Broncos vs. Pats – Round 1
The Broncos will be facing the Regina Pats in the opening series of this year's playoffs as the #3 and #2 seeds respectively. The series will get started in Regina on Friday night at 7:00pm and is available to be watched online at www.whl.ca or listened to by clicking on the broadcast tab on www.scbroncos.com.
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The playoff matchup is the first between the two teams since the 1992/93 Conference finals that saw the Broncos sweep the Pats 4-0 to advance to the WHL Championship where they eventually defeated the Portland Winter Hawks in a 7th and deciding game to advance to the Memorial Cup.
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In 2006/07, the teams will once again lock horns after facing off against each other 8 times during the regular season. Offense has not been a problem between these two teams this season. Despite Regina winning by a 1-0 score on February 3rd, the teams still averaged a combined 6.75 goals per game with Regina outscoring the Broncos 32-22 in the regular season. The Pats also outshot the Broncos in the regular season meetings by a count of 264-212. The Broncos power play managed to score 7 times against Regina on 51 opportunities for a 13.73% success rate while the Broncos penalty kill was an even 80.0% against Regina in 2006/07. Jeremy Schenderling and David Stieler each had 4 goals against Regina this season while Michael Wilson had a team best 5 assists. Jordan Eberle had 5 goals against the Broncos this year while Garrett Festerling had 10 assists.
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The Broncos are entering this year's playoffs on a strong note after closing out the season with 7 wins in their final 10 games thanks to some key performances. Jeremy Schenderling did not dress in the team’s final regular season game, however, was on a 6 game point streak to close off his season with 4 goals and 3 assists in that stretch. Meanwhile European forward David Stieler had his 5 game point streak snapped last Saturday night. During his streak, Stieler recorded 2 goals and 6 assists. Defenseman Paul Postma finished off the season with a career high 4 game point streak including his first career Western Hockey League hat trick on March 16th. Postma has 3 goals and 4 assists in his last 4 games. Kyle Bortis was a model of consistency for the Broncos at the end of the season. In his final 17 games, despite recording just 2 multi-point performances, Bortis recorded 8 goals and 6 assists.
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Games 3 and 4 will be in Swift Current on March 27th and 28th. Season ticket holders will have until 4:00pm on Friday, March 23rd to purchase their playoff tickets before they are released to the general public. Playoff 10 packs are available for $180 for season ticket holders.
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Walkup ticket prices for the playoffs are $19 (adults), $11 (students), and $9 (children).
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To reserve or purchase your playoff tickets, call the Broncos Ticket Office at 773-1509.
