Scout
12-04-2008, 06:55 PM
FRIDAY'S GAME: The Swift Current Broncos play the Brandon Wheat Kings for the third time this season, the first on home ice.
The Broncos are coming off a 4-3 come from behind overtime win in Prince Albert Wednesday night...The win snapped a 5 game losing skid on the road and a 3 game slide over-all...Matt Tassone scored in the first period opening the scoring in two straight games...It was his 15th over-all on the season...The Broncos got into penalty trouble in the second and the Raiders capitalized with 3 goals in the period, 2 of which came on the power-play...The Broncos trailed by 2 heading into the third when Dillon Wagner and Joel Rogers each notched their second goals of the season to send the game into overtime...Geordie Wudrick tallied his 10th only 27 seconds into overtime as the Broncos came back to win their third of the season when trailing after two periods...Swift Current is now 3-1 in extra time, 2-0 in overtime...James Martin and Derek Claffey had 2 assists each for Swift Current...Travis Yonkman picked up the win in goal making 32 saves for his 7th win of the season...The Broncos were 0-2 on the power-play, while the Raiders went 2-6.
NUMBERS: Eric Doyle leads the Broncos with 29 points...Doyle is second in scoring for WHL defenseman...Doyle leads the Broncos with a plus 20 rating, good for 5th best in the WHL...He has points in 18 of his last 22 games and points in 12 of his last 15 games…Matt Tassone and Keegan Dansereau lead the team with 15 goals...Dansereau has 4 goals and 7 points in his last 4 games, but he sat out the last three games due to injury…Matt Tassone has a 6 game point steak and 10 points, including 8 goals in those games…The Broncos are 11-5 at home and 11-5 versus the East Division... The Broncos are 6-1 at home against the East Division…Mark Guggenberger is 2nd in the WHL in save percentage with .919 and 7th in the league in Goals Against Average with a 2.60…The Broncos are 10-1 when leading after two periods…They have not been shut-out in a league best 109 games… Keegan Dansereau and Eric Doyle lead the team with 7 multi-point games…Derek Claffey is a +7 in his last three games.
REGULAR SEASON VS. Brandon: Tonight is the 3rd of 8 meetings between the two clubs, and the first in Swift Current...The Broncos are 0-2 against the Wheat Kings losing 3-1 October 18 and 5-3 November 7th...The Wheat Kings are the only team in the East Division the Broncos have yet to beat.
MILESTONES: Ryan Molle is 2 games shy of 150 for his career…Matt Ius is 4 games shy of 100 for his career…Spencer McAvoy is 3 points shy of 50 for his career…Matt Tassone scored his 40th WHL goal Wednesday…Head Coach Dean Chynoweth is 3 wins shy of 250 for his career, he is 5th among active coaches for all-time wins.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power-play is 26 for 145, 17.9% (12th) and the penalty kill is 83.9%, giving up 24 goals on 149 tries. (6th)
ROSTER: The Broncos roster currently consists of 25 players. The team has 4 – 20 year old players, 6 – 19 year old players, 6 – 18 year old players, 7 – 17 year old players, and 2 – 16 year old players.
INJURIES: The Broncos have lost 125 man games due to injuries this year.
UPCOMING GAMES: The Broncos embark on a 6 game road swing before the holiday break starting in Edmonton on Tuesday December 9th at 7:00PM...The team then plays all 5 BC teams.
DRAFTED BRONCOS: Ryan Molle (New Jersey ‘07)…Matt Tassone (Dallas ’08)...Geordie Wudrick (LA ’08).
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Courtesy S.C.Broncos
The Broncos are coming off a 4-3 come from behind overtime win in Prince Albert Wednesday night...The win snapped a 5 game losing skid on the road and a 3 game slide over-all...Matt Tassone scored in the first period opening the scoring in two straight games...It was his 15th over-all on the season...The Broncos got into penalty trouble in the second and the Raiders capitalized with 3 goals in the period, 2 of which came on the power-play...The Broncos trailed by 2 heading into the third when Dillon Wagner and Joel Rogers each notched their second goals of the season to send the game into overtime...Geordie Wudrick tallied his 10th only 27 seconds into overtime as the Broncos came back to win their third of the season when trailing after two periods...Swift Current is now 3-1 in extra time, 2-0 in overtime...James Martin and Derek Claffey had 2 assists each for Swift Current...Travis Yonkman picked up the win in goal making 32 saves for his 7th win of the season...The Broncos were 0-2 on the power-play, while the Raiders went 2-6.
NUMBERS: Eric Doyle leads the Broncos with 29 points...Doyle is second in scoring for WHL defenseman...Doyle leads the Broncos with a plus 20 rating, good for 5th best in the WHL...He has points in 18 of his last 22 games and points in 12 of his last 15 games…Matt Tassone and Keegan Dansereau lead the team with 15 goals...Dansereau has 4 goals and 7 points in his last 4 games, but he sat out the last three games due to injury…Matt Tassone has a 6 game point steak and 10 points, including 8 goals in those games…The Broncos are 11-5 at home and 11-5 versus the East Division... The Broncos are 6-1 at home against the East Division…Mark Guggenberger is 2nd in the WHL in save percentage with .919 and 7th in the league in Goals Against Average with a 2.60…The Broncos are 10-1 when leading after two periods…They have not been shut-out in a league best 109 games… Keegan Dansereau and Eric Doyle lead the team with 7 multi-point games…Derek Claffey is a +7 in his last three games.
REGULAR SEASON VS. Brandon: Tonight is the 3rd of 8 meetings between the two clubs, and the first in Swift Current...The Broncos are 0-2 against the Wheat Kings losing 3-1 October 18 and 5-3 November 7th...The Wheat Kings are the only team in the East Division the Broncos have yet to beat.
MILESTONES: Ryan Molle is 2 games shy of 150 for his career…Matt Ius is 4 games shy of 100 for his career…Spencer McAvoy is 3 points shy of 50 for his career…Matt Tassone scored his 40th WHL goal Wednesday…Head Coach Dean Chynoweth is 3 wins shy of 250 for his career, he is 5th among active coaches for all-time wins.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power-play is 26 for 145, 17.9% (12th) and the penalty kill is 83.9%, giving up 24 goals on 149 tries. (6th)
ROSTER: The Broncos roster currently consists of 25 players. The team has 4 – 20 year old players, 6 – 19 year old players, 6 – 18 year old players, 7 – 17 year old players, and 2 – 16 year old players.
INJURIES: The Broncos have lost 125 man games due to injuries this year.
UPCOMING GAMES: The Broncos embark on a 6 game road swing before the holiday break starting in Edmonton on Tuesday December 9th at 7:00PM...The team then plays all 5 BC teams.
DRAFTED BRONCOS: Ryan Molle (New Jersey ‘07)…Matt Tassone (Dallas ’08)...Geordie Wudrick (LA ’08).
Scout
Courtesy S.C.Broncos