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01-17-2009, 12:38 PM
TONIGHT'S GAME: The Swift Current Broncos travel to Kootenay for the second and final time this season as former team-mates John Negrin and Michael Stickland face their former team in Cranbrook as do former Broncos James Martin and Christian Magnus, who will suit up for the Ice.
The Broncos are coming off a 4-2 loss in Lethbridge last night...Special teams were the difference as Lethbridge scored 3 times on the power-play and 1 more short-handed...The Broncos had a 2-1 lead after one period as Michael Stickland scored his first goal in a Bronco uniform and Justin Dowling tallied the other Bronco marker...The shots were 31 each as Travis Yonkman suffered the loss in goal...The Broncos wrap up 5 straight games on the road tonight.
NUMBERS: Keegan Dansereau leads the Broncos with 25 goals and 46 points...Dansereau has 10 goals and 20 points in his last 15 games...Dansereau has points in 7 of his last 10 games, tallying 13 points in that span...He also leads the team with 13 multi-point games on the season and 27 points in 22 games on the road...Dansereau is tied for 5th in the WHL in goals and leads the WHL in power-play goals with 14…Matt Tassone has 17 goals in his last 25 games...Tassone is tied for 12th in WHL goal scoring with 24…Eric Doyle leads the team with 31 assists and is tied for 4th in scoring for WHL defensemen with 39 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 19 points in his last 18 games…Jan Dalecky has points in 3 in his last 4 games...The Broncos have not been shut-out in a league best 126 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 12-13 on the road and 2-7 versus the Central Division on the road...Tonight is the 4th of 4 straight games on the road against Central Division teams.
REGULAR SEASON VS. Kootenay: Tonight is the third of 4 meetings between the Ice and Broncos...The Broncos have defeated the Ice by the same 3-2 score both times this season... Both games went into extra time as Mike Brown scored the shoot-out winner in Cranbrook for Swift Current...Cody Eakin scored the overtime winner in the game in Swift Current...That is the only overtime decision the Broncos have been in this season...The Broncos are 6-13 against the Ice in the last 5 seasons.
MILESTONES: Eric Doyle is 2 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 7 points shy of 100 for his career…John Negrin scored his 100th WHL point last Sunday...Brad Hoban is 9 games shy of 100 for his career.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power-play is 44 for 228, 19.3% (10th) and the penalty kill is 82.4%, giving up 42 goals on 236 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...Eakin was named Player of the Game for Team Orr.
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 return home for three straight games after 5 in a row on the road...They host Brandon on Tuesday, Saskatoon on Friday, and Prince Albert on Sunday.
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 4-2 loss in Lethbridge last night...Special teams were the difference as Lethbridge scored 3 times on the power-play and 1 more short-handed...The Broncos had a 2-1 lead after one period as Michael Stickland scored his first goal in a Bronco uniform and Justin Dowling tallied the other Bronco marker...The shots were 31 each as Travis Yonkman suffered the loss in goal...The Broncos wrap up 5 straight games on the road tonight.
NUMBERS: Keegan Dansereau leads the Broncos with 25 goals and 46 points...Dansereau has 10 goals and 20 points in his last 15 games...Dansereau has points in 7 of his last 10 games, tallying 13 points in that span...He also leads the team with 13 multi-point games on the season and 27 points in 22 games on the road...Dansereau is tied for 5th in the WHL in goals and leads the WHL in power-play goals with 14…Matt Tassone has 17 goals in his last 25 games...Tassone is tied for 12th in WHL goal scoring with 24…Eric Doyle leads the team with 31 assists and is tied for 4th in scoring for WHL defensemen with 39 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 19 points in his last 18 games…Jan Dalecky has points in 3 in his last 4 games...The Broncos have not been shut-out in a league best 126 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 12-13 on the road and 2-7 versus the Central Division on the road...Tonight is the 4th of 4 straight games on the road against Central Division teams.
REGULAR SEASON VS. Kootenay: Tonight is the third of 4 meetings between the Ice and Broncos...The Broncos have defeated the Ice by the same 3-2 score both times this season... Both games went into extra time as Mike Brown scored the shoot-out winner in Cranbrook for Swift Current...Cody Eakin scored the overtime winner in the game in Swift Current...That is the only overtime decision the Broncos have been in this season...The Broncos are 6-13 against the Ice in the last 5 seasons.
MILESTONES: Eric Doyle is 2 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 7 points shy of 100 for his career…John Negrin scored his 100th WHL point last Sunday...Brad Hoban is 9 games shy of 100 for his career.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power-play is 44 for 228, 19.3% (10th) and the penalty kill is 82.4%, giving up 42 goals on 236 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...Eakin was named Player of the Game for Team Orr.
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 return home for three straight games after 5 in a row on the road...They host Brandon on Tuesday, Saskatoon on Friday, and Prince Albert on Sunday.
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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