TONIGHT'S GAME: The Swift Current Broncos host the Prince Albert Raiders for the third time this season.

It will be the first of three meetings in less than a week between the two clubs as the play a home and home next Friday and Saturday...The Broncos are coming off a 4-3 loss to the Saskatoon Blades on Friday night...Matt Tassone, Keegan Dansereau and Taylor Vause scored for the Broncos who opened the scoring for the 4th straight game but couldn’t defeat the division leading Blades...The Broncos outshot the Blades 29-28 including 13-3 in the third period...Travis Yonkman took the loss in goal for the Broncos...Swift Current was 2-7 on the power-play while Saskatoon was 1-3...Eric Doyle and Geordie Wudrick each had two assists for Swift Current... Dansereau also had 2 points in the game...The Broncos have lost 3 in a row at home and 4 of their last 5 at the Credit Union i-plex...They wrap up a 3 game homestand tonight.

NUMBERS: Keegan Dansereau leads the Broncos with 53 points...Dansereau has 12 goals and 26 points in his last 18 games...Dansereau has points in 10 of his last 13 games, tallying 19 points in that span...He also leads the team with 15 multi-point games on the season...Dansereau is 8th in the WHL in goals with 27 and leads the WHL in power-play goals with 16…Matt Tassone leads the team with 29 goals...He has 22 goals in his last 28 games...Tassone is tied for 4th in WHL goal scoring...Tassone has points in 4 straight games notching 6 points in over those games…Eric Doyle leads the team with 34 assists and is tied for 4th in scoring for WHL defensemen with 43 points...Doyle leads the Broncos with a plus 17 rating and has points in 9 of his last 12 games…John Negrin is tied for 11th in the WHL for defensemen scoring with 36 points…Geordie Wudrick has 6 goals and 10 points in his last 7 games...Justin Dowling has 22 points in his last 21 games…Michael Stickland has points in four of his last 5 games...The Broncos have not been shut-out in a league best 129 straight games…Taylor Vause leads all rookies for Swift Current with 19 points on the season, he has 5 points in his last 3 games… Broncos are 18-2 when leading after two periods and 20-9 when scoring first.

AT HOME: The Broncos are 13-10-0-1 at home and 7-5 versus the East Division at home...Brandon and Saskatoon are the only Eastern Division teams that have beaten the Broncos at home.

REGULAR SEASON VS. Prince Albert: Tonight is the fifth of 8 meetings between the Raiders and Broncos...The Broncos are 3-1 against the Raiders this season...They are 2-0 at home and 1-1 on the road with the road victory coming in overtime...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 and Eric Doyle lead the Broncos with 5 points against the Raiders this season...The Broncos are 21-11-2-0 against the Raiders over the past 5 seasons.

MILESTONES: Geordie Wudrick scored his 100th point in his career Friday night…Keegan Dansereau is 2 goals shy of 100 for his career…Michael Stickland is 4 points shy of 100 for his career…John Negrin is 6 assists shy of 100 for his career…Brad Hoban is 6 games shy of 100 for his career.

SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power-play is 48 for 242, 19.8% (8th) and the penalty kill is 82 %, giving up 45 goals on 250 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 head to Moose Jaw on Wednesday night and Prince Albert on Friday night before returning home against the Raiders on Saturday.

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



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