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03-29-2008, 03:17 PM
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TONIGHT’S GAME: The Broncos look to eliminate the Regina Pats tonight in game six of the best of 7 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.
Last night the Broncos took their 1st series edge (3-2) defeating the Pat 6-3 in Regina…Levi Nelson led the Broncos offensively recording a pair of 3rd period goals, while Eric Doyle and Zack Smith both picked up shorthanded markers…Justin Dowling pick up his team leading 4th goal of the post season, while Geordie Wudrick tallied a powerplay empty net goal with second left in the game…Travis Yonkman recorded the victory in net stopping 20 of 23 shots…The Broncos went 1 for 6 with the man advantage, while the Pats finished 1 for 10…The Broncos outshot the Pats by a margin of 27-23…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: Levi Nelson picked up a pair of goals in last night’s contest and is on a 4 game point streak (3 G, 5 A). Nelson also leads the way for the Broncos 5 games into the post season with 8 points and sits tied for 5th among WHL skaters…Justin Dowling (4 G, 1 A) leads the Broncos and all WHL rookies in playoff goal scoring with 4 goals…Dale Weise recorded a helper last night to extend his point streak to 5 games (1 G, 4 A)…Geordie Wudrick has tallied 3 goals in his last 2 games, while Keegan Dansereau has recorded 4 points (2 G, 2 A) in his last 3 outings…Travis Yonkman has started in all 5 post season games for the Broncos posting a record of 3-2, with a SV% of .905 and a GGA of 2.87…15 of the 20 Broncos that have suited up in the playoffs have recorded at least a point…The Broncos are averaging 33 shots for per game…The team is scoring an average of 4.0 goals per game while they are allowing 3.2 per game…The Broncos power play is operating at a 13.9% success rate while their penalty kill is operating at 73.7%.
PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE: Keegan Dansereau leads the Broncos in playoff experience having played 48 playoff games through his WHL career and has recorded 19 points (8 G, 11 A)…Bretton Stamler has played 24 playoff games during his time in the WHL and has record 9 playoff points.
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 per game, while the Pats averaged 26…Throughout the series the Broncos recorded 161 penalty minutes, while the Pats recorded 179.
REGULAR SEASON 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 to hit the 50 point plateau and 2 to reach 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… The Broncos power play was ranked 11th in the WHL this season with an 18.2% success rate, while their penalty kill was ranked 12th with an 82.4% success rate.
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.
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Broncos look to eliminate the Regina Pats tonight in game six of the best of 7 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.
Last night the Broncos took their 1st series edge (3-2) defeating the Pat 6-3 in Regina…Levi Nelson led the Broncos offensively recording a pair of 3rd period goals, while Eric Doyle and Zack Smith both picked up shorthanded markers…Justin Dowling pick up his team leading 4th goal of the post season, while Geordie Wudrick tallied a powerplay empty net goal with second left in the game…Travis Yonkman recorded the victory in net stopping 20 of 23 shots…The Broncos went 1 for 6 with the man advantage, while the Pats finished 1 for 10…The Broncos outshot the Pats by a margin of 27-23…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: Levi Nelson picked up a pair of goals in last night’s contest and is on a 4 game point streak (3 G, 5 A). Nelson also leads the way for the Broncos 5 games into the post season with 8 points and sits tied for 5th among WHL skaters…Justin Dowling (4 G, 1 A) leads the Broncos and all WHL rookies in playoff goal scoring with 4 goals…Dale Weise recorded a helper last night to extend his point streak to 5 games (1 G, 4 A)…Geordie Wudrick has tallied 3 goals in his last 2 games, while Keegan Dansereau has recorded 4 points (2 G, 2 A) in his last 3 outings…Travis Yonkman has started in all 5 post season games for the Broncos posting a record of 3-2, with a SV% of .905 and a GGA of 2.87…15 of the 20 Broncos that have suited up in the playoffs have recorded at least a point…The Broncos are averaging 33 shots for per game…The team is scoring an average of 4.0 goals per game while they are allowing 3.2 per game…The Broncos power play is operating at a 13.9% success rate while their penalty kill is operating at 73.7%.
PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE: Keegan Dansereau leads the Broncos in playoff experience having played 48 playoff games through his WHL career and has recorded 19 points (8 G, 11 A)…Bretton Stamler has played 24 playoff games during his time in the WHL and has record 9 playoff points.
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 per game, while the Pats averaged 26…Throughout the series the Broncos recorded 161 penalty minutes, while the Pats recorded 179.
REGULAR SEASON 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 to hit the 50 point plateau and 2 to reach 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… The Broncos power play was ranked 11th in the WHL this season with an 18.2% success rate, while their penalty kill was ranked 12th with an 82.4% success rate.
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.