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11-07-2008, 06:41 PM
Tonight's Game: The Swift Current Broncos take on the Brandon Wheat Kings for the 2nd time this season.
The Broncos are coming off their 5th straight win, a 5-2 decision over the Prince Albert Raiders at home. Grant Toulmin had 2 goals, Brad Hoban, Geordie Wudrick and Cody Eakin each had a goal to pace the Broncos...Travis Yonkman improved to 5-0 on the season as he made 35 saves in net.
NUMBERS: Keegan Dansereau and Justin Dowling both have 18 points to lead the Broncos in scoring...The Broncos are 5-2 on the road and 9-2 versus the East Division…Justin Dowling has points in 6 of his last 7 games and has 10 points in those games…Eric Doyle is tied for 3rd in the WHL for top scoring defensemen with 17 points...He has points in 10 of his last 11 games...Doyle leads the team with a +12 rating, good for 10th best in the WHL…Matt Tassone has points in four straight games…The Broncos are outshooting their opponents by an average of 33-29…The Broncos are 6-1 in one goal games…The Broncos have not been shutout in a league best 98 straight games…The Broncos are 9-1 when they score first...The Broncos have only given up one power-play goal against in the last 7 games. The opposition is 1 for 43 over that stretch...The Broncos have killed off 25 straight power-plays against... The Broncos penalty kill is 3rd best in the WHL…Mark Guggenberger is second in the WHL in wins with 9 and 5th in Save Percentage with .927…Travis Yonkman is 3rd in the WHL in Goals Against Average with 1.81…The Broncos are out scoring their opponents 19-9 in the third period this season…The Broncos have given up only 7 goals in the last 5 games, all wins…The Broncos have given up the fewest goals in the Eastern Conference with 41 goals against.
REGULAR SEASON VS. Brandon: The Broncos are 0-1 against the Wheat Kings the season, dropping a 3-1 decision October 18th in Brandon...Keegan Dansereau scored the lone Bronco goal.
MILESTONES: Eric Doyle is 5 games shy of 200 for his career…Keegan Dansereau is 3 assists shy of 100 for his career…Spencer McAvoy is 8 games shy of 200 for his WHL career…Grant Toulmin is 6 games shy of 100 for his career…Justin Dowling is 8 games shy of 100 for his career.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power-play is 18 for 98, 18.4% and the penalty kill is 87.6%, giving up 12 goals on 97 tries.
ROSTER: The Broncos roster currently consists of 25 players...The team has 4 – 20 year old players, 6 – 19 year old players, 5 – 18 year old players, 8 – 17 year old players, and 2 – 16 year old players…The Broncos have called up 16 year old Michael Hay from the Winnipeg Thrashers of the Manitoba Midget League, he will wear number 23...Cody Eakin made his return to the lineup Wednesday against Prince Albert after sitting out 6 games due to injury...The Broncos acquired forward Matt Ius Thursday from Everett in exchange for a 5th round Bantam Pick.
UPCOMING GAMES: The Broncos take on Regina Sunday at the Brandt Centre for the first meeting since last year’s playoffs...Swift Current returns home for a Remembrance Day game against Calgary.
DRAFTED BRONCOS: Ryan Molle (New Jersey ‘07)…Matt Tassone (Dallas ’08)...Geordie Wudrick (LA ‘08).
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The Broncos are coming off their 5th straight win, a 5-2 decision over the Prince Albert Raiders at home. Grant Toulmin had 2 goals, Brad Hoban, Geordie Wudrick and Cody Eakin each had a goal to pace the Broncos...Travis Yonkman improved to 5-0 on the season as he made 35 saves in net.
NUMBERS: Keegan Dansereau and Justin Dowling both have 18 points to lead the Broncos in scoring...The Broncos are 5-2 on the road and 9-2 versus the East Division…Justin Dowling has points in 6 of his last 7 games and has 10 points in those games…Eric Doyle is tied for 3rd in the WHL for top scoring defensemen with 17 points...He has points in 10 of his last 11 games...Doyle leads the team with a +12 rating, good for 10th best in the WHL…Matt Tassone has points in four straight games…The Broncos are outshooting their opponents by an average of 33-29…The Broncos are 6-1 in one goal games…The Broncos have not been shutout in a league best 98 straight games…The Broncos are 9-1 when they score first...The Broncos have only given up one power-play goal against in the last 7 games. The opposition is 1 for 43 over that stretch...The Broncos have killed off 25 straight power-plays against... The Broncos penalty kill is 3rd best in the WHL…Mark Guggenberger is second in the WHL in wins with 9 and 5th in Save Percentage with .927…Travis Yonkman is 3rd in the WHL in Goals Against Average with 1.81…The Broncos are out scoring their opponents 19-9 in the third period this season…The Broncos have given up only 7 goals in the last 5 games, all wins…The Broncos have given up the fewest goals in the Eastern Conference with 41 goals against.
REGULAR SEASON VS. Brandon: The Broncos are 0-1 against the Wheat Kings the season, dropping a 3-1 decision October 18th in Brandon...Keegan Dansereau scored the lone Bronco goal.
MILESTONES: Eric Doyle is 5 games shy of 200 for his career…Keegan Dansereau is 3 assists shy of 100 for his career…Spencer McAvoy is 8 games shy of 200 for his WHL career…Grant Toulmin is 6 games shy of 100 for his career…Justin Dowling is 8 games shy of 100 for his career.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power-play is 18 for 98, 18.4% and the penalty kill is 87.6%, giving up 12 goals on 97 tries.
ROSTER: The Broncos roster currently consists of 25 players...The team has 4 – 20 year old players, 6 – 19 year old players, 5 – 18 year old players, 8 – 17 year old players, and 2 – 16 year old players…The Broncos have called up 16 year old Michael Hay from the Winnipeg Thrashers of the Manitoba Midget League, he will wear number 23...Cody Eakin made his return to the lineup Wednesday against Prince Albert after sitting out 6 games due to injury...The Broncos acquired forward Matt Ius Thursday from Everett in exchange for a 5th round Bantam Pick.
UPCOMING GAMES: The Broncos take on Regina Sunday at the Brandt Centre for the first meeting since last year’s playoffs...Swift Current returns home for a Remembrance Day game against Calgary.
DRAFTED BRONCOS: Ryan Molle (New Jersey ‘07)…Matt Tassone (Dallas ’08)...Geordie Wudrick (LA ‘08).
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