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Triton
03-18-2006, 09:16 AM
Should be a good game.Not sure if MJ will sit some of their top end guys.I think Brandon has something to prove.I do think that Brandon can hang with this team no doubt.The boys from the Wheat City are riding a 5 game winning streak,and have played very well down the stretch.MJ should have a very good crowd tonight.It will be loud.

GAME NOTES: The WHEAT KINGS take a season high 5-game winning streak into tonight’s regular season finale against the first place WARRIORS in MOOSE JAW…Tonight’s game will be a preview of the clubs’ best of seven opening round playoff series, scheduled to begin Friday night at the “Crushed Can”…BRANDON hasn’t lost since dropping a 4-0 decision in SASKATOON on March 4th…After sweeping last weekend’s series against the second place SASKATOON BLADES, then coming from behind to beat the BRONCOS 7-4 in SWIFT CURRENT on Tuesday night, the WHEAT KINGS scored two unanswered third period goals on Friday to beat the REGINA PATS 4-2 before a sold out crowd last night at the Keystone Centre…MARK DERLAGO scored twice for the winners while TYLER DITTMER and JOHN WIKNER added singles for the WHEAT KINGS, who will be making their thirteenth playoff appearance in the past 14 seasons…Last night’s win was their fifth in a row at home…BRANDON enters game number 72 tonight with an opportunity to finish with a .500 record for the fifth time in the past six years…The WHEAT KINGS are currently 30-31-6-4, good for 70 points and sixth place in the Eastern Conference…At home, BRANDON is 20-10-5-1 while on the road, the WHEAT KINGS are 10-21-1-3…They’re 6-3-0-1 in their last ten games, 6-1-1 in the month of March, after going 6-6-0-1 in February…Winnipeg’s MTS Centre will host games three and four of BRANDON’S best of seven opening round playoff series.

VS. MOOSE JAW: This is the eighth and final meeting of the season between these two teams…BRANDON has won four of the first seven…In MOOSE JAW, the WHEATS are 1-2-0…CODEY BURKI leads the club in season scoring with six goals and 8 points while TYLER DITTMER and MARK DERLAGO have six points each…Netminder TYLER PLANTE has appeared in all seven games, posting a 3.84 goals against and an .873 save percentage…BRANDON won the last meeting between the two (6-4 at MTS Centre on March 8th).

WHOSE BEEN HOT? MARK DERLAGO has five goals in his past two games…BRYAN KAUK has points in seven of his last 10 games (2-7-9)…TEEGAN MOORE, who has points in five of his last 7, had his four game point scoring streak (2-3-5) snapped Friday…DARYL BOYLE, CODEY BURKI and TYLER DITTMER have scored at least a point in four of their last five games. During that span, BURKI leads with two goals and seven points.

MILESTONES: Tuesday’s 3-goal performance against SWIFT CURRENT was the first ever WHL hat trick for former Manitoba AAA Midget League scoring champion MARK DERLAGO…Netminder TYLER PLANTE, the 2005 WHL Rookie of the Year recently recorded his second shutout of the year and eighth of his career, to move into a tie for the franchise lead with GLEN HANLON and JAMIE HODSON…20-year old defenceman RILEY DAY plays his final WHL regular season game tonight.

INJURIES: 19-year old veteran COREY COURCHENE sustained a fractured fibula in his right leg in Saturday’s win over the BLADES and after undergoing successful surgery in Winnipeg on Sunday, he will be lost for the balance of the 2005-06 campaign…WHEAT KINGS have lost 185 man games to injury this season.

BRANDON BITS: WHEAT KINGS erupted for three powerplay goals in Friday’s win over the visiting PATS…RYAN REAVES was lost in the opening period of last night’s game after receiving a 5-minute major for kneeing REGINA’S JORDAN FUDER. However, replays clearly show that the ST. LOUIS BLUES’ draft choice did not “knee” the PATS’ forward…TYLER PLANTE has compiled a 2.48 goals against average and a .915 save percentage in 28 games since New Years Day and is third in the WHL with 58 appearances (Only MATT KEETLEY of the TIGERS and LELAND IRVING of EVERETT have played more)…BRANDON is 17-9-1-3 with NEW YORK ISLANDERS’ defenceman DUSTIN KOHN in the lineup and is ten games over the .500 mark since the end of November…KOHN leads the club with a +13 ranking…WHEATS are 14-20 in one-goal games…DARYL BOYLE and MARK DERLAGO have played in all 71 regular season games this season…TYLER DITTMER captured the third segment in this year’s MOLSON CUP 3-STAR PROGRAM…WHEAT KINGS will host their 2006 Awards Banquet on Sunday night in the Keystone Centre’s UCT Pavillion…NICOLE HAVERSTOCK of Elton Collegiate is the 2006 recipient of the MAGGIE JANZ MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP.

Hatguy
03-18-2006, 12:06 PM
I should think that the Warriors will come out hard tonight. We need to strip some of that momentum the Wheaties have built up. I went to the ticket office yesterday afternoon and it looked like they had less than a hundred seats left, so there should be a huge crowd tonight. This game should set the level of play that we will see throughout the series. Good thing we have a week before the playoffs begin, so we can rest up our injuries. Should be a good one tonight.