Game 54 @ Brandon
Red Deer skated away with a 6-1 victory and are 4-0 against the Broncos this season
Kirill Starkov, Dustin Moore, Evan Pighin, Scott Doucet, and Brett Sutter (2) all scored for the Rebels while Zack Smith scored a late goal in the 3rd period to break the shutout bid of James Reimer, who turned away 28 of Swift Current’s 29 shots in the victory
Two or Red Deers 6 goals came while shorthanded
Kyle Moir was chased from the Broncos goal after allowing 5 goals on 17 shots
Travis Yonkman made 5 saves on 6 shots in relief of Moir
The story of the game came with 3:19 remaining in the 3rd period when Pierre-Paul Lamoureux received 5 minutes for fighting, a match penalty for kicking, and a double game misconduct for the Rebels
A line brawl broke out and eventually resulted in 10 misconducts a total of 115 penalty minutes
Lamoureux for the Rebels and R.J. LaRochelle for the Broncos each finished the night with 42 penalty minutes while the game ended with 247 penalty minutes called.
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VS BRANDON: Tonight is the 5th of 8 meetings between the two teams and the Broncos have won 3 of the 4 meetings thus far
The Broncos are outscoring the Wheat Kings 13-12 in the previous 4 meetings despite being outshot 152-111
The Broncos power play is operating at a 21.1% success rate against the Wheat Kings (4 for 19) while they have successfully stopped Brandon’s power play at 87.1% (27 for 31)
The two teams last met on January 20th in Brandon where the Wheat Kings skated away with a 5-1 victory
Levi Nelson and Brady Leavold have led the way for the Broncos against Brandon this season
Nelson has 2 goals and 4 assists while Leavold has 2 goals and 3 assists
Meanwhile, Mark Derlago and Jaraj Simek each have 2 goals and 3 assists in 4 games for Brandon.
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NUMBERS: Levi Nelson has led the Broncos in scoring since the start of the season and now has 13 goals and 27 assists in 51 games played this season
Nelson also leads the team in penalty minutes with 105
Dale Weise follows Nelson with 35 points (15G; 20A) in 48 games played
Jeremy Schenderling is the leader on the Broncos roster with 16 goals
Broncos defenseman Michael Wilson is 19th amongst Western Hockey League defenseman with 28 points (7G; 21A)
The Broncos are 6-10-0-0 against Central Division opponents in 2006/07 while they are 5-10-0-0 on Friday nights
They are a perfect 15-0-0-0 when leading after 40 minutes of play and are 17-4-0-1 when scoring the games first goal
The team is averaging 2.7 goals per game while they are allowing an average of 3.5 goals against per game
The Broncos are shooting the puck on goal 28 times per game while they are facing 33 shots on average
The Broncos have allowed 19 goals against in their last 3 games and are 3 games below .500% for the first time this season.
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MILESTONES: Veteran goaltender Kyle Moir has appeared in 216 regular season games in his career and is 4th on the WHL’s all time games played list for a goaltender
He is just 14 games away from breaking the all time record for a goaltender held by Jeff Calvert who played in 229 career games with the Moose Jaw Warriors and Tacoma Rockets from 1989-94
Meanwhile, Jeremy Schenderling played in his 300th career WHL game on January 20th in Brandon.
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SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power play was 1 for 8 on Wednesday night against Red Deer with Zack Smith recording the teams only goal while on a 5 minute man advantage
The Broncos power play is now operating at 16.0%, good for 16th in the WHL
Jeremy Schenderling leads the roster with 8 power play goals while Michael Wilson’s 14 assists while on the man advantage are also good for the team lead
On the penalty kill the Broncos were a perfect 8 for 8 on Wednesday and now sit 10th in the WHL with an 82.7% success rate
The Broncos have allowed a league high 15 shorthanded goals against this season.
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rROSTER: The Broncos are carrying a 22 man roster The team’s average age is 18.0 while the average height is 6’1.5 and the average weight is 187.3 pounds The team’s roster includes 13 forwards, 7 defenseman, and 2 goaltenders The team has 3 20 year old players, 4 19 year old players, 7 18 year old players, 6 17 year old players, and 2 16 year old players By location, the Broncos have 4 Saskatchewan born players, 8 Alberta born players, 6 British Columbia born players, 2 Manitoba born players, and 2 Czech Republic players The Broncos will have 15 year old affiliate player call ups Cody Eakin (#12 1st round 2006 WHL Bantam Draft) and Brad Hoban (#33 3rd round 2006 WHL Bantam Draft) in the lineup tonight.
