ice Dogs of the ECHL. Providence has also released fellow left wing Ross Carlson from his Amateur Tryout Agreement. The P-Bruins’ roster remains at 26 players, including 14 forwards, nine defensemen and three goaltenders.

Collins, 22, an undrafted signing by Boston last summer, has been called up to Providence twice this season and scored two goals in 16 games. For Long Beach, the forward finished the year with 37 points on 18 goals, four in his last two games, and 19 assists in 51 contests, while also recording five point-streaks of three games or longer. The four-year product of the Boston College Eagles tallied 122 points (63g, 59a) in 162 collegiate outings prior to this year, including 34 goals in his senior season. Collins, a native of Fairport, New York, was also named one of three finalists for the Hobey Baker Award, along with being named the Hockey East’s Player of the Year, a member of the All-Star First Team and a NCAA East All-American.

Carlson, 25, signed his ATO with Providence on March 23, since playing in four games while tallying his first professional point, an assist, April 7 on the road against the Lowell Devils. The forward, from Duluth, Minnesota, is in his first professional season after a four-year career with the University of Wisconsin Badgers, where he netted 92 points (34g, 58a) in 133 career games. Carlson had a career high 12 goals and 29 points in his sophomore season.

The Boston Bruins today reassigned goaltender Hannu Toivonen to the Providence Bruins.

Toivonen, who is in his fourth year with the Bruins organization, has played 18 games for Boston this season, posting a record of 3-9-1 and a goals-against average of 4.23. His most recent outing came last night in the Bruins' 4-2 loss in Buffalo to the Sabres.

Toivonen has appeared in 23 games for Providence this season. He has a record of 11-12-0 and a goals-against average of 2.36 with the AHL club. He has also tallied one assist.