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02-20-2008, 01:02 PM
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Game 62 vs Kootenay Ice
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Broncos open a 6 game home stand tonight by entertaining the Kootenay Ice…This will be the 3rd of 4 meetings between the clubs this season, the Broncos travel to Cranbrook the 2nd last weekend of the season for the final match up.
So far, the teams have split the season series...The Ice won game one 7-5 on Nov. 30th in Swift Current, while the Broncos won game two 1-0 on Dec. 7th in Cranbrook...Erik Felde (2 G, 0 A), Dale Weise (2 G, 0 A), Jan Dalecky (1 G, 1 A), David Stieler (1 G, 1 A), Levi Nelson (0 G, 2 A) and Geordie Wudrick (0 G, 2 A) all have 2 points against the Ice this season…Travis Yonkman has a .951 save percentage and a 1.70 goals against average versus the Ice…The Broncos trail the 4th place Ice by just 3 points entering tonight’s game…The Broncos are currently in 6th place in the Eastern Conference, 2 points back of Medicine Hat and only 4 points back of Regina for the East Division lead...There are only 6 points separating the 1st place Regina Pats and the 4th place Moose Jaw Warriors in the race for the East Division crown.
LAST GAME: The Broncos dropped back to 6th place in the Eastern Conference, after falling 7-3 to the Prince Albert Raiders on Saturday night…David Stieler, Erik Felde and Keegan Dansereau scored for the Broncos, while Jesse Dudas picked up a pair of assists…Travis Yonkman and Mark Guggenberger combined for 20 saves in the loss...The Broncos finished 2 for 8 on the man advantage, while the Raiders went 3 for 4.
NUMBERS: Zack Smith has recorded 6 points (1 G, 5 A) over his last 6 games and continues to lead the Broncos in the points department with 60 (19 G, 41 A)…Erik Felde hit the 50 point mark Saturday night picking up his 22nd goal of the season…Levi Nelson picked up his 50th pointof the seasonFriday night thanks to an assist on the game winning goal versus the Warriors...Smith and Nelson are both one goal shy of hitting the 20 goal plateau…David Stieler tallied his 20th goal of the season on Saturday night against the Raiders and has recorded 5 points over his last 5 games (4 G, 1 A)…Justin Dowling is on a 4 game point streak (1 G, 3 A) thanks to an assist on Saturday night versus the Raiders...Dowling is the team’s leading rookie in the points department with 24 so far this season...Jesse Dudas has recorded 3 points (0 G, 3 A) in his last 2 games…Eric Doyle (9 G, 35 A) is 5thin points among WHL defensemen, while Michael Wilson (5 G, 37 A) is 8th…The Broncos need one more point to clinch a playoff spot for the 21st time in 22 years since returning to Swift Current in 1986…After 61 games of the 2006-2007 season the Broncos record was 26-33-1-2, while their record is 34-22-0-5 after 61 games played this season…The Broncos are an impressive 24-1-0-2 when leading after the 2nd period and 26-5-0-3 when they score the first goal of the game…The Broncos are 13-6-0-3 against teams from the Central Division in 2007/08.
MILESTONES: Zack Smith tallied this 100th WHL career point on Tuesday, while Erik Felde recorded his 100th WHL career point on February 5th…Bretton Stamler is 5 points away from hitting his 100th point mark in his career.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power play is 12th in the WHL and is currently operating at 18.4%…The team has scored 63 power play goals on 342 attempts…David Stieler has 13 power play goals to lead the Broncos, while Eric Doyle has19 power play assists…On the penalty kill, the Broncos are 11th in the WHL with an 82.6% 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: Jan Dalecky and Mike Brown will miss tonight’s game with concussions, while Dale Weise is out with a shoulder injury.
DRAFTED BRONCOS: Ryan Molle (New Jersey ‘07)…Levi Nelson (Boston ‘06)…Jesse Dudas (Columbus ’06).
Game 62 vs Kootenay Ice
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Broncos open a 6 game home stand tonight by entertaining the Kootenay Ice…This will be the 3rd of 4 meetings between the clubs this season, the Broncos travel to Cranbrook the 2nd last weekend of the season for the final match up.
So far, the teams have split the season series...The Ice won game one 7-5 on Nov. 30th in Swift Current, while the Broncos won game two 1-0 on Dec. 7th in Cranbrook...Erik Felde (2 G, 0 A), Dale Weise (2 G, 0 A), Jan Dalecky (1 G, 1 A), David Stieler (1 G, 1 A), Levi Nelson (0 G, 2 A) and Geordie Wudrick (0 G, 2 A) all have 2 points against the Ice this season…Travis Yonkman has a .951 save percentage and a 1.70 goals against average versus the Ice…The Broncos trail the 4th place Ice by just 3 points entering tonight’s game…The Broncos are currently in 6th place in the Eastern Conference, 2 points back of Medicine Hat and only 4 points back of Regina for the East Division lead...There are only 6 points separating the 1st place Regina Pats and the 4th place Moose Jaw Warriors in the race for the East Division crown.
LAST GAME: The Broncos dropped back to 6th place in the Eastern Conference, after falling 7-3 to the Prince Albert Raiders on Saturday night…David Stieler, Erik Felde and Keegan Dansereau scored for the Broncos, while Jesse Dudas picked up a pair of assists…Travis Yonkman and Mark Guggenberger combined for 20 saves in the loss...The Broncos finished 2 for 8 on the man advantage, while the Raiders went 3 for 4.
NUMBERS: Zack Smith has recorded 6 points (1 G, 5 A) over his last 6 games and continues to lead the Broncos in the points department with 60 (19 G, 41 A)…Erik Felde hit the 50 point mark Saturday night picking up his 22nd goal of the season…Levi Nelson picked up his 50th pointof the seasonFriday night thanks to an assist on the game winning goal versus the Warriors...Smith and Nelson are both one goal shy of hitting the 20 goal plateau…David Stieler tallied his 20th goal of the season on Saturday night against the Raiders and has recorded 5 points over his last 5 games (4 G, 1 A)…Justin Dowling is on a 4 game point streak (1 G, 3 A) thanks to an assist on Saturday night versus the Raiders...Dowling is the team’s leading rookie in the points department with 24 so far this season...Jesse Dudas has recorded 3 points (0 G, 3 A) in his last 2 games…Eric Doyle (9 G, 35 A) is 5thin points among WHL defensemen, while Michael Wilson (5 G, 37 A) is 8th…The Broncos need one more point to clinch a playoff spot for the 21st time in 22 years since returning to Swift Current in 1986…After 61 games of the 2006-2007 season the Broncos record was 26-33-1-2, while their record is 34-22-0-5 after 61 games played this season…The Broncos are an impressive 24-1-0-2 when leading after the 2nd period and 26-5-0-3 when they score the first goal of the game…The Broncos are 13-6-0-3 against teams from the Central Division in 2007/08.
MILESTONES: Zack Smith tallied this 100th WHL career point on Tuesday, while Erik Felde recorded his 100th WHL career point on February 5th…Bretton Stamler is 5 points away from hitting his 100th point mark in his career.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power play is 12th in the WHL and is currently operating at 18.4%…The team has scored 63 power play goals on 342 attempts…David Stieler has 13 power play goals to lead the Broncos, while Eric Doyle has19 power play assists…On the penalty kill, the Broncos are 11th in the WHL with an 82.6% 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: Jan Dalecky and Mike Brown will miss tonight’s game with concussions, while Dale Weise is out with a shoulder injury.
DRAFTED BRONCOS: Ryan Molle (New Jersey ‘07)…Levi Nelson (Boston ‘06)…Jesse Dudas (Columbus ’06).