Ryan Bourque enters his second season as an assistant coach for the Providence Bruins. The Boxford, Mass., native spent the 2024-25 season as the Head Coach of Cushing Academy, where he graduated from in 2009. Bourque was an assistant coach at the the U.S. National Team Development Program for the 2023-24 season and an assistant coach for the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL from 2021-23. As a player, Bourque appeared in 585 career AHL games for Hartford, Hershey, Bridgeport, and Charlotte, tallying 85 goals and 118 assists for 203 points. The forward notched a career-high 21 goals during the 2013-14 season with Hartford. Bourque, son of former Boston Bruin and Hockey Hall of Fame Inductee Ray Bourque, played two seasons in the QMJHL with the Quebec Ramparts prior to turning professional in 2011.