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Game Notes October 10th vs Vancouver

October 10, 2015 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
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2015-16 So Far: The Broncos are 2-2-1-0 after 5 games. They are 0-1-0-0 at home and 2-1-1-0 on the road. The Broncos have played Brandon twice as well as Red Deer, Saskatoon and Edmonton.

Last Night: The Broncos erupted for 5 goals in a 5-0 win in Saskatoon. 3 of those goals happened in a 52 second span in the 2nd period. Jordan Thomson, Cavin Leth, Scott Feser, Jon Martin and Glenn Gawdin all scored for Swift Current. Landon Bow stopped 30 shots for his first shut-out of the season. Jake Debrusk was assessed a 5 minute major and game misconduct for checking to the head early in the first period.

The Newest Face in the Locker Room: Tonight will be the home Bronco debut of Jon Martin. Martin, a 6'2 218 pound native of Winnipeg, was acquired from the Kootenay Ice for a 4th round WHL Bantam pick in 2016 earlier. The 20 year old forward had 4 points in 4 games with the Ice this season. Martin had 1 goal and 1 assist last night in Saskatoon and was named 2nd star of the game.

VS Vancouver: In the last 5 seasons the Broncos are 3-1-0-0 vs The Giants. The Giants are 1-3-0-0 vs Swift. The Giants are 1-2-1-1 on their trip through the East Division so far.

Familiar Faces: Former Bronco Dakota Odgers makes his return to the Credit Union i-Plex. Odgers was traded to Vancouver last November for a fifth round bantam pick (Josh Prokop). Odgers played 65 games as a Bronco scoring 3 goals, 3 assists and adding 108 penalty minutes.

Bronco forward Brendan Holterhus was acquired from Vancouver in a pre-season trade for Matthew Parsons.

Big Numbers in the Blue Paint: Goalie Landon Bow was the WHL nominee for CHL goaltender of the week last week. Bow has stopped 212 of 224 shots faced this season. The 20 year old goaltender leads the league in saves, is 2nd in the league in minutes played and fifth in the league in save percentage with a .946%.

Special Teams: Through 4 games the Bronco Power play is 3/18 while the penalty kill is 22/25 which is 3rd best in the league at 88%.

Max Gets an A: Max Lajoie has received an A level rating by NHL Central Scouting. Lajoie is a late birthday 1997 born player who is draft eligible in 2016.

Max Gets Another A, Broncos Name Leadership Group: The Swift Current Broncos have named their leadership group for 2015-16. The team will forego have a captain while giving alternate captain status to Jake Debrusk, Scott Feser, Glenn Gawdin and Max Lajoie.

Drafted Broncos: Glenn Gawdin was selected in the 4th round by the St. Louis Blues in 2015. Jake Debrusk was a 2015 first round pick of the Boston Bruins.

NHL Camps: The Broncos sent 4 players to NHL camps. Kade Jensen was reassigned back to Swift Current from Chicago Blackhawks rookie camp. Landon Bow attended Anaheim Ducks rookie camp and main camp before returning to Swift Current. Glenn Gawdin was in St. Louis Blues camp. Jake Debrusk returned from Boston Bruins Camp earlier this week.

Dillon Heatherington and Brett Lernout have signed contracts with their respective NHL teams (Columbus and Montreal) and are not expected back in the WHL.

2014-15 Stats: Regular season record was 34-33-1-4. For the 3rd year in a row the team finished with a record above 500

-Made the playoffs seeded third in the east division. Lost to second place Regina in 4 games.

-The Broncos power-play was 7th overall in the league running at 22%.

-The Broncos penalty kill was 8th in the league operating at 81.2%

INDIVIDUAL STATS AND HIGHLIGHTS: Jake Debrusk led the team in scoring (42 goals, 39 assists, 81 points)

-Brett Lernout led the team in scoring by defensemen with 14 goals and 28 assists for 42 points in 72 games.

-Max Lajoie led the team in Rookie scoring (7 goals, 34 assists, 41 points)

-Colby Cave, Jake Debrusk, Glenn Gawdin, Brett Lernout, Max Lajoie, Cavin Leth and Tyler Steenbergen played all 72 games.

-Jake Debrusk was sixth in the WHL in goals with 42. Colby Cave was 15th with 35.

-Jake Debrusk was fifth in the league for powerplay goals with 13. Colby Cave was 6th with 12.

-Max Lajoie had the league's 7th best shoot-out percentage with .667

-Max Lajoie was 10th in rookie scoring with 41 points. That was 2nd best in the league for rookie defensemen.

The Roster: The Broncos have 24 players on their roster.

Imports are Andreas Schumacher from Sweden and Artyom Minulin from Russia.

20 year olds are Jon Martin, Scott Feser and Landon Bow.

There are 6 98's; Owen Seidel, Ryan Sokoloski, Tyler Steenbergen, Cole Johnson and Colby Sissons,.

11 1997's; Brendan Holterhus, Glenn Gawdin, Tristen Elder, Tyler Adams, Conner Chaulk, Brandan Arnold, Kade Jensen, Max Lajoie, Jaydan Gordon and Travis Child.

There are 6 96 born players: Cavin Leth, Jake Debrusk, Andreas Schumacher, Jordan Harris, Jordan Thomson and Calvin Spencer.

Sick Bay: Andreas Schumacher is week to week with an Upper Body Injury. Cole Johnson is out indefinitely with an Upper Body Injury.

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