Game 36 vs. Saskatoon
The Broncos, who scored the first goal of the game, allowed the Hurricanes to come back with 3 unanswered goals, walking into the 3rd period with a 3-1 lead
Heading into Wednesday night's game, the Broncos were just 2-15-1-0 when trailing after 40 minutes of play
Geordie Wudrick got the comeback started with a goal on the power play less than a minute into the 3rd period
The Broncos, desperate to tie the game, pulled goaltender Kyle Moir for an extra attacker and the move once again paid off
For the 2nd consecutive game the Broncos were trailing with less than 10 seconds left in the game and, just like they had done last weekend in Brandon, found a way to tie the game as David Stieler scored with just 8 seconds remaining
The game would go to a shootout where Levi Nelson, with the game on his stick, ringed one off of the post and in to give the Broncos their 5th win in their last 6 games
The Broncos finished the night 2 for 6 on the power play while Dale Weise was named the games 1st star thanks to a 3 point night with 1 goal and 2 assists.
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NUMBERS: Levi Nelson leads the Broncos scoring race by 5 points with 7 goals and 19 helpers in 35 games played
Dale Weise propelled himself into 2nd on the team in scoring and now has 9 goals and 12 assists in 32 games played this season
Daniel Rakos, who is currently with the Czech Republic U-20 team for the World Junior Hockey Championships, leads the Broncos with 10 goals while Nelson’s 19 assists are also good for the team lead
Nelson and Broncos 16 year old forward Geordie Wudrick are the only 2 players to have played in all 35 games this season
Dane Crowley leads the team with 83 while Daniel Rakos (76) and Brady Leavold (74) are 2nd and 3rd respectively
Leavold is currently leading the Broncos with a +7 rating while Paul Postma is a team worst 9
The Broncos have 11 players who have recorded 10 or more points thus far into the season
As a team the Broncos are average 28 shots for per game while they are allowing 33 shots against
The Broncos are scoring 2.6 goals per game on average while they are allowing 3.1 goals against
The club is a perfect 11-0-0-0 when leading after 40 minutes of play and are an impressive 13-1-0-0 when scoring the games first goal
The team continues to lead the league with 889 penalty minutes.
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SPECIAL TEAMS: The Broncos power play is currently operating at 13.0% and is ranked 20th in the WHL
The team has scored 33 power play goals on 254 attempts
Daniel Rakos leads the Broncos with 5 power play goals while Michael Wilson’s 9 power play assists are also good for the team lead
On the penalty kill, the Broncos have continued their strong efforts from 2005/06 and are currently ranked 7th in the WHL with an 82.8% efficiency rating.
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rROSTER: The Broncos enter tonight’s action with a 22-man roster that includes 13 forwards, 7 defenseman, and 2 goaltenders The team has 3 20 year old players, 5 19 year old players, 7 18 year old players, 5 17 year old players, and 2 16 year old players By location, the Broncos have 4 Saskatchewan born players, 7 Alberta born players, 6 British Columbia born players, 3 Manitoba born players, and 2 Czech Republic players.
