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01-16-2009, 05:27 PM
FRIDAY'S GAME: The Swift Current Broncos travel to Lethbridge for the second time this season.
The Broncos are coming off a 7-3 loss at Calgary last Sunday...The game completed 3 games in 3 nights for the squad...The Broncos jumped out to 2-0 and 3-2 leads but couldn’t hold on as the Hitmen scored 5 unanswered goals...Dillon Wagner, Cody Eakin and Jan Dalecky all scored for the Broncos while Taylor Vause had 2 assists...Michael Stickland, John Negrin and Morgan Clark, all acquired at the trade deadline made their Broncos debuts...Stickland and Negrin each had assists in their first game...Tonight is the 4th of 5 straight games on the road for the Broncos...The Hitmen outshot the Broncos 34-23...Special teams were a big difference as the Hitmen went 2 for 4 on the power-play and the Broncos went 0-3...The Broncos have lost 2 in a row and 3 of their last 4 games over-all and 4 of their last 5 road games.
NUMBERS: Keegan Dansereau leads the Broncos with 25 goals and 46 points...Dansereau has 10 goals and 20 points in his last 14 games...Dansereau has points in 7 of his last 9 games, tallying 13 points in that span...He also leads the team with 13 multi-point games on the season and 27 points in 21 games on the road...Dansereau is tied for 4th in the WHL in goals and leads the WHL in power-play goals with 14…Matt Tassone has 17 in his last 24 games...Tassone is tied for 8th in WHL goal scoring with 24…Eric Doyle leads the team with 30 assists and is tied for 3rd in scoring for WHL defensemen with 38 points...Doyle leads the Broncos with a plus 16 rating and has points in six of his last 8 games…John Negrin is 10th in the WHL in scoring with 32 points…Justin Dowling has 18 points in his last 17 games…Jan Dalecky has points in 3 straight games, tallying 4 points...The Broncos have not been shut-out in a league best 125 games…Taylor Vause leads all rookies for Swift Current with 18 points on the season, he has 3 points in his last 2 games…Broncos are 17-1 when leading after two periods and 19-7 when scoring first.
ON THE ROAD: The Broncos are 12-12 on the road and 2-6 versus the Central Division on the road...Tonight is the 3rd of 4 straight games on the road against Central Division teams.
REGULAR SEASON VS. Lethbridge: Tonight is the third of 4 meetings between the Hurricanes and Broncos...The teams have split the first two games with each team winning at home...The Hurricanes won 5-2 October 5th while the Broncos defeated the ‘Canes 6-0 on January 3rd...The Broncos were 3-1 against Lethbridge last season...Keegan Dansereau leads the Broncos with 5 points against Lethbridge, he recorded the hat-trick and 2 assists all in the January 3rd game... Travis Yonkman shut-out Lethbridge in the teams last meeting, recording his 2nd shut-out of the season.
MILESTONES: Eric Doyle is 3 assists shy of 100 for his career…Matt Tassone is 1 goal shy of 50 for his career…Geordie Wudrick is 3 goals shy of 50 for his career and 7 points shy of 100 for his career…Keegan Dansereau is 4 goals shy of 100 for his career…Michael Stickland is 8 points shy of 100 for his career…John Negrin scored his 100th WHL point on Sunday...Brad Hoban is 10 games shy of 100 for his career.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power-play is 44 for 222, 19.8% (8th) and the penalty kill is 83%, giving up 39 goals on 229 tries (8th).
HOME HARDWARE PROSPECTS GAME: Forward Cody Eakin returns to the club after participating in the CHL Top Prospects Game in Oshawa, Ontario on Wednesday.
ROSTER: The Broncos roster currently consists of 23 players...The team has 3 – 20 year old players, 6 – 19 year old players, 7 – 18 year old players, 6 – 17 year old players, and 1 – 16 year old player.
UPCOMING GAMES: The Broncos continue 5 straight games on the road as they travel to Kootenay tomorrow...The Broncos return home Tuesday against Brandon.
DRAFTED BRONCOS: John Negrin (Calgary ’07)…Ryan Molle (New Jersey ‘07)…Matt Tassone (Dallas ’08)...Geordie Wudrick (LA ’08)…Morgan Clark (Vancouver ’08).
