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12-15-2007, 05:33 PM
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Game 37 @ Seattle
TONIGHT’S GAME: Tonight the Swift Current Broncos wrap up their west coast swing against the Seattle Thunderbirds; the only meeting between the two club’s this season…The Broncos won the lone meeting last season beating the Thunderbirds 2-1 in the shoot-out in Swift Current.
Travis Yonkman made 36 saves in regulation and stopped all 5 Seattle shooters in the shoot-out for the win…Zack Smith scored the lone shoot-out goal for the Broncos…The Broncos currently sit tied with the Moose Jaw Warriors for 3rd place in the East Division and 7th in the Eastern Conference...The Club will now break for the holidays, next action is December 28th when the Medicine Hat Tigers travel to Swift Current.
LAST GAME: The Swift Current Broncos were handed a tough 3-1 loss to the Portland Winter Hawks last night…Eric Felde scored the Broncos' only goal midway through the second period, assisted by Michael Wilson…Netminder Travis Yonkman made 40 saves in a losing effort…The Broncos powerplay finished 0 for 4 in the contest, failing to score for the first time in three games…The Broncos penalty killing unit, which had not allowed a goal in 16 opportunities in four games over the road trip, allowed 2 goals on 8 Winter Hawks’ power plays…With the loss the Broncos record drops to 18-13-0-5 with 41 points.
NUMBERS: Zack Smith leads the Broncos in the points department with 12 goals and 24 assists…He is tied for 13th in the assists category amongst WHL skaters…Michael Wilson leads the Broncos and is 5th in league standings for +/-, rated +23…Wilson earned his 30th assist of the season against the Winter Hawks and 3rd in three games…He is now tied with Vancouver’s Jonathon Blum and Kootenay’s John Negrin for top spot among defenseman in assists…Wilson is 2nd in the point race among WHL defensemen with 33…Erik Felde scored his 17th goal of the season and second in as many games against Portland, he now has 33 points (17 G, 16 A) on the season and sits tied for 15th in goals among WHL skaters…Dale Weise has recorded 17 goals on the season, 9 of them coming on the power play…He currently sits tied for 15th amongst WHL skaters for goals and is tied for 7th place in power play goals…Eric Doyle has 8 goals and 21 assists on the season and is 6th amongst WHL defensemen for points and is tied for 4th in goals…Travis Yonkman is 7th in the league in both save percentage at 0.914 and goals against average at 2.38…The Broncos are averaging 29 shots for per game, while scoring 3.3 goals per game…The team is giving up an average of 27 shots per game, while allowing 2.9 goals per game…The Broncos are an impressive 13-0-0-2 when leading after 40 minutes of play and 11-2-0-1 when leading after the 1st period.
MILESTONES: Eric Doyle & Michael Wilson both played their 140th WHL game Wednesday night against Everett…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 7th in the WHL and currently operating at 20.0%…The team has scored 41 power play goals on 205 attempts…Dale Weise has 9 power play goals to lead the Broncos, while Michael Wilson has13 power play assists…On the penalty kill, the Broncos are tied for 10th in the WHL with an 82.1% 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)
Game 37 @ Seattle
TONIGHT’S GAME: Tonight the Swift Current Broncos wrap up their west coast swing against the Seattle Thunderbirds; the only meeting between the two club’s this season…The Broncos won the lone meeting last season beating the Thunderbirds 2-1 in the shoot-out in Swift Current.
Travis Yonkman made 36 saves in regulation and stopped all 5 Seattle shooters in the shoot-out for the win…Zack Smith scored the lone shoot-out goal for the Broncos…The Broncos currently sit tied with the Moose Jaw Warriors for 3rd place in the East Division and 7th in the Eastern Conference...The Club will now break for the holidays, next action is December 28th when the Medicine Hat Tigers travel to Swift Current.
LAST GAME: The Swift Current Broncos were handed a tough 3-1 loss to the Portland Winter Hawks last night…Eric Felde scored the Broncos' only goal midway through the second period, assisted by Michael Wilson…Netminder Travis Yonkman made 40 saves in a losing effort…The Broncos powerplay finished 0 for 4 in the contest, failing to score for the first time in three games…The Broncos penalty killing unit, which had not allowed a goal in 16 opportunities in four games over the road trip, allowed 2 goals on 8 Winter Hawks’ power plays…With the loss the Broncos record drops to 18-13-0-5 with 41 points.
NUMBERS: Zack Smith leads the Broncos in the points department with 12 goals and 24 assists…He is tied for 13th in the assists category amongst WHL skaters…Michael Wilson leads the Broncos and is 5th in league standings for +/-, rated +23…Wilson earned his 30th assist of the season against the Winter Hawks and 3rd in three games…He is now tied with Vancouver’s Jonathon Blum and Kootenay’s John Negrin for top spot among defenseman in assists…Wilson is 2nd in the point race among WHL defensemen with 33…Erik Felde scored his 17th goal of the season and second in as many games against Portland, he now has 33 points (17 G, 16 A) on the season and sits tied for 15th in goals among WHL skaters…Dale Weise has recorded 17 goals on the season, 9 of them coming on the power play…He currently sits tied for 15th amongst WHL skaters for goals and is tied for 7th place in power play goals…Eric Doyle has 8 goals and 21 assists on the season and is 6th amongst WHL defensemen for points and is tied for 4th in goals…Travis Yonkman is 7th in the league in both save percentage at 0.914 and goals against average at 2.38…The Broncos are averaging 29 shots for per game, while scoring 3.3 goals per game…The team is giving up an average of 27 shots per game, while allowing 2.9 goals per game…The Broncos are an impressive 13-0-0-2 when leading after 40 minutes of play and 11-2-0-1 when leading after the 1st period.
MILESTONES: Eric Doyle & Michael Wilson both played their 140th WHL game Wednesday night against Everett…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 7th in the WHL and currently operating at 20.0%…The team has scored 41 power play goals on 205 attempts…Dale Weise has 9 power play goals to lead the Broncos, while Michael Wilson has13 power play assists…On the penalty kill, the Broncos are tied for 10th in the WHL with an 82.1% 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)