GAME DAY: Broncos at Calgary Hitmen – Puck Drop 3PM (CST)

RECORD:  9-10-3-2

TEAM LEADERS: 

GOALS	Adam Lowry, Graham Black, Levi Bews	10
ASSISTS	Adam Lowry, Coda Gordon	16
POINTS	Adam Lowry	26
PIM	Josh Derko	50
PLUS/MINUS	Levi Bews	+4

MILESTONES: 

Graham Black is one game shy of the 100 mark of his WHL career.  He is also nine assists shy of the 50 mark of his WHL career.

Colby Cave is five games shy of the 100 mark of his WHL career. 

Coda Gordon is nine games shy of the 100 mark of his WHL career.

Levi Bews is six points shy of the 50 mark of his WHL career. 

Reece Scarlett is seven points shy of the 100 mark of his WHL career.

Adam Lowry is eight points shy of the 150 mark of his WHL career.

ON THE ROAD: The Broncos are currently 4-4-1-1 on the road this season.  Adam Lowry leads the team in scoring when on the road with 12 points (3G,9A).

REGULAR SEASON VS CALGARY:  This will be the first of four meetings between the Broncos (9-10-3-2) and Calgary Hitmen (13-5-1-2) this season. Last season the Broncos went 0-3-0-1 in their season series with the Hitmen and went 0-2 when playing at the Scotiabank Saddledome.

Leading Scorers:

BRONCOS			HITMEN
NAME	POINTS		NAME	POINTS
Adam Lowry	10-16-26		Brooks Macek	11-15-26
Coda Gordon	6-16-22		Mathew Dumba	13-7-20
Graham Black	10-7-17		Brady Brassart	7-11-18
Levi Bews	10-6-16		Alex Roach	4-11-15

PIM:

BRONCOS			HITMEN
Josh Derko	50		Darian Henry	69

ROSTER: The Broncos roster currently consists of 22 players. The team has 3 – 20 year old players, 8 – 19 year old players, 4 – 18 year old players, 6 – 17 year old players and one 16 year old player.  Geographically, 13 Broncos are from Alberta, 7 are from Saskatchewan, 1 is from the Czech Republic and 1 is from Finland. There are 7 rookies and 15 veterans on the roster.

CALGARY TIES:  Six Broncos hail from the Calgary, AB area, including Ryon Moser, Adam Lowry, Coda Gordon, Dillon Heatherington, Brycen Martin and Bobby Zinkan.

WORLD U-17 CHALLENGE:  Rookie defenceman Brycen Martin has been named to Team Pacific for the 2013 World Junior Under-17 Hockey Challenge in Victoriaville and Drummondville, Quebec.  Martin was selected in the 1^st round, 2^nd overall, by the Broncos in the 2011 WHL Bantam Draft.

SUBWAY SUPER SERIES:  Adam Lowry and Graham Black were selected to represent Team WHL at the 2012 SUBWAY Super Series where they went 1-1 against Russia.  Team WHL’s captain, Lowry, tallied a power play goal on Thursday, November 15^th in the 5-2 loss to Team Russia.

FOR THE “W”:  General Manager and Head Coach, Mark Lamb is one win away from the 100 mark of his WHL coaching career.  He took over the role of General Manager and Head Coach of the Broncos in July of 2009.

CAPTAINCY:  The Broncos named Adam Lowry the 26^th captain in franchise history based on a team vote.  Richard Nedomlel, Reece Scarlett and Josh Derko were named alternates.

“PLAYERS TO WATCH”:  Dillon Heatherington and Colby Cave cracked the Central Scouting’s Preliminary Watch List.  Heatherington was one of 8 WHL players on the B list, while Cave was listed amongst 26 other WHL players on the C list.

INJURIES: 

Brent Benson – Upper Body – Week-to-Week

Shea Howorko – Upper Body – Indefinite

DRAFTED BRONCOS:  The Broncos currently have five drafted players on the roster:

Graham Black – 5^th round (135^th overall) – New Jersey Devils – 2012 NHL Entry Draft.

Coda Gordon – 6^th round (165^th overall) – Calgary Flames – 2012 NHL Entry Draft.

Adam Lowry – 3^rd round (67^th overall) – Winnipeg Jets – 2011 NHL Entry Draft.

Reece Scarlett – 6^th round (159^th overall) – New Jersey Devils – 2011 NHL Entry Draft.

Richard Nedomlel – 6^th round (175^th overall) – Detroit Red Wings – 2011 NHL Entry Draft.

UP NEXT:  The Broncos travel to Edmonton, AB to take on the Oil Kings on Tuesday, November 20^th.  Then, the Broncos host the Brandon Wheat Kings on Tuesday, November 27^th.