Scout
12-07-2007, 06:28 PM
Game 32 @ Kootenay
TONIGHT’S GAME: Tonight will be the second of four meetings between the Kootenay Ice and the Swift Current Broncos this season…The Ice won the first meeting 7-5 on November 30th in Swift Current.
Dale Wiese (2 G, 0 A), David Stieler (1 G, 1 A), Jan Dalecky (1 G, 1 A), Levi Nelson (0 G, 2 A)and Geordie Wudrick (0 G, 2 A)all have two points versus Kootenay this season…The Broncos currently sit in 3rd place in the East Division, 2 points behind the Regina Pats and 4 behind the Brandon Wheat Kings…The Broncos trail the Ice by 2 points in the overall Eastern Conference standings…Tonight’s game opens a 6 game in 9 day road swing for the Broncos as they close the first half schedule. They move on to Spokane tomorrow night in the first of 5 games against US Division opponents.
LAST GAME: The Swift Current Broncos skated to a 4-1 victory over the visiting Red Deer Rebels Tuesday night at the Credit Union i-plex…Dale Weise, Keegan Dansereau, Brad Hoban, and Michael Wilson all scored for the Broncos in the win, with 11 different Broncos picking up points…Broncos netminder Travis Yonkman made 20 saves for the win, as the Broncos outshot the Rebels 28-21…The Club finished 2 for 7 on the man advantage, while the Rebels went 1 for 6…The Broncos are now 3-0 in the season series with Red Deer.
NUMBERS: Zack Smith has 11 goals and 22 assists to lead the Broncos in the points department…He picked up his 22nd assist against the Ice and is tied for 13th in the assists category amongst WHL skaters…Michael Wilson leads the Broncos and is 4th in league standings for +/-, rated +21…He is currently tied for 2nd in the point race among WHL defensemen with 30…Wilson also sits in 5th for assists amongst WHL skaters with 27…Eric Doyle has 8 goals and 19 assists on the season and is tied for 6th amongst WHL defensemen for points and 3rd in goals…Levi Nelson recorded an assist in Tuesday night’s game to move his point streak to 3 games. He now has 10 goals and 19 assists on the season and has recorded 12 points in his last 8 games…Dale Weise leads the Broncos in goals with 16 and powerplay goals with 9…He currently sits tied for 13th amongst WHL skaters for goals and is tied for 6th place in power play goals…The Broncos are averaging 30 shots for per game, while scoring 3.6 goals per game…The team is giving up an average of 27 shots per game, while allowing 3 goals per game…The Broncos are an impressive 12-0-0-2 when leading after 40 minutes of play and 9-1-0-1 when leading after the 1st period.
MILESTONES: David Stieler played his 100th WHL game on November 30th against the Kootenay Ice…Levi Nelson scored the 50th goal of his career on December 1st against the Brandon Wheat Kings.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power play is ranked 5th in the WHL and currently operating at 21.2%…The team has scored 38 power play goals on 179 attempts…Dale Weise has 9 power play goals to lead the Broncos, while Michael Wilson has12 power play assists…On the penalty kill, the Broncos are 16th in the WHL with an 80.6% efficiency rating.
ROSTER: The Broncos roster currently consists of 22 players (2 goaltenders, 7 defensemen, 13 forwards)…The team has 3 – 20 year old players, 7 – 19 year old players, 4 – 18 year old players, 5 – 17 year old players, and 3 – 16 year old players…By location, the Broncos have 4 Saskatchewan born players, 8 Alberta born players, 5 British Columbia born players, 2 Manitoba born players, 2 players from the Czech Republic, and 1 American player…The Broncos average age is 18 while their average height is 6’0.5” and weight 186.9 lbs.
DRAFTED BRONCOS: Levi Nelson (Boston ’06)…Ryan Molle (New Jersey ’07)
TONIGHT’S GAME: Tonight will be the second of four meetings between the Kootenay Ice and the Swift Current Broncos this season…The Ice won the first meeting 7-5 on November 30th in Swift Current.
Dale Wiese (2 G, 0 A), David Stieler (1 G, 1 A), Jan Dalecky (1 G, 1 A), Levi Nelson (0 G, 2 A)and Geordie Wudrick (0 G, 2 A)all have two points versus Kootenay this season…The Broncos currently sit in 3rd place in the East Division, 2 points behind the Regina Pats and 4 behind the Brandon Wheat Kings…The Broncos trail the Ice by 2 points in the overall Eastern Conference standings…Tonight’s game opens a 6 game in 9 day road swing for the Broncos as they close the first half schedule. They move on to Spokane tomorrow night in the first of 5 games against US Division opponents.
LAST GAME: The Swift Current Broncos skated to a 4-1 victory over the visiting Red Deer Rebels Tuesday night at the Credit Union i-plex…Dale Weise, Keegan Dansereau, Brad Hoban, and Michael Wilson all scored for the Broncos in the win, with 11 different Broncos picking up points…Broncos netminder Travis Yonkman made 20 saves for the win, as the Broncos outshot the Rebels 28-21…The Club finished 2 for 7 on the man advantage, while the Rebels went 1 for 6…The Broncos are now 3-0 in the season series with Red Deer.
NUMBERS: Zack Smith has 11 goals and 22 assists to lead the Broncos in the points department…He picked up his 22nd assist against the Ice and is tied for 13th in the assists category amongst WHL skaters…Michael Wilson leads the Broncos and is 4th in league standings for +/-, rated +21…He is currently tied for 2nd in the point race among WHL defensemen with 30…Wilson also sits in 5th for assists amongst WHL skaters with 27…Eric Doyle has 8 goals and 19 assists on the season and is tied for 6th amongst WHL defensemen for points and 3rd in goals…Levi Nelson recorded an assist in Tuesday night’s game to move his point streak to 3 games. He now has 10 goals and 19 assists on the season and has recorded 12 points in his last 8 games…Dale Weise leads the Broncos in goals with 16 and powerplay goals with 9…He currently sits tied for 13th amongst WHL skaters for goals and is tied for 6th place in power play goals…The Broncos are averaging 30 shots for per game, while scoring 3.6 goals per game…The team is giving up an average of 27 shots per game, while allowing 3 goals per game…The Broncos are an impressive 12-0-0-2 when leading after 40 minutes of play and 9-1-0-1 when leading after the 1st period.
MILESTONES: David Stieler played his 100th WHL game on November 30th against the Kootenay Ice…Levi Nelson scored the 50th goal of his career on December 1st against the Brandon Wheat Kings.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power play is ranked 5th in the WHL and currently operating at 21.2%…The team has scored 38 power play goals on 179 attempts…Dale Weise has 9 power play goals to lead the Broncos, while Michael Wilson has12 power play assists…On the penalty kill, the Broncos are 16th in the WHL with an 80.6% efficiency rating.
ROSTER: The Broncos roster currently consists of 22 players (2 goaltenders, 7 defensemen, 13 forwards)…The team has 3 – 20 year old players, 7 – 19 year old players, 4 – 18 year old players, 5 – 17 year old players, and 3 – 16 year old players…By location, the Broncos have 4 Saskatchewan born players, 8 Alberta born players, 5 British Columbia born players, 2 Manitoba born players, 2 players from the Czech Republic, and 1 American player…The Broncos average age is 18 while their average height is 6’0.5” and weight 186.9 lbs.
DRAFTED BRONCOS: Levi Nelson (Boston ’06)…Ryan Molle (New Jersey ’07)