Game 3 Vs Regina

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Playoff Game #3 vs Regina
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Swift Current Broncos get set to face off against the Regina Pats for the 3rd game of their playoff series.


On Saturday night the Broncos fought their way back into the series and earned a split in Regina after defeating the Pats 5-3…Justin Dowling led the Broncos offensively recording a hat trick…Zack Smith and Matt Tassone also scored in the Broncos win…Travis Yonkman recorded his first career Western Hockey League playoff victory in goal for the Broncos stopping 23 of Regina’s 26 shots…The Broncos power play was 2 for 8 on the evening while their penalty kill was 2 for 7…The Broncos outshot the Pats 31-26 in the contest…The Broncos finished the regular season with 41 wins and 89 points, for the highest point total since the 2001-02 season, good for 7th place in the Eastern Conference…The Broncos trailed the East Division pennant winners, the Regina Pats, by 5 points.

PLAYOFF NUMBERS: Justin Dowling scored 3 goals on Saturday night and leads the Broncos in playoff scoring with 3 points…Matt Tassone (1 G, 1 A), Levi Nelson (0 G, 2 A) and Cody Eakin (0 G, 2 A) all recorded a pair of points Saturday night against the Pats…Zack Smith (2 G, 0 A) and Dale Weise (0 G, 2 A) are both on 2 game point streaks…The Broncos are averaging 26 shots for per game…The team is scoring 3.0 goals per game while they are allowing 2.5 per game…The Broncos power play is operating at a 13.3% success rate while their penalty kill is operating at 71.4%.

PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE: Keegan Dansereau leads the Broncos in playoff experience having played 45 playoff games through his WHL career and has recorded 15 points (6 G, 9 A)…Bretton Stamler has played 21 playoff games during his time in the WHL and has record 5 playoff points.

2007/2008 REGULAR SEASON
VS. REGINA: Through the regular season the Broncos held a 4-2 series edge over Regina, with 3 of the 6 games going to overtime or a shootout…Zack Smith (0 G, 7 A) led the Broncos offensively against the Pats with 7 points, while Levi Nelson (2 G, 3 A) had 5 points…David Stieler (3 G, 1 A), Keegan Dansereau (2 G, 2 A) and Eric Doyle (1 G, 3 A) all finished the season with 4 points versus Regina…Travis Yonkman played all 6 games and finished with a .910 SV% and a 2.25 GAA against the Pats…The Broncos scored an average of 2.8 goals per game versus the Pats, while they allowed an average of 2.5…The club averaged 30 shots for per game, while the Pats averaged 26…Throughout the series the Broncos recorded 161 penalty minutes, while the Pats recorded 179.

NUMBERS: Zack Smith recorded 22 goals and 47 assists in 72 games to lead the Broncos in scoring for the majority of the 2007/08 season...Smith also led the team in scoring on the road this season with 35 points (10 G, 25 A)…Dale Weise recorded a team high 29 goals in the 2007/08 regular…Smith, Weise and Matt Tassone all had 5 game winning goals this season, while Erik Felde had 9 game winning assists…Justin Dowling was the Broncos leading rookie in the points department with 7 goals and 20 assists through the regular season…Eric Doyle (10 G, 39 A) finished the season 6th in points among WHL defensemen, while Michael Wilson (6 G, 40 A) finished tied for 7th…This season the Broncos had 9 players that hit the 40 point mark, 5 hit the 50 point plateau and 2 reached the 60 point benchmark …The team had 16 skaters to finish the season with a positive +/- rating…The Broncos were an impressive 28-1-0-2 when leading after the 2nd period and 30-5-0-3 when they scored the first goal of the game…The Broncos were 22-9-1-4 while playing at home this season.

SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power play was ranked 11th in the WHL this season with a 18.2% success rate…The team scored 71 power play goals on 390 attempts…David Stieler and Dale Weise both scored 13 power play goals to lead the Broncos, while Eric Doyle had 22 power play assists…On the penalty kill, the Broncos were ranked 12th in the WHL with an 82.4% success rate…The team allowed 67 power play goals against this season.

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.

[VDubin'Patsfan]

Pats WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! applause applause

[Golks]

Hmmm. Pretty quiet in here after the game. Wonder why?

[Toswammi]

Hmmm. Pretty quiet in here after the game. Wonder why?

Some ppl don't live on the net, or this site; may be in bed, etc. All valid excusses I presume

[Link Dog]

Hmmm. Pretty quiet in here after the game. Wonder why?
Lucky it's not a best of three series. Anyway, that game had a little bit of everything. Speed, big hits, cheap shots and some real nasty play out there by both teams. Specialty teams the difference, if the Broncos score on the early powerplays they created by skating it's a different game. Oh well, no time to dwell on this one for either team as back at it tomorrow. Let's Go Broncos!!!!!

[Quarter Pounder W/ Cheese]

Last I checked, a team needed to win 4 games to finish off a series. There's still plenty of hockey left.

Just need to keep those soft goals out. Yonkman stands on his head for the most part, but has some trouble on the muffins.

[patsdude114]

waiting for Big Ern's comments on Game 3, wish i was able to make the trip grrrr damn work, wishi could make tomorrow's game. But hey im going to watch the Warriors vs Hitmen if that counts lol with my boss.

[Flathead]

Lucky it's not a best of three series. Anyway, that game had a little bit of everything. Speed, big hits, cheap shots and some real nasty play out there by both teams. Specialty teams the difference, if the Broncos score on the early powerplays they created by skating it's a different game. Oh well, no time to dwell on this one for either team as back at it tomorrow. Let's Go Broncos!!!!!
The pp is where we really miss Wilson and Dudas. Any chance Wilson will be back this series. Also there's all this talk about Dudas and a broken wrist or hand but nobody has ever confirmed it, I presume it's true but can anyone say so with 100% certainty?

[Toswammi]

The pp is where we really miss Wilson and Dudas. Any chance Wilson will be back this series. Also there's all this talk about Dudas and a broken wrist or hand but nobody has ever confirmed it, I presume it's true but can anyone say so with 100% certainty?

Yeah their absence is very noticeable. Regular strength, PP, PK, you name those two log big minutes in those key situations.

Also going off the top of my head, i believe the Broncos have won something like 1 of there last 8/10 playoff home games. That is simply brutal

[Quarter Pounder W/ Cheese]

The pp is where we really miss Wilson and Dudas. Any chance Wilson will be back this series. Also there's all this talk about Dudas and a broken wrist or hand but nobody has ever confirmed it, I presume it's true but can anyone say so with 100% certainty?

Saw Dudas walking around with a cast on last night, so pretty safe to say he likely broke something.

[FIVE FOR FIGHTING]

Yeah their absence is very noticeable. Regular strength, PP, PK, you name those two log big minutes in those key situations.

Also going off the top of my head, i believe the Broncos have won something like 1 of there last 8/10 playoff home games. That is simply brutal


The Broncos have lost 6 straight playoff games at home. Last night, 3 to Regina last year and 2 to the Hat the year before.

Tonight we need to end that streak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Toswammi]

The Broncos have lost 6 straight playoff games at home. Last night, 3 to Regina last year and 2 to the Hat the year before.

Tonight we need to end that streak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I remember us beating MH once in the years we played them here.

[Broncs in RD]

Not in recent years our playoffs have been ugly. Sweep and bad lose last year and who knows this year.

[Toswammi]

Looked it up at the whl website

Since 2003 we have played 10 home games....we won one of them, against Med Hat in 2004. That is inexcusable