Game Day Preview: Broncos battle Wheat Kings Saturday night
Brandon, MB – The Swift Current Broncos (14-7-0-0) look for back-to-back wins on the weekend as they travel to Westoba Place to face the Brandon Wheat Kings (10-5-3-1) Saturday night.
GAME NOTES BRONCOS STATS WHL MEDIA KIT
The Broncos are coming off a 4-3 win at home Friday night against the Regina Pats while the Wheat Kings will look for retribution after a home loss to the Tri-City Americans 4-1. Swift Current & Brandon have faced each other only once this season in the six meetings they’ll face-off against each other, back on October 5th where the Broncos came away with the comeback win in the shootout 4-3. Tonight’s game can be found on the radio with the Voice of the Broncos Gino De Paoli on Country 94.1 starting at 6:45 while you can watch it on WHL Live – Away Feed.
For more on tonight’s game visit the Game Notes & Stats links above.
LAST GAME 4-3 W vs Pats: Luke Mistelbacher had a pair of power play goals while Clarke Caswell finished with a three assist night at home defeating the Regina Pats 4-3 at InnovationPlex Friday night. Goaltender Reid Dyck made 24 saves in the win.
BRANDON: This is the second of six meetings this season between the Wheat Kings & Broncos as Swift Current returns to the East Division. The Broncos won the season opener at Westoba Place October 5, coming back down 3-1 going to the third period, Rylan Gould, Luke Mistelbacher & Grayson Burzynski as the Broncos would force overtime before Ty Coupland would win the shootout in Round 4 for the 4-3 triumph.
2024-2025 REGULAR SEASON SERIES 2023-2024 REGULAR SEASON SERIES:
October 5/2024 – at Brandon (4-3 SOW SC) September 30/2024 – at Brandon (6-3 BDN)
November 23/2024 – at Brandon October 4/2023 – at Brandon (6-2 SC)
December 30/2024 – at Swift Current January 12/2024 – at Brandon (7-3 SC)
January 1/2025 – at Brandon February 3/2024 – at Swift Current (5-4 OT BDN)
February 11/2025 – at Swift Current March 9/2024 – at Swift Current (6-3 SC)
February 22/2025 – at Swift Current
2024-2025 REGULAR SEASON STATS LEADERS:
Goals (16) – Luke Mistelbacher Assists (26) Clarke Caswell
Points (38) – Luke Mistelbacher
Power Play Goals (4) – Birnie, Gould Power Play Assists (7) – Luke Mistelbacher
Shorthanded Goals (1) – 4 Tied Game Winning Goals (4) – Carlin Dezainde
PIMS (32) – Carlin Dezainde Plus/Minus (+11) – Josh McGregor
Shots (92) – Carlin Dezainde Shooting % (23.3%) – Brady Birnie
Face-off Wins (235) – Carlin Dezainde Face-off % (57.5%) – Rylan Gould
Wins (9) – Reid Dyck Shutouts (1) – Reid Dyck
Save % (.900) – Reid Dyck Goals Against Average (3.22) – Reid Dyck
PLAYERS TO WATCH:
Carlin Dezainde: 22 GP: 13G-12A-25 PTS Clarke Caswell: 19 GP: 7G – 26A – 33 PTS
Luke Mistelbacher: 21 GP: 16G-22A-38 PTS Ty Coupland: 19 GP: 6G – 6A – 12 PTS
Peyton Kettles: 20 GP: 2G – 3A – 5 PTS Brady Birnie: 21: 14G – 16A- 30 PTS
Reid Dyck: 15: 9-6-0-0 3.22 GAA .900 SV% 1 SO Grayson Burzynski: 21 GP: 4G- 13A – 17 PTS
Rylan Gould: 14: 6G-7A-13PTS (4 PPG) Joey Rocha: 7 GP: 5-1-0-0 3.70 GAA .888 SV%
