Game 36 @ Portland

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Game 36 @ Portland
TONIGHT’S GAME: Tonight will be the lone meeting between the Portland Winter Hawks and the Swift Current Broncos this season…The Broncos were successful in the only meeting last season shutting out the Winter Hawks 3-0 in Swift Current.

Travis Yonkman stopped all 24 Winter Hawks shots in the contest…The Broncos currently sit in 3rd place in the East Division, 2 points behind the Brandon Wheat Kings and 3 points behind the Regina Pats…The Club's next action is tomorrow night when they travel to Seattle to wrap up their road swing.

LAST GAME: The Swift Current Broncos improved their record to two wins and two losses on their nine-day, six-game West Coast road trip with a 3-1 win over the Everett Silvertips on Wednesday night…Erik Felde and Zack Smith both picked up a goal and an assist in the victory, while Jan Dalecky added the other Broncos goal...Ian Curtis made 25 saves in net for the win…The Broncos outshot the Silvertips 30-26 in the contest…Swift Current went 2 for 6 on the powerplay, while Everett failed to score on 4 man advantage chances…With the win the Broncos improve their record to 18-12-0-5 with 41 points.

NUMBERS: Zack Smith recorded a goal and an assist against the Silvertips and continues to leads the Broncos in the points department with 12 goals and 24 assists…He is tied for 13th in the assists category and 20th in points amongst WHL skaters…Michael Wilson leads the Broncos and is 5th in league standings for +/-, rated +22…Wilson recorded his 29th assist of the season against Everett and now sits tied for 4th in assists amongst WHL skaters…He is currently 2nd in the point race among WHL defensemen with 32…Dale Weise leads the Broncos in goals with 17 and powerplay goals with 9…He currently sits tied for 13th amongst WHL skaters for goals and is tied for 6th place in power play goals…Erik Felde recorded a goal and an assist in Wednesday night’s contest, he now has 32 points (16 G, 16 A) on the season and sits tied for 17th in goals among WHL skaters…Eric Doyle has 8 goals and 21 assists on the season and is 6th amongst WHL defensemen for points and is tied for 4th in goals… Netminder Travis Yonkman is tied for 5th in the league in save percentage at 0.913 and 7th in goals against at 2.35…The Broncos are averaging 29 shots for per game, while scoring 3.4 goals per game…The team is giving up an average of 27 shots per game, while allowing 2.9 goals per game…The Broncos are an impressive 13-0-0-2 when leading after 40 minutes of play and 11-2-0-1 when leading after the 1st period.

MILESTONES: Eric Doyle & Michael Wilson both played their 140th WHL game Wednesday night against Everett…Levi Nelson scored the 50th goal of his career on December 1st against the Brandon Wheat Kings.

SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power play is ranked 6th in the WHL and currently operating at 20.5%…The team has scored 41 power play goals on 200 attempts…Dale Weise has 9 power play goals to lead the Broncos, while Michael Wilson has13 power play assists…On the penalty kill, the Broncos are 12th in the WHL with an 82.4% efficiency rating…The Broncos haven’t allowed a goal on the penalty kill in their last 4 games.

ROSTER: The Broncos roster currently consists of 22 players (2 goaltenders, 7 defensemen, 13 forwards)…The team has 3 – 20 year old players, 7 – 19 year old players, 4 – 18 year old players, 5 – 17 year old players, and 3 – 16 year old players…By location, the Broncos have 4 Saskatchewan born players, 8 Alberta born players, 5 British Columbia born players, 2 Manitoba born players, 2 players from the Czech Republic, and 1 American player…The Broncos average age is 18 while their average height is 6’0.5” and weight 186.9 lbs.

DRAFTED BRONCOS: Levi Nelson (Boston ’06)…Ryan Molle (New Jersey ’07)