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01-22-2008, 04:24 PM
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Game 49 @ Moose Jaw
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Broncos and the Moose Jaw Warriors meet tonight for only the 3rd time this season…The teams will play each other 5 more times from now until the end of the regular season, for a total of 8 games…The Broncos have won both previous games in Moose Jaw this season defeating the Warriors 3-2 in overtime on Sept. 21st and 2-1 in the shoot-out on Nov. 24th.
Zack Smith (2 G, 0 A) and Michael Wilson (0 G, 2 A) both have 2 points against the Warriors this season,while Eric Doyle (1 G, 0 A), Matt Tassone (1 G, 0 A), Dale Weise (0 G, 1 A), David Stieler (0 G, 1 A) and Keegan Dansereau (0 G, 1 A) all have 1 point…Travis Yonkman has a .951 SV% and a 1.42 GAA versus the Warriors…The Broncos sit in 4th place in the East Division, 7 points behind the Brandon Wheat Kings, 9 points behind the Moose Jaw Warriors and 15 points behind the Regina Pats…Next action for the Club is Friday night when the Kelowna Rockets travel to Swift Current.
LAST GAME: The Broncos saw their 4 game home winning streak come to an end Saturday night, falling to the Vancouver Giants by a score of 2-1…Geordie Wudrick, with his 11th of the season, scored the lone marker for the Broncos, assisted by Bretton Stamler…The Club finished 0 for 4 on the man advantage, while the Giants went 2 for 7…Travis Yonkman made 37 saves in the defeat…The loss keeps the Broncos in 8th place in the Eastern Conference, 6 points back of Medicine Hat.
NUMBERS: Captain Zack Smith (18 G, 30 A)continues tolead the Broncos in the points department and sits tied for 20th place amongst WHL skaters…Geordie Wudrick scored the Broncos lone goal against the Giants on Saturday to move his point streak to 3 games. He now has 23 points (11 G, 12 A) in 43 games…Wudrick was also selected to compete in the 2008 Home Hardware CHL-NHL Top Prospects game on January 22nd and 23rd…Dale Weise has scored 23 goals this season, 10 of them coming on the power play…He currently sits tied for 13th amongst WHL skaters for goals and is tied for 9th place in power play goals…Levi Nelson has tallied points in 8 of his last 11 games (5 G, 6 A) and has 41 points (15 G, 26 A) in 44 games played…Eric Doyle has 9 goals and 30 assists on the season and is 3rd in points and is tied for 4th place in goals amongst WHL defensemen… The Broncos currently have 8 skaters that have hit the 30 point plateau…Last year at this time the team only had two…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 16-1-0-2 when leading after 40 minutes of play and 13-3-0-1 when leading after the 1st period.
MILESTONES: Eric Doyle played his 150th WHL game on Jan. 12th, while Michael Wilson playedhis150th WHL game Jan. 11th…Dale Weise is 2 points away from hitting his 100th career point.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power play is 13th in the WHL and is currently operating at 18.5%…The team has scored 50 power play goals on 270 attempts…David Stieler and Dale Weise have 10 power play goals apiece to lead the Broncos, while Michael Wilson and Eric Doyle bothhave16 power play assists…On the penalty kill, the Broncos are 16th in the WHL with an 80.3% efficiency rating.
ROSTER: The Broncos roster currently consists of 23 players (2 goaltenders, 8 defensemen, 13 forwards)…The team has 3 – 20 year old players, 8 – 19 year old players, 5 – 18 year old players, 4 – 17 year old players, and 3 – 16 year old players…By location, the Broncos have 4 Saskatchewan born players, 10 Alberta born players, 3 British Columbia born players, 2 Manitoba born players, 2 players from the Czech Republic, and 2 American players…The Broncos average age is 18.2 while their average height is 6’0.5” and weight 188.9 lbs.
INJURIES: Derek Claffey will miss tonight’s game due to a shoulder injury.
