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12-13-2008, 02:19 PM
TONIGHT'S GAME: The Swift Current Broncos play the Kamloops Blazers for the only time this season.
Tonight’s game is the 4th of 7 straight games on the road for the Broncos...The Broncos are coming off a 3-1 win over the Rockets in Kelowna last night...All 4 goals in the game were scored in the second period with the Broncos getting the first three...Matt Tassone scored his 18th of the season, Geordie Wudrick scored his 11th and Eric Doyle notched his 7th of the year to lead the Broncos...Justin Dowling and Keegan Dansereau had 2 assists each in the win...Travis Yonkman picked up his 2nd win in as many starts in the Bronco goal making 29 saves for his 9th win of the season...The Broncos went 2 for 6 on the power play and improve to 2-0 on the BC Division portion of their road trip.
NUMBERS: Keegan Dansereau leads the Broncos with 19 goals and 33 points...Dansereau has 8 goals and 14 points in his last 11 games, he also leads the team with 9 multi-point games…Eric Doyle leads the team with 25 assists and is second in scoring for WHL defenseman with 32 points...Doyle leads the Broncos with a plus 18 rating…Matt Tassone has a 10 game point streak...He has 14 points, including 10 goals in those games...Tassone has goals in 8 of his last 9 games…Justin Dowling has points in 5 straight games, he has 9 points in those 5 games…Mark Guggenberger is 3rd in the WHL in save percentage with .915 and 10th in the league in Goals Against Average with a 2.74…The Broncos are 12-1 when leading after two periods…The Broncos have not been shut-out in a league best 113 games…Spencer McAvoy has 6 assists in his last 4 games and points in 8 of his last 11 games...Keegan Dansereau leads the team with 20 points on the road…Taylor Vause leads all rookies for Swift Current with 12 points on the season.
ON THE ROAD: The Broncos are 8-8 on the road and have won 3 of their last 4 away from the Credit Union i-plex.
VS. BC DIVISION: The Broncos are 2-0 vs. the BC Division with wins in Prince George and Kelowna.
REGULAR SEASON VS. Kamloops: Tonight is the lone meeting this season between the Broncos and Blazers...The Broncos were 2-0 against the Blazers last year but 4-5 against them over the last 5 years.
MILESTONES: Head Coach Dean Chynoweth is 1 win shy of 250 for his career, he is 5th among active coaches for all-time wins…Eric Doyle is 10 assists shy of 100 for his career…Keegan Dansereau is 7 points shy of 200 for his career…Matt Ius is 2 games shy of 100 for his career.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power-play is 34 for 169, 20.1% (8th) and the penalty kill is 81.9%, giving up 30 goals on 166 tries (10th)...The Broncos have given up 6 short-handed goals... Matt Tassone has scored the Broncos lone short-handed goal.
UNDER-17 CHAMPIONSHIP: Broncos forward Christian Magnus will represent Team West and Broncos assistant coach Tim Kehler will be the Head Coach for Team Pacific at the Under-17 Championships in Alberni Valley BC at the end of the month.
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…There are 5 BC born players on the Broncos roster: Joel Rogers (Abbotsford), Matt Ius (Pitt Meadows), Geordie Wudrick (Abbotsford), Brad Hoban (Victoria) and Grant Toulmin (Langley).
INJURIES: Matt Ius (Hip) and Jesse Dudas (knee) are out of the lineup.
UPCOMING GAMES: The Broncos head to the Lower Mainland to play Vancouver on Tuesday and Chilliwack on Wednesday.
DRAFTED BRONCOS: Ryan Molle (New Jersey ‘07)…Matt Tassone (Dallas ’08)...Geordie Wudrick (LA ’08).
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Tonight’s game is the 4th of 7 straight games on the road for the Broncos...The Broncos are coming off a 3-1 win over the Rockets in Kelowna last night...All 4 goals in the game were scored in the second period with the Broncos getting the first three...Matt Tassone scored his 18th of the season, Geordie Wudrick scored his 11th and Eric Doyle notched his 7th of the year to lead the Broncos...Justin Dowling and Keegan Dansereau had 2 assists each in the win...Travis Yonkman picked up his 2nd win in as many starts in the Bronco goal making 29 saves for his 9th win of the season...The Broncos went 2 for 6 on the power play and improve to 2-0 on the BC Division portion of their road trip.
NUMBERS: Keegan Dansereau leads the Broncos with 19 goals and 33 points...Dansereau has 8 goals and 14 points in his last 11 games, he also leads the team with 9 multi-point games…Eric Doyle leads the team with 25 assists and is second in scoring for WHL defenseman with 32 points...Doyle leads the Broncos with a plus 18 rating…Matt Tassone has a 10 game point streak...He has 14 points, including 10 goals in those games...Tassone has goals in 8 of his last 9 games…Justin Dowling has points in 5 straight games, he has 9 points in those 5 games…Mark Guggenberger is 3rd in the WHL in save percentage with .915 and 10th in the league in Goals Against Average with a 2.74…The Broncos are 12-1 when leading after two periods…The Broncos have not been shut-out in a league best 113 games…Spencer McAvoy has 6 assists in his last 4 games and points in 8 of his last 11 games...Keegan Dansereau leads the team with 20 points on the road…Taylor Vause leads all rookies for Swift Current with 12 points on the season.
ON THE ROAD: The Broncos are 8-8 on the road and have won 3 of their last 4 away from the Credit Union i-plex.
VS. BC DIVISION: The Broncos are 2-0 vs. the BC Division with wins in Prince George and Kelowna.
REGULAR SEASON VS. Kamloops: Tonight is the lone meeting this season between the Broncos and Blazers...The Broncos were 2-0 against the Blazers last year but 4-5 against them over the last 5 years.
MILESTONES: Head Coach Dean Chynoweth is 1 win shy of 250 for his career, he is 5th among active coaches for all-time wins…Eric Doyle is 10 assists shy of 100 for his career…Keegan Dansereau is 7 points shy of 200 for his career…Matt Ius is 2 games shy of 100 for his career.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power-play is 34 for 169, 20.1% (8th) and the penalty kill is 81.9%, giving up 30 goals on 166 tries (10th)...The Broncos have given up 6 short-handed goals... Matt Tassone has scored the Broncos lone short-handed goal.
UNDER-17 CHAMPIONSHIP: Broncos forward Christian Magnus will represent Team West and Broncos assistant coach Tim Kehler will be the Head Coach for Team Pacific at the Under-17 Championships in Alberni Valley BC at the end of the month.
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…There are 5 BC born players on the Broncos roster: Joel Rogers (Abbotsford), Matt Ius (Pitt Meadows), Geordie Wudrick (Abbotsford), Brad Hoban (Victoria) and Grant Toulmin (Langley).
INJURIES: Matt Ius (Hip) and Jesse Dudas (knee) are out of the lineup.
UPCOMING GAMES: The Broncos head to the Lower Mainland to play Vancouver on Tuesday and Chilliwack on Wednesday.
DRAFTED BRONCOS: Ryan Molle (New Jersey ‘07)…Matt Tassone (Dallas ’08)...Geordie Wudrick (LA ’08).
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