Game 43 vs Brandon
TUESDAY'S GAME: The Swift Current Broncos host the Brandon Wheat Kings for the second time this season.
The Broncos are coming off a 6-0 win over the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Saturday night...Keegan Dansereau had the hat-trick, Cody Eakin scored twice and Matt Tassone scored once... Dansereau had an assist for a 4 point night...Travis Yonkman made 23 saves for his second shut-out of the season...It was the second time in three home games the Broncos won by 6 goals which is their largest margin of victory...The Broncos went 2 for 7 on the power-play while the Hurricanes went 0 for 5...Tonight wraps up a 3 game home stand for Swift Current before 5 straight games on the road...The Broncos next home game will be January 20th against the Wheat Kings again.
NUMBERS: Keegan Dansereau leads the Broncos with 25 goals and 46 points...Dansereau has 10 goals and 19 points in his last 10 games...Dansereau has points in 6 straight games, he has 13 points in that span...He also leads the team with 13 multi-point games...Dansereau is third in the WHL in goals and 14th in scoring…Matt Tassone has 16 goals and 21 points in his last 20 games...Tassone has goals in 5 of his last 6 games...Tassone is tied for 6th in WHL goal scoring with 23…Eric Doyle leads the team with 29 assists and is 3rd in scoring for WHL defenseman with 36 points...Doyle leads the Broncos with a plus 16 rating and has points in four straight games…Justin Dowling has 16 points in his last 13 games.…Goaltender Mark Guggenberger is 4th in the WHL with a .914 save percentage…The Broncos have not been shut-out in a league best 121 games…Cody Eakin has goals in 6 of his last 8 games, he has 8 goals in that span… Taylor Vause leads all rookies for Swift Current with 14 points on the season…Broncos are 16-1 when leading after two periods and 19-6 when scoring first.
AT HOME: The Broncos are 13-7-0-1 at home and 7-2 versus the East Division at home.
VS. THE EAST DIVISION: The Broncos are 12-7 vs. the East Division.
REGULAR SEASON VS. Brandon: Tonight is the fourth of 8 meetings between the Wheat Kings and Broncos...Brandon is 3-0 versus Swift Current this season, 2-0 in Brandon and 1-0 in Swift Current...The Wheat Kings are the lone East Division team the Broncos have yet to beat...Brandon has won by a 3-1 decision (Oct. 18), 5-3 (Nov. 7) in Brandon and 5-1 in Swift Current (Dec. 5) on Teddy Bear Toss Night...Cody Eakin leads the Broncos in points against the Wheaties this year with a hat-trick in his lone game against Brandon...Matt Calvert and Brayden Schenn each have 5 points for the Wheat Kings.
MILESTONES: Eric Doyle is 4 assists shy of 100 for his career…Matt Tassone is 2 goals shy of 50 for his career…Geordie Wudrick is 10 points shy of 100 for his career…Jan Dalecky is 3 games shy of 100 for his career.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power-play is 41 for 201, 20.4% (7th) and the penalty kill is 84%, giving up 33 goals on 206 tries (7th).
UNDER-17 CHAMPIONSHIP: Broncos Assistant Coach Tim Kehler won a silver medal as the Head Coach for Team Pacific and forward Christian Magnus and Team West finished 4th at the World Under 17 Challenge on Vancouver Island, BC.
HOME HARDWARE PROSPECTS GAME: Forward Cody Eakin has been named to the CHL Top Prospects Game in Oshawa Ontario on January 14th.
ROSTER: The Broncos roster currently consists of 23 players...The team has 3 – 20 year old players, 6 – 19 year old players, 5 – 18 year old players, 7 – 17 year old players, and 2 – 16 year old players.
UPCOMING GAMES: The Broncos head on the road for 5 straight games starting Friday night in Regina.
DRAFTED BRONCOS: Ryan Molle (New Jersey ‘07)…Matt Tassone (Dallas ’08)...Geordie Wudrick (LA ’08).
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