Game 41 Versus Lethbridge

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Game 41 vs. Lethbridge
TONIGHT’S GAME: Tonight will be the 3rd of four meetings between the Lethbridge Hurricanes and the Swift Current Broncos this season… The Broncos have won both meetings so far recording a 3-1 victory on October 2nd in Lethbridge and a 5-2 win on October 16th in Swift Current.

Keegan Dansereau (2 G, 1 A), Erik Felde (1 G, 2 A) and David Stieler (0 G, 3 A) all have 3 points against the Hurricanesthis season, while Zack Smith (1 G, 1 A), Dale Weise (1 G, 1 A) and Michael Wilson (0 G, 2 A) have 2 points…Travis Yonkman has played both games versus Lethbridge and has a 0.939 save percentage and a 1.50 goals against average so far…The Broncos sit in 4th place in the East Division, 4 points behind the Warriors, 6 behind the Wheat Kings and 8 behind the Pats.

LAST GAME: The Broncos snapped a 4 game losing skid last night recording a 2-1 overtime victory over the Regina Pats…Levi Nelson picked up the Broncos’ only goal in regulation play, assisted by Zack Smith and Erik Felde…Michael Wilson scored the game winning goal with 1.3 seconds left in overtime, assisted by Eric Doyle and Zack Smith…Travis Yonkman got the start in net, making 25 saves…Final shots on net were 30 - 26 in favour of the Broncos…With the win the Broncos’ record improved to 19-16-0-5 with 43 points…The Club finished 0 for 4 on the man advantage, while the Pats went 0 for 5.

NUMBERS: Zack Smith leads the Broncos in the points department with (14 G, 28 A) 42…He recorded 2 assists in Tuesday night’s contest against the Pats and now sits tied for 11th place in assists and 15th place in points amongst WHL skaters…Michael Wilson leads the Broncos and is tied for 12th place in league standings for +/-, rated +18…Wilson is placed 3rd in the point race among WHL defensemen with 37 (4 G, 33 A) and tied for 3rd in assists among WHL skaters…Erik Felde has 35 points (17 G, 18 A) on the season and sits tied for 19th in goals among WHL skaters…Levi Nelson has recorded 4 goals in his past 3 games and now has (14 G, 21 A) 35 points so far this season…Dale Weise has 18 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 8th place in power play goals…Eric Doyle has 9 goals and 24 assists on the season and is tied for 3rd place in goals and is 4th in points amongst WHL defensemen…15 year old Christian Magnus and 16 year old David Greyeyes will be joining the Broncos for tonight’s game…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 3.1 goals per game…The Broncos are an impressive 13-1-0-2 when leading after 40 minutes of play and 12-3-0-1 when leading after the 1st period.

MILESTONES: Spencer McAvoy will be playing his150th WHL game tonight against the Lethbridge Hurricanes, while Derek Claffey is 2 games away from playing his100th WHL game.

SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power play is 8th in the WHL and currently operating at 19.9%…The team has scored 45 power play goals on 226 attempts…Dale Weise has 9 power play goals to lead the Broncos, while Michael Wilson has16 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)

[Toswammi]

First look at Greyeyes tonight

[Link Dog]

And at former Yankee southpaw pitcher Dean Chynoweth.

[stick boy]

Could someone please explain what led the coach to toss the bottles at the zebras. Was it purely something they did or was it frustration over his team's inability to play hockey at a AA PeeWee level?

[ointhecreek]

Steiler went to flip the puck to the linesman Balaberda and it hit him in the face. Balaberda then talked to the ref Klein and the Broncos got a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct. I'm sure Steiler never meant to hit idiot Balaberda in the face, was just trying to flip him the puck like all players do and the klutz missed it. This guy causes problems every time he's here and doesn't deserve to be in this league. :clown:

[Flathead]

Steiler went to flip the puck to the linesman Balaberda and it hit him in the face. Balaberda then talked to the ref Klein and the Broncos got a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct. I'm sure Steiler never meant to hit idiot Balaberda in the face, was just trying to flip him the puck like all players do and the klutz missed it. This guy causes problems every time he's here and doesn't deserve to be in this league. :clown:
ya, Steiler saw the linesman so he flipped the puck up to him(like players always do) what Steiler didn't realize is that for some unknown reason Balaberda was coming in at mach one, like a crazed mad man, for no reason at all? And because of this the puck hit him in the mug. Steiler didn't even see what had happened he just skated to the bench. Line changes were made and everyone lined up for the face off, but Balaberda wouldn't let it go and the whole time was yipping to the ref like an upset fan and all of sudden there was an unsportsmanlike penalty called, well after the whole accidental incident had happened.
That's when Dean let go let go three and half years of "bottled" up emotion and let a couple water bottles fly, one hitting Balaberda in the head. For me it was nice to see and imo about time Dean showed some emotion on the bench.