BWK92
03-15-2011, 12:04 PM
As it stands brandon could play any of these team in the first round...
Red Deer 70GP 100pts v.s (0-3-1)
Med Hat 69GP 96pts v.s (2-2-0)
Kootney 69GP 91pts v.s (2-0-2)
Red Deer
Playing red deer first round would be a disaster for brandon. Brandon in most recent history has had terrible luck against red deer and playoffs and their make up of their team this year does not work towards our favour. Red Deer focuses on defense, hense kuemper's ridicules stats(13 SO 1.85GAA). Red deer's strong point is defense but then they still have explosive offense the Nudgent-Hopkins (102pts). Brandon has no problem scoring goals, but has a tough time keeping them out and with kuemper in net there not gonna get 4-5goals a game and its very unlikely Liston or Boes will be able to keep the goals against to 2 to 3 goals a game.
Prediction if Brandon plays them = Red Deer in 5
Med Hat
Med Hat would be a very interesting series cause there pretty even in the forward sense with both teams having 2 strong first lines. Bunz on paper looks strong (2.44GAA), but i believe that stat is misleading because of his goals against the weaker teams in the league. Med hat also has strong snipers in Vey (114pts) and Etem (77pts but 43goals). Med hat would best our best interest because if we were to beat them we would then play Saskatoon assuming no 1st round upsets. Brandon would look alot better heading into the 2nd round playing Saskatoon rather than Red Deer. Just look at our season series against Saskatoon (4-3-1).
Prediction if Brandon plays them = Brandon in 7
Kootney
Best case scenario we play kootney not only because we have the best record against them, but because last time they played in brandon they did not look anything special even with cody eakin. It is unlikely we will get to play them due to the point spread and the amount of games remaining.
Prediction if Brandon plays them = Brandon in 6
Red Deer 70GP 100pts v.s (0-3-1)
Med Hat 69GP 96pts v.s (2-2-0)
Kootney 69GP 91pts v.s (2-0-2)
Red Deer
Playing red deer first round would be a disaster for brandon. Brandon in most recent history has had terrible luck against red deer and playoffs and their make up of their team this year does not work towards our favour. Red Deer focuses on defense, hense kuemper's ridicules stats(13 SO 1.85GAA). Red deer's strong point is defense but then they still have explosive offense the Nudgent-Hopkins (102pts). Brandon has no problem scoring goals, but has a tough time keeping them out and with kuemper in net there not gonna get 4-5goals a game and its very unlikely Liston or Boes will be able to keep the goals against to 2 to 3 goals a game.
Prediction if Brandon plays them = Red Deer in 5
Med Hat
Med Hat would be a very interesting series cause there pretty even in the forward sense with both teams having 2 strong first lines. Bunz on paper looks strong (2.44GAA), but i believe that stat is misleading because of his goals against the weaker teams in the league. Med hat also has strong snipers in Vey (114pts) and Etem (77pts but 43goals). Med hat would best our best interest because if we were to beat them we would then play Saskatoon assuming no 1st round upsets. Brandon would look alot better heading into the 2nd round playing Saskatoon rather than Red Deer. Just look at our season series against Saskatoon (4-3-1).
Prediction if Brandon plays them = Brandon in 7
Kootney
Best case scenario we play kootney not only because we have the best record against them, but because last time they played in brandon they did not look anything special even with cody eakin. It is unlikely we will get to play them due to the point spread and the amount of games remaining.
Prediction if Brandon plays them = Brandon in 6