NEW: Warwick's Angilly Named Boston Bruins Official Anthem Singer
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NEW: Warwick's Angilly Named Boston Bruins Official Anthem Singer
According to the Bruins, Angilly will perform at approximately 80% of Boston’s regular-season home games, while the remaining games will rotate between various singers.
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Angilly got his first chance to perform the anthem at TD Garden on November 2, 2017, as the Bruins faced off against the Vegas Golden Knights.
While working as a bartender at the SportsDeck, Angilly was asked to fill in for the previously scheduled anthem singer who was unable to make it to the Garden.
Following the retirement of Rene Rancourt, the Bruins held live auditions on August 8, 2018, to find a rotating group of singers who would perform the anthem at home games during the 2018-19 season.
Out of more than 600 applications, 52 finalists were chosen to take part in live auditions.
Angilly was the first out of that group of finalists to be selected to perform last season.
During the 2018-19 regular season, Angilly sang the anthem at 16 games, and was the top choice for games where both the American and Canadian anthems were required.
During the playoffs, Angilly performed at each home game throughout the team's run to the Stanley Cup Final.
While Angilly is primarily known for his singing, he serves as a probation officer during the day, and during the Bruins and Celtics seasons, he is a bartender at the SportsDeck at TD Garden.
Bruins Open Season
The Bruins are set to open the 2019-20 season on Thursday night, October 3 when they visit the Dallas Stars.
Puck drop is set for 8:30 p.m.
The Bruins won’t play their first home game until Saturday, October 12 when they host the New Jersey Devils.
2019 RI Hockey Hall of Fame Inductees
Brian Boucher
Selected in the first round of the NHL Draft in 1995 by the Philadelphia Flyers, the Woonsocket native and former Mount St. Charles goalie played 13 seasons in the NHL.
He holds the league record with five straight shutouts and 332 consecutive scoreless minutes during the 2003-04 season.
He is currently an analyst for NBC Sports.
Jack Capuano
An All-American defenseman at Maine, the Cranston native turned to coaching after playing for three NHL teams.
He coached the New York Islanders for seven seasons and is now the associate coach of the Florida Panthers.
Brother Adelard Beaudet
A founder and coach of the iconic Mount St. Charles Academy team, Brother Adelard helped organize and nurture high school hockey in Rhode Island after emigrating from Quebec in 1911.
Malcolm Greene Chace
A world-class tennis and ice polo player in the 1890s, Chace eventually switched to ice hockey and introduced and promoted the game in New England and the Northeast.
Brian Burke
Born in Providence, Burke grew up in Minnesota.
He returned to Rhode Island to attend Providence College, where he was captain of the hockey team.
He has had a three-decade career as an NHL executive, building a Stanley Cup winner with the Anaheim Ducks in 2007.
Pete Demers
After starting out with the Providence Reds, Providence native Demers went on to spend 34 seasons as a trainer for the Los Angeles Kings.
He has a plaque in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
Judge James Dooley
A leading sports figure in Rhode Island, Dooley was the founder and owner of the Providence Reds, as well as a founder of the Canadian-American (Can-Am) Hockey League, which later evolved into the American Hockey League.
Tom Eccleston
Regarded as one of the game’s great teachers and motivators in Rhode Island, Eccleston won multiple state championships as the coach at Burrillville High School.
He coached for eight seasons at Providence College and led the Friars to their first ECAC title and the NCAA final four in 1964.
David Emma
A three-time All-Stater at Bishop Hendricken and two-time All-American at Boston College, Emma won the Hobey Baker Award in 1991, the only Rhode Islander to do so.
The pride of Cranston played for the U.S. in the 1992 Olympics.
Margaret Degidio 'Digit' Murphy
After a great career as a player at Cornell, the Cranston native won 318 games as Brown’s women’s coach.
She has been a tireless advocate for women’s hockey and women’s sports for two decades on the national and international stage.
