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12-28-2007, 12:59 PM
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Game 38 vs Medicine Hat
TONIGHT’S GAME: Tonight the Broncos enter action for the first time since December 15th to take on the Medicine Hat Tigers…This will be the 3rd of 5 meetings between the Broncos and Tigers this season…The Broncos have won both meetings so far recording a 7-2 victory on September 29th in Medicine Hat and a 3-0 shutout win on November 9th in Swift Current.
Eric Doyle (1 G, 3 A)has 4 points against the Tigersthis season, while Geordie Wudrick (2 G, 1 A), Levi Nelson (2 G, 1 A) and Michael Wilson (0 G, 3 A) all have 3 points…Travis Yonkman has played both games versus Medicine Hat and has a 0.961 save percentage and a 1.00 goals against average so far…The Broncos sit in 4th place in the East Division, 2 points behind the Warriors, 6 behind the Wheat Kings and 7 behind the Pats.
LAST GAME: The Swift Current Broncos wrapped up their 6 game West Coast road swing on December 15th with an 8-3 loss to the Seattle Thunderbirds…Justin Dowling, Erik Felde, and Geordie Wudrick all scored for the Broncos…Travis Yonkman recorded 33 saves, including a stop on a penalty shot in the 2nd period…The Broncos powerplay finished 1 for 8 in the contest, while the T-birds went 1 for 3…The Broncos ended the road trip with a 2-4 record over the six games, and finished the first half of the season with an 18-14-0-5 record.
NUMBERS: Zack Smith leads the Broncos in the points department with 12 goals and 24 assists…He is tied for 19th in the assists category amongst WHL skaters…Michael Wilson leads the Broncos and is 5th in league standings for +/-, rated +21…Wilson is 3rd in the point race among WHL defensemen with 33 (3 G, 30 A) and tied for 4th in assists among WHL skaters…Erik Felde scored his 18th goal of the season and 3rd in as many games against Seattle…He now has 35 points (18 G, 17 A) on the season and sits tied for 11th 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 17th amongst WHL skaters for goals and is tied for 8th place in power play goals…Eric Doyle has 8 goals and 21 assists on the season and is tied for 6th place in points and 4th in goals amongst WHL defensemen…Defenseman James Martin, the Broncos 2nd round draft choice from 2006 will be playing with the Club tonight…The Broncos are averaging 29 shots for per game, while scoring 3.3 goals per game…The team is giving up an average of 28 shots per game, while allowing 3.0 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: Dale Weise played his 150th WHL game against the Seattle Thunderbirds, while Ryan Molle will be playing his 100th WHL game tonight.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power play is tied for 8th in the WHL and currently operating at 19.7%…The team has scored 42 power play goals on 213 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 12th in the WHL with an 81.8% 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 38 vs Medicine Hat
TONIGHT’S GAME: Tonight the Broncos enter action for the first time since December 15th to take on the Medicine Hat Tigers…This will be the 3rd of 5 meetings between the Broncos and Tigers this season…The Broncos have won both meetings so far recording a 7-2 victory on September 29th in Medicine Hat and a 3-0 shutout win on November 9th in Swift Current.
Eric Doyle (1 G, 3 A)has 4 points against the Tigersthis season, while Geordie Wudrick (2 G, 1 A), Levi Nelson (2 G, 1 A) and Michael Wilson (0 G, 3 A) all have 3 points…Travis Yonkman has played both games versus Medicine Hat and has a 0.961 save percentage and a 1.00 goals against average so far…The Broncos sit in 4th place in the East Division, 2 points behind the Warriors, 6 behind the Wheat Kings and 7 behind the Pats.
LAST GAME: The Swift Current Broncos wrapped up their 6 game West Coast road swing on December 15th with an 8-3 loss to the Seattle Thunderbirds…Justin Dowling, Erik Felde, and Geordie Wudrick all scored for the Broncos…Travis Yonkman recorded 33 saves, including a stop on a penalty shot in the 2nd period…The Broncos powerplay finished 1 for 8 in the contest, while the T-birds went 1 for 3…The Broncos ended the road trip with a 2-4 record over the six games, and finished the first half of the season with an 18-14-0-5 record.
NUMBERS: Zack Smith leads the Broncos in the points department with 12 goals and 24 assists…He is tied for 19th in the assists category amongst WHL skaters…Michael Wilson leads the Broncos and is 5th in league standings for +/-, rated +21…Wilson is 3rd in the point race among WHL defensemen with 33 (3 G, 30 A) and tied for 4th in assists among WHL skaters…Erik Felde scored his 18th goal of the season and 3rd in as many games against Seattle…He now has 35 points (18 G, 17 A) on the season and sits tied for 11th 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 17th amongst WHL skaters for goals and is tied for 8th place in power play goals…Eric Doyle has 8 goals and 21 assists on the season and is tied for 6th place in points and 4th in goals amongst WHL defensemen…Defenseman James Martin, the Broncos 2nd round draft choice from 2006 will be playing with the Club tonight…The Broncos are averaging 29 shots for per game, while scoring 3.3 goals per game…The team is giving up an average of 28 shots per game, while allowing 3.0 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: Dale Weise played his 150th WHL game against the Seattle Thunderbirds, while Ryan Molle will be playing his 100th WHL game tonight.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power play is tied for 8th in the WHL and currently operating at 19.7%…The team has scored 42 power play goals on 213 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 12th in the WHL with an 81.8% 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)