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03-12-2008, 06:23 PM
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Game 70 @ Saskatoon
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Swift Current Broncos and the Saskatoon Blades match up tonight for the 8th and final time this season.
The Broncos have taken 13 of a possible 14 points against the Blades thus far this season winning the last 6 meetings after losing the opening game in a shootout…Against the Blades this season Geordie Wudrick (2 G, 7 A) has 9 points, while Dale Weise (6 G, 2 A), Keegan Dansereau (4 G, 4 A), Eric Doyle (3 G, 5 A), Erik Felde (3 G, 5 A), Levi Nelson (2 G, 6 A) and Zack Smith (2 G, 6 A) all have 8 points…Travis Yonkman has a .933 SV% and a 1.97 GAA versus Saskatoon, while Mark Guggenberger has a .944 SV% and a 1.67 GAA…The Broncos currently sit tied in 7th place in the Eastern Conference with 85 points and 3 games remaining…The Broncos trail Moose Jaw by 1 point, while they sit 5 points behind Kootenay and the East Division leading Regina Pats…Next action is Friday night when the Broncos travel to Moose Jaw.
LAST GAME: The Broncos dropped a 3-1 decision to the Kootenay Ice Saturday night…Cody Eakin, with his 11th of the season, scored the lone marker for the Broncos, assisted by Justin Dowling…The Club finished 0 for 3 on the man advantage, while the Ice went 1 for 4…Mark Guggenberger made 29 saves in the defeat…The Broncos and Ice split the season series, winning two games apiece…With the loss the Broncos fall into a tie with Brandon for 7th in the Eastern Conference.
NUMBERS: Zack Smith continues to lead the Broncos in the points department with 66 (21 G, 45 A) and has picked up 5 points (2 G, 3 A) in his last 3 games…Cody Eakin scored the only Broncos goal on Saturday night and is on a 2 game goal streak…Justin Dowling picked up a pair of points (0 G, 2 A) this past weekend...Dowling is the Broncos leading rookie in the points department with 7 goals and 19 assists so far this season…Keegan Dansereau saw his 6 game point streak (0 G, 10 A) snapped Saturday night against the Ice…Team leading scorer, Dale Weise has picked up a pair of points in his last 2 games (1 G, 1 A) and has 47 points on the season…David Stieler has recorded 3 goals and 1 assist in his last 4 games…Geordie Wudrick has recorded 3 points (0 G, 3 A) in his last 3 games…Eric Doyle (9 G, 38 A) is tied for 6th in points among WHL defensemen, while Michael Wilson (6 G, 40 A) is 8th…The Broncos are 6-2-1-1 in their last 10 games and 3-1-0-1 so far in March after going 8-2-1-0 in February…The Broncos are an impressive 26-1-0-2 when leading after the 2nd period and 29-5-0-3 when they score the first goal of the game…The Broncos are 17-15-0-2 while playing on the road this season and 18-11-0-2 against the East Division.
MILESTONES: Levi Nelson tallied his 150th WHL career point Friday night, while Keegan Dansereau hit the 150 point plateau on Feb. 26th…Bretton Stamler is 4 points away from hitting the 100 point mark in his career.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power play is 13th in the WHL and is currently operating at 18.2%…The team has scored 69 power play goals on 380 attempts…David Stieler and Dale Weise both have 13 power play goals to lead the Broncos, while Eric Doyle has 21 power play assists…On the penalty kill, the Broncos are 11th in the WHL with an 82.9% efficiency rating.
ROSTER: The Broncos roster currently consists of 24 players (2 goaltenders, 8 defensemen, 14 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 4 – 16 year old players.
DRAFTED BRONCOS: Ryan Molle (New Jersey ‘07)…Levi Nelson (Boston ‘06)…Jesse Dudas (Columbus ’06).
Game 70 @ Saskatoon
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Swift Current Broncos and the Saskatoon Blades match up tonight for the 8th and final time this season.
The Broncos have taken 13 of a possible 14 points against the Blades thus far this season winning the last 6 meetings after losing the opening game in a shootout…Against the Blades this season Geordie Wudrick (2 G, 7 A) has 9 points, while Dale Weise (6 G, 2 A), Keegan Dansereau (4 G, 4 A), Eric Doyle (3 G, 5 A), Erik Felde (3 G, 5 A), Levi Nelson (2 G, 6 A) and Zack Smith (2 G, 6 A) all have 8 points…Travis Yonkman has a .933 SV% and a 1.97 GAA versus Saskatoon, while Mark Guggenberger has a .944 SV% and a 1.67 GAA…The Broncos currently sit tied in 7th place in the Eastern Conference with 85 points and 3 games remaining…The Broncos trail Moose Jaw by 1 point, while they sit 5 points behind Kootenay and the East Division leading Regina Pats…Next action is Friday night when the Broncos travel to Moose Jaw.
LAST GAME: The Broncos dropped a 3-1 decision to the Kootenay Ice Saturday night…Cody Eakin, with his 11th of the season, scored the lone marker for the Broncos, assisted by Justin Dowling…The Club finished 0 for 3 on the man advantage, while the Ice went 1 for 4…Mark Guggenberger made 29 saves in the defeat…The Broncos and Ice split the season series, winning two games apiece…With the loss the Broncos fall into a tie with Brandon for 7th in the Eastern Conference.
NUMBERS: Zack Smith continues to lead the Broncos in the points department with 66 (21 G, 45 A) and has picked up 5 points (2 G, 3 A) in his last 3 games…Cody Eakin scored the only Broncos goal on Saturday night and is on a 2 game goal streak…Justin Dowling picked up a pair of points (0 G, 2 A) this past weekend...Dowling is the Broncos leading rookie in the points department with 7 goals and 19 assists so far this season…Keegan Dansereau saw his 6 game point streak (0 G, 10 A) snapped Saturday night against the Ice…Team leading scorer, Dale Weise has picked up a pair of points in his last 2 games (1 G, 1 A) and has 47 points on the season…David Stieler has recorded 3 goals and 1 assist in his last 4 games…Geordie Wudrick has recorded 3 points (0 G, 3 A) in his last 3 games…Eric Doyle (9 G, 38 A) is tied for 6th in points among WHL defensemen, while Michael Wilson (6 G, 40 A) is 8th…The Broncos are 6-2-1-1 in their last 10 games and 3-1-0-1 so far in March after going 8-2-1-0 in February…The Broncos are an impressive 26-1-0-2 when leading after the 2nd period and 29-5-0-3 when they score the first goal of the game…The Broncos are 17-15-0-2 while playing on the road this season and 18-11-0-2 against the East Division.
MILESTONES: Levi Nelson tallied his 150th WHL career point Friday night, while Keegan Dansereau hit the 150 point plateau on Feb. 26th…Bretton Stamler is 4 points away from hitting the 100 point mark in his career.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power play is 13th in the WHL and is currently operating at 18.2%…The team has scored 69 power play goals on 380 attempts…David Stieler and Dale Weise both have 13 power play goals to lead the Broncos, while Eric Doyle has 21 power play assists…On the penalty kill, the Broncos are 11th in the WHL with an 82.9% efficiency rating.
ROSTER: The Broncos roster currently consists of 24 players (2 goaltenders, 8 defensemen, 14 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 4 – 16 year old players.
DRAFTED BRONCOS: Ryan Molle (New Jersey ‘07)…Levi Nelson (Boston ‘06)…Jesse Dudas (Columbus ’06).