DRAFTED BRONCOS: Ryan Molle (New Jersey ‘07)…Levi Nelson (Boston ‘06)…Jesse Dudas (Columbus ’06)
Game 49 @ Moose Jaw
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Broncos and the Moose Jaw Warriors meet tonight for only the 3rd time this season…The teams will play each other 5 more times from now until the end of the regular season, for a total of 8 games…The Broncos have won both previous games in Moose Jaw this season defeating the Warriors 3-2 in overtime on Sept. 21st and 2-1 in the shoot-out on Nov. 24th.
Zack Smith (2 G, 0 A) and Michael Wilson (0 G, 2 A) both have 2 points against the Warriors this season,while Eric Doyle (1 G, 0 A), Matt Tassone (1 G, 0 A), Dale Weise (0 G, 1 A), David Stieler (0 G, 1 A) and Keegan Dansereau (0 G, 1 A) all have 1 point…Travis Yonkman has a .951 SV% and a 1.42 GAA versus the Warriors…The Broncos sit in 4th place in the East Division, 7 points behind the Brandon Wheat Kings, 9 points behind the Moose Jaw Warriors and 15 points behind the Regina Pats…Next action for the Club is Friday night when the Kelowna Rockets travel to Swift Current.
LAST GAME: The Broncos saw their 4 game home winning streak come to an end Saturday night, falling to the Vancouver Giants by a score of 2-1…Geordie Wudrick, with his 11th of the season, scored the lone marker for the Broncos, assisted by Bretton Stamler…The Club finished 0 for 4 on the man advantage, while the Giants went 2 for 7…Travis Yonkman made 37 saves in the defeat…The loss keeps the Broncos in 8th place in the Eastern Conference, 6 points back of Medicine Hat.
NUMBERS: Captain Zack Smith (18 G, 30 A)continues tolead the Broncos in the points department and sits tied for 20th place amongst WHL skaters…Geordie Wudrick scored the Broncos lone goal against the Giants on Saturday to move his point streak to 3 games. He now has 23 points (11 G, 12 A) in 43 games…Wudrick was also selected to compete in the 2008 Home Hardware CHL-NHL Top Prospects game on January 22nd and 23rd…Dale Weise has scored 23 goals this season, 10 of them coming on the power play…He currently sits tied for 13th amongst WHL skaters for goals and is tied for 9th place in power play goals…Levi Nelson has tallied points in 8 of his last 11 games (5 G, 6 A) and has 41 points (15 G, 26 A) in 44 games played…Eric Doyle has 9 goals and 30 assists on the season and is 3rd in points and is tied for 4th place in goals amongst WHL defensemen… The Broncos currently have 8 skaters that have hit the 30 point plateau…Last year at this time the team only had two…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 16-1-0-2 when leading after 40 minutes of play and 13-3-0-1 when leading after the 1st period.
MILESTONES: Eric Doyle played his 150th WHL game on Jan. 12th, while Michael Wilson playedhis150th WHL game Jan. 11th…Dale Weise is 2 points away from hitting his 100th career point.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power play is 13th in the WHL and is currently operating at 18.5%…The team has scored 50 power play goals on 270 attempts…David Stieler and Dale Weise have 10 power play goals apiece to lead the Broncos, while Michael Wilson and Eric Doyle bothhave16 power play assists…On the penalty kill, the Broncos are 16th in the WHL with an 80.3% efficiency rating.
ROSTER: The Broncos roster currently consists of 23 players (2 goaltenders, 8 defensemen, 13 forwards)…The team has 3 – 20 year old players, 8 – 19 year old players, 5 – 18 year old players, 4 – 17 year old players, and 3 – 16 year old players…By location, the Broncos have 4 Saskatchewan born players, 10 Alberta born players, 3 British Columbia born players, 2 Manitoba born players, 2 players from the Czech Republic, and 2 American players…The Broncos average age is 18.2 while their average height is 6’0.5” and weight 188.9 lbs.
INJURIES: Derek Claffey will miss tonight’s game due to a shoulder injury.
DRAFTED BRONCOS: Ryan Molle (New Jersey ‘07)…Levi Nelson (Boston ‘06)…Jesse Dudas (Columbus ’06)