PROVIDENCE — Tragedy struck after a Providence Bruins hockey game Friday night, when a 14-year-old Scituate boy went to claim a video-game system prize and fell at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center.

The boy — whose name was not released yesterday — was taken to Hasbro Children’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead early yesterday.

Lawrence Lepore, general manager of the Dunkin’ Donuts Center, said the incident occurred at approximately 11:50 p.m., following a game between the Providence Bruins and the Portland Pirates, at which the P-Bruins had hosted a promotional Revival Night, an annual event where church congregants gather at a P-Bruins game.

The boy was a member of the Word of Life Fellowship, a Christian outreach youth group based in Schroon Lake, N.Y., that works with local churches and was sponsoring an overnight event in the Providence area, said John Nelson, the group’s executive vice president of operations.

Nelson didn’t know with which area church the boy was affiliated.

As part of the group’s arrangement with the P-Bruins, more than 1,000 people — including girls and boys ranging in ages from 13 to 18 and their chaperones — stayed after the game playing a variety of games on the rink, according to Lepore and Nelson.

The boy — who did not participate in the after-game competitions — won the raffle’s grand prize, a Nintendo Wii game console, according to Lepore.

“He came down from the stands to get his prize and he either tripped or fell or collapsed,” Lepore said yesterday. The boy was taken by New England Ambulance to Hasbro Children’s Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

New England Ambulance rescue vehicles and emergency medical personnel are privately hired by the center and are on standby at the arena at every game in case of injuries to players or fans, Lepore said.

Word of Life has offered counseling to those who attended the event with the boy, said Nelson. All attendees have already returned to their homes.

The Providence Police Department is investigating the death pending the results of an autopsy by the state medical examiner’s office.

The death does not appear suspicious, Detective Daniel Fanning said.

The state medical examiner’s office did not return a telephone message left yesterday.

Providence police said they were not notified until yesterday morning about the incident.

“I don’t know why we were not contacted,” said Detective Sgt. John O’Connor yesterday afternoon. “Neither the center nor the team contacted us.”

Lepore confirmed that the police were not called Friday night.

“When he was transported from here, it was still a medical call, which we wouldn’t have notified [the police], never had in the past,” he said.

“It would have been the hospital who had the information and should have contacted the police.”

Lepore said he called the police at 8 a.m. yesterday after he arrived at work and learned from the center’s medical staff — who had checked on the boy’s condition — that he had died.

P-Bruins spokesman Kevin Boryczki did not return telephone calls from the Journal yesterday.

On Nov. 16, Providence Bruins goaltender Jordan Sigalet collapsed on the ice in front of his net midway through the third period of a game against the Worcester Sharks and was taken to Rhode Island Hospital.

Sigalet, who has multiple sclerosis, remains in the hospital in stable condition.

marmenta@projo.com