Today's Game vs Prince Albert Raiders
The Broncos are coming off a 4-2 loss in Calgary on Sunday…It was their third game in as many days… The Broncos had 2 one goal leads but couldn’t hold on as Calgary took advantage on the power-play to turn the tide…Eric Doyle and Brad Hoban had the Bronco goals…Morgan Clark took the loss in net…The Broncos were 1-6 on the power-play while the Hitmen were 2-8…Hoban had 2 points in the game for the Broncos.
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NUMBERS: C ody Eakin leads the Broncos with 21 goals, including 11 on the power-play and 3 short-handed…He also leads the team in points with 28 and multi point games with 9…Brad Hoban lead the team in assists with 17…Adam Lowry leads the rookies in scoring with 8 points…Eric Doyle leads all defensemen with 13 points…Doyle also leads the team in WHL regular season games played with 264…Mike Brown leads the team in penalty minutes with 47…The Broncos are outscoring their opponents 53-35 at home but are being outscored 44-21 on the road…The Broncos are averaging 4.8 goals per game at home but only 2.1 on the road…Cody Eakin leads the WHL in goals with 21 and power-play goals with 11…He is tied for 2nd in short-handed goals with 3…He has points in 4 straight and 10 of his last 11 games, notching 15 points in that span…He has goals in 7 of his last 9 games…Justin Dowling has 7 points in his last 3 games…Brad Hoban has 5 points in his last 2 games…Eric Doyle has points in 4 straight games…The Broncos are 7-0 when leading after 2 periods of play…The Broncos draw the 4th most penalties in the WHL, having 114 power-plays…The Broncos have scored a power-play goal in 7 straight games.
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AT HOME: The Broncos are 10-2 at home this season…The last game was a 4-1 win Friday against Prince George.
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SUBWAY SERIES: Cody Eakin and Justin Dowling have been named to Team WHL for the Subway Series game on November 25th in Victoria against the Russians.
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REGULAR SEASON VS. Prince Albert: Today is the 3rd of 8 meetings this season, the 2nd of 4 in Swift Current…The teams have split the series as PA won 3-1 at home on September 23rd and the Broncos erased a 3 goal deficit and scored the last 5 goals of the game to win 6-4 in Swift Current on October 3rd.
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VS. EAST DIVISON: The Broncos are 5-7 against the East Division overall and 5-1 at home.
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INJURY REPORT: Broncos forward Matt Tassone is on the injury list after shoulder surgery…The Broncos have lost 54 man games due to injury.
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MILESTONES: Geordie Wudrick is 10 points shy of 150 for his career…Taylor Vause is 5 games shy of 100 for his career…Cody Eakin is 7 points shy of 100 for his career.
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SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power-play is 20 for 114, 17.5% (15th) and the penalty kill is 83.2%, giving up 18 goals on 107 tries (4rd)… The Broncos have scored 5 short-handed goals while they have given up 4.
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DID YOU KNOW? Broncos forward Adam Lowry is the son of current Calgary Flames Assistant Coach and former Head Coach of the Calgary Hitmen Dave Lowry…Morgan Clark’s father Ian, is the goaltending coach for the Vancouver Canucks…Mike Brown’s grandfather is Bill Hay, Chairman of the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
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ROSTER: The Broncos roster currently consists of 23 players…The team has 4 – 20 year old players, 4 – 19 year old players, 7 – 18 year old players, 5 – 17 year old players, and 3 – 16 year old players… Fourteen Broncos were drafted by Swift Current, 6 were listed and 3 were traded for…Geographically, 14 Broncos are from Alberta, 6 of which call Calgary home…Three players are from Saskatchewan and BC, two are from Manitoba and one is from Texas…The team has 8 rookies and 15 veterans…The team has no European players…Broncos’ Average Age: 18…Height: 6’1”…Weight: 181.
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UPCOMING GAMES: Swift Current has 3 days between games before the Edmonton Oil Kings come to town for their last visit on Sunday October 15th.
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DRAFTED BRONCOS: Matt Tassone (Dallas ’08)…Geordie Wudrick (LA ’08)…Morgan Clark (Vancouver ’08)…Cody Eakin (Washington ’09). The Broncos have had at least 1 player drafted in each year…The Broncos string of 23 straight years of having a player drafted into the NHL leads the WHL…The only other teams to have a player drafted in each year of existence are: Red Deer (17 years) and Vancouver (8 years).