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The Broncos are coming off a 7-3 loss at Calgary last Sunday...The game completed 3 games in 3 nights for the squad...The Broncos jumped out to 2-0 and 3-2 leads but couldn’t hold on as the Hitmen scored 5 unanswered goals...Dillon Wagner, Cody Eakin and Jan Dalecky all scored for the Broncos while Taylor Vause had 2 assists...Michael Stickland, John Negrin and Morgan Clark, all acquired at the trade deadline made their Broncos debuts...Stickland and Negrin each had assists in their first game...Tonight is the 4th of 5 straight games on the road for the Broncos...The Hitmen outshot the Broncos 34-23...Special teams were a big difference as the Hitmen went 2 for 4 on the power-play and the Broncos went 0-3...The Broncos have lost 2 in a row and 3 of their last 4 games over-all and 4 of their last 5 road games.
NUMBERS: Keegan Dansereau leads the Broncos with 25 goals and 46 points...Dansereau has 10 goals and 20 points in his last 14 games...Dansereau has points in 7 of his last 9 games, tallying 13 points in that span...He also leads the team with 13 multi-point games on the season and 27 points in 21 games on the road...Dansereau is tied for 4th in the WHL in goals and leads the WHL in power-play goals with 14…Matt Tassone has 17 in his last 24 games...Tassone is tied for 8th in WHL goal scoring with 24…Eric Doyle leads the team with 30 assists and is tied for 3rd in scoring for WHL defensemen with 38 points...Doyle leads the Broncos with a plus 16 rating and has points in six of his last 8 games…John Negrin is 10th in the WHL in scoring with 32 points…Justin Dowling has 18 points in his last 17 games…Jan Dalecky has points in 3 straight games, tallying 4 points...The Broncos have not been shut-out in a league best 125 games…Taylor Vause leads all rookies for Swift Current with 18 points on the season, he has 3 points in his last 2 games…Broncos are 17-1 when leading after two periods and 19-7 when scoring first.
ON THE ROAD: The Broncos are 12-12 on the road and 2-6 versus the Central Division on the road...Tonight is the 3rd of 4 straight games on the road against Central Division teams.
REGULAR SEASON VS. Lethbridge: Tonight is the third of 4 meetings between the Hurricanes and Broncos...The teams have split the first two games with each team winning at home...The Hurricanes won 5-2 October 5th while the Broncos defeated the ‘Canes 6-0 on January 3rd...The Broncos were 3-1 against Lethbridge last season...Keegan Dansereau leads the Broncos with 5 points against Lethbridge, he recorded the hat-trick and 2 assists all in the January 3rd game... Travis Yonkman shut-out Lethbridge in the teams last meeting, recording his 2nd shut-out of the season.
MILESTONES: Eric Doyle is 3 assists shy of 100 for his career…Matt Tassone is 1 goal shy of 50 for his career…Geordie Wudrick is 3 goals shy of 50 for his career and 7 points shy of 100 for his career…Keegan Dansereau is 4 goals shy of 100 for his career…Michael Stickland is 8 points shy of 100 for his career…John Negrin scored his 100th WHL point on Sunday...Brad Hoban is 10 games shy of 100 for his career.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power-play is 44 for 222, 19.8% (8th) and the penalty kill is 83%, giving up 39 goals on 229 tries (8th).
HOME HARDWARE PROSPECTS GAME: Forward Cody Eakin returns to the club after participating in the CHL Top Prospects Game in Oshawa, Ontario on Wednesday.
ROSTER: The Broncos roster currently consists of 23 players...The team has 3 – 20 year old players, 6 – 19 year old players, 7 – 18 year old players, 6 – 17 year old players, and 1 – 16 year old player.
UPCOMING GAMES: The Broncos continue 5 straight games on the road as they travel to Kootenay tomorrow...The Broncos return home Tuesday against Brandon.
DRAFTED BRONCOS: John Negrin (Calgary ’07)…Ryan Molle (New Jersey ‘07)…Matt Tassone (Dallas ’08)...Geordie Wudrick (LA ’08)…Morgan Clark (Vancouver ’08).
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