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Scout
01-31-2009, 02:12 PM
TONIGHT'S GAME: The Swift Current Broncos and Prince Albert Raiders meet again in the back end of a home and home.

It is the third meeting in 6 days between these two clubs...Prince Albert secured the victory last night in overtime with a 4-3 win...The Broncos got a single point in their first O/T loss this season...Justin Dowling, Keegan Dansereau and John Negrin scored for the Broncos who never led in the game...Dowling, Negrin and Michael Stickland had 2 points each for Swift Current...Prince Albert got 2 early goals in the first period chasing Broncos starting goaltender Travis Yonkman from the net...Morgan Clark replaced Yonkman but took the loss in goal as each team had 31 shots on net...The Raiders went 2 for 5 on the power-play including the winner in overtime while the Broncos went 0 for 4...They are now 0 for their last 11 on the man advantage in their last two games...Matt Tassone sat out last night with an injury and is expected to be out again tonight.

NUMBERS: Keegan Dansereau leads the Broncos with 58 points...Dansereau has 15 goals and 31 points in his last 21 games...Dansereau has points in 7 straight games, tallying 12 points in that span...He also leads the team with 17 multi-point games on the season...Dansereau is tied for 5th in the WHL in goals with 30 and leads the WHL in power-play goals with 17…Matt Tassone leads the team with 31 goals...He has 24 goals in his last 30 games...Tassone is tied for 3rd in WHL goal scoring...Tassone has points in 6 straight games notching 9 points in those games…Eric Doyle leads the team with 36 assists and is 4th in scoring for WHL defensemen with 46 points...Doyle has points in 6 of his last 7 games…John Negrin is tied for 8th in the WHL for defensemen scoring with 40 points, he has 9 points in 8 games as Bronco…Geordie Wudrick has 6 goals and 12 points in his last 10 games and he has points in 5 of his last 6 games...Justin Dowling has points in 6 of his last 7 games and has 28 points in his last 24 games…Michael Stickland has points in 7 of his last 8 games…The Broncos have not been shut-out in a league best 132 straight games…Taylor Vause leads all rookies for Swift Current with 22 points on the season.

AT HOME: The Broncos are 14-10-0-1 at home and 8-5 versus the East Division at home.

REGULAR SEASON VS. Prince Albert: Tonight is the 7th of 8 meetings between the Raiders and Broncos...The Broncos are 4-1-1 against the Raiders this season...They are 3-0 at home and 1-1-1 on the road...Jan. 30 - SC 3 at PA 4 O/T; Jan. 25 - PA 3 at SC 6; Dec. 30 - SC 2 at PA 4; Dec. 3 - SC 4 at PA 3 O/T; Nov. 5 - PA 2 at SC 5; Oct. 31 - PA 1 at SC 4...Justin Dowling leads the Broncos with 9 points against the Raiders this season.

MILESTONES: Keegan Dansereau is 8 games shy of 300 for his career…Michael Stickland scored his 100th WHL point last night…John Negrin is 3 assists shy of 100 for his career…Brad Hoban is 5 games shy of 100 for his career...Geordie Wudrick is 2 games shy of 200 of his career...Matt Tassone is 9 points shy of 100 for his career.

SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power-play is 50 for 259, 19.3% (8th) and the penalty kill is 82%, giving up 48 goals on 266 tries (8th).

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 have 6 days off before hosting Calgary and Red Deer next Friday and Saturday.

DRAFTED BRONCOS: John Negrin (Calgary ’07)…Ryan Molle (New Jersey ‘07)…Matt Tassone (Dallas ’08)...Geordie Wudrick (LA ’08)…Morgan Clark (Vancouver ’08).



Scout

Broncs in RD
02-01-2009, 12:12 AM
7 out of 8 points.......pretty darn good. Way to go Broncos and Dean for getting this team rolling like they should.