Playoff Game 1 @ Brandon Wheat Kings
The Broncos open the playoffs against the Brandon Wheat Kings in a 2 vs. 7 seed matchup.
The Broncos are coming off a 5-4 shootout win over the Moose Jaw Warriors to pass the Warriors for 7th place...Michael Stickland had the hat-trick and Cody Eakin added a single in the win... Jordan Peddle scored the shootout winner in the 10th round of the shootout...Eakin had a 4 point night...The Broncos ended the regular season with 3 straight wins...Morgan Clark picked up the win in goal as the Broncos outshot the Warriors 42-38.
NUMBERS: Cody Eakin led the Broncos with 47 goals, including 17 on the power-play and 4 short-handed...He also led the team in points with 91…Justin Dowling led the team in assists with 46…Eakin led the team in multi-point games with 26…16 year old Adam Lowry led the rookies in scoring with 34 points, good for 20th in WHL rookie scoring...He also led the Broncos with a plus/minus of +10…Travis Bobbee led all defensemen with 32 points…Michael Stickland led the team in WHL regular season games played with 267 and led the team in penalty minutes with 93…Cody Eakin was 3rd in the WHL in goals with 47 and he was 4th in power-play goals with 16...He finished the season 9th in WHL scoring...He has goals in 6 of his last 9 games and points in 4 straight…Justin Dowling has 15 points in his last 11 games and points in 8 of his last 9 games…Michael Stickland has 18 points in his last 9 games…Stepan Novotny has 9 points in his last 9 games…Morgan Clark had a .940 save percentage and a 2.10 GAA since February 1st, he was 10th in the WHL with a .908 save percentage...The Broncos are 18-1-0-2 when leading after 2 periods of play…The Broncos have points in 10 of their last 12 road games.
ON THE ROAD: The Broncos were 15-16-1-4 on the road over-all and 7-10-0-2 against the East Division.
PLAYOFF NUMBERS: The Broncos have clinched a playoff berth for the 23rd time in 24 seasons in Swift Current...Derek Claffey leads the team in playoff games played with 24…Justin Dowling leads the team with 13 points in the playoffs...Michael Stickland led the team in scoring with 7 points in last year’s playoffs...Swift Current lost in 7 games last year to Medicine Hat.
REGULAR SEASON VS. Brandon: The Broncos were 2-4 against the Wheat Kings this season. 09-10 scores:
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Brandon
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3
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BRONCOS
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O
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A
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Sep-25
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5
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4
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H
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Nov-18
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4
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2
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A
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Nov-27
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4
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5
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H
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Nov-28
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2
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4
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H
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Dec-28
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3
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O
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A
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Feb-12
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The last time these two teams met in the playoffs was in 2001-02 with the Wheat Kings winning the round 2 battle 4-1...These two teams have met twice in the playoffs and have each won 1 series.
VS. EAST DIVISION: The Broncos are 19-17-0-2 against the East Division.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power-play is 63 for 360, 17.5% (18th) and the penalty kill is 84%, giving up 50 goals on 314 tries (4th)...The Broncos have scored 10 short-handed goals while they have given up 10.
ROSTER: The Broncos roster currently consists of 24 players...The team has 3 – 20 year old players, 5 – 19 year old players, 7 – 18 year old players, 5 – 17 year old players, and 4 – 16 year old players...Fourteen Broncos were drafted by Swift Current, 4 were listed and 6 were traded for... Geographically, 12 Broncos are from Alberta, 3 of which call Calgary home...Four players are from Manitoba, three players are from Saskatchewan, two are from BC, one is from the Czech Republic, one is from Arizona and one is from Texas...The Broncos have added 16 yr. old forward Josh Derko.
UPCOMING GAMES: The Broncos and Wheat Kings play game 2 tomorrow night in Brandon, the series switches to Regina for games Tuesday and Wednesday.
AWARD WINNERS: Cody Eakin was named to the Eastern Conference 2nd All Star Team and rookie Adam Lowry was named the Eastern Conference Scholastic Player of the Year.
DRAFTED BRONCOS: Matt Tassone (Dallas ’08)...Morgan Clark (Vancouver ’08)…Cody Eakin (Washington ’09).
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