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Game Notes: Broncos Battle Blades

February 6, 2016 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Swift Current Broncos News Release


The Records: The Broncos are 18-27-4-2. They are 11-14-1-0 at home and 7-13-3-2 on the road. The Broncos sit 5th in the East Division and 10th in the East Conference.

The Broncos trail Regina and Edmonton by 9 points for the second wildcard playoff spot in the Eastern conference. Swift Current is two points behind Medicine Hat and needs to leap frog them to get into the playoffs as well.

Saskatoon is two points behind Swift Current with an 18-29-4-0 record.

Last Games: The Broncos are coming off a 2-1 overtime loss in Prince Albert last night. Jon Martin scored his league leading 34th of the year. Taz Burman made 32 saves.

Saskatoon's last game was a 7-0 groundhog day drubbing at the hands of the Prince George Cougars

BRONCO DEADLINE DEALS:

Debrusk Dealt: The Broncos traded Jake Debrusk to Red Deer for 18 year old forward Lane Pederson, a 2017 1st round bantam pick and a 2016 3rd round pick.

Schumacher Sent to Seattle: The Swift Current Broncos sent the rights to Andreas Schumacher to Seattle to free up a roster spot for an import.

New Face, Olhaver: After freeing up an import roster spot the Broncos added 18 year old Swedish forward Gustav Olhaver. The 6'7, 220 pound left wing was released by Seattle after they acquired the right to Andreas Schumacher.

Leth left: Cavin Leth was traded to Seattle. The 19 year old forward was exchanged for 17 year old defenseman Sahvan Khaira. Khaira is 6'3.5 and 220 pounds.

Bye to Bow: The Broncos dealt 20 year old goalie Landon Bow to Seattle in exchange for 20 year old forward Jamal Watson, 18 year old goalie Taz Burman and a conditional 2nd round WHL bantam draft pick.

Adamson Added: The Broncos made one deal on deadline day adding 19 year old right winger Austin Adamson from Red Deer for an 8th round WHL Bantam Draft pick in 2017.

VS The Blades: Swift Current is 2-2-1-0 vs Saskatoon this year. Their last meeting was a 6-4 Bronco win in Saskatoon December 30th. Jon Martin has 7 points in 5 games vs Saskatoon to lead the season series in scoring. Broncos forward Scott Feser and Blades forward Cameron Hebig each have 6 points in the season series

SICK BAY: Jordan Harris, upper body indefinite. Cole Johnson, upper body indefinite. Gustav Olhaver is cleared to play after missing two weeks with an upper-body injury.

Special Teams: The Bronco power play is scoring 18.1% of the time which is 17th best in the WHL. The penalty kill is 16th best in the league at 77.4%.

Saskatoon scores power play goals on 16.6% of their chances which is 20th in the league. The PK for PSaskatoon is 81% which is 8th in the league.

The Bronco power play is 14/44 in the last 12 games which is 32%

Who to Watch: Swift Current's Jon Martin leads the league in goals with 33. Martin has 7 goals in his last 8 games.

Swift Current's Tyler Steenbergen has 16 points in his last 16 games.

Lane Pederson has 18 points in his last 14 games.

Max Lajoie has 16 points in his last 16 games.

Glenn Gawdin has 16 points in his last 16 games.

Jamal Watson has 6 points in his first 8 games as a Bronco.

Game Winners: Jon Martin leads in game-winning goals with 7. Kade Jensen and Lane Pederson have 2. Tyler Steenbergen, Scott Feser, Colby Sissons and Artyom Minulin each have one game winner. Jamal Watson had 3 game winning goals as a member of the Seattle Thunderbirds and has one as a Bronco.

Leaders: Jon Martin leads the team and The WHL in goals with 34.

Max Lajoie leads the team in power play goals with 6. Lajoie leads the team in power play points with 17.

Jon Martin has 7 game winning goals to lead the team in that stat.

Kade Jensen leads the team in penalty minutes with 62.

Max Lajoie leads the team in defenseman scoring with 29 points.

Kade Jensen and Max Lajoie have 6 goals, the most by Bronco defensemen.

Central Scouting with an Eye on Max: Max Lajoie was just ranked 41st among North American skaters in the midterm rankings by NHL Central Scouting

Bronco Prospect and All-Star: 2015 Bronco first round bantam pick Riley Stotts was named a second team all star in the Manitoba Midget AAA hockey league. Stotts was the only 2000 born player named to a league all-star team. The 15 year old forward leads The Winnipeg Wild in scoring with 18 goals, 17 assists and 35 points in 27 games.

Heward appeared at World U17's: Broncos assistant coach Jamie Heward served as an assistant coach of Team Canada Red at The 2015 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge. Heward and Team Canada Red lost to Sweden in the Bronze Medal game Saturday.

Bronco Prospect wins gold at Mac's: 1999 born forward and Bronco prospect Tyler Oakenfold was part of the gold winning team at the Mac's Midget Tournament in Calgary. Oakenfold plays for the Calgary Midget AAA Flames.

Broncos Prospects Shine in U16 Challenge Cup: 3 members of the Broncos Bantam Draft class of 2015 took part in the U16 Challenge Cup in Calgary. Josh Prokop and Jacob Bernard-Docker were a part of Gold Medal winning Team Alberta. 2000 born prospect Riley Stotts led silver medal winners Team Manitoba in scoring. Broncos Assistant General Manager Jamie Porter and Goaltending Coach Derek Purfield also lent their talents to Team Alberta.

Drafted Broncos: Glenn Gawdin was selected in the 4th round by the St. Louis Blues in 2015. Gustav Olhaver as a 7th round selection of the Colorado Avalanche.

Who's the Best? The WHL recently named its Top 125 players of all time. Fans can vote for their favorites. After fan voting, the greatest all time players in the WHL will be named this season. Former Broncos on the list are: Cody Eakin, Dan Lambert, Adam Lowry, Joe Sakic, Brian Sakic, Bryan Trottier and Tiger Williams.

The Roster: The Broncos have 26 players on their roster.

Imports are Gustav Olhaver from Sweden and Artyom Minulin from Russia.

20 year olds are Jon Martin, Scott Feser and Jamal Watson.

There are 6 98's; Kaden Elder, Tyler Steenbergen, Cole Johnson and Colby Sissons, Sahvan Khaira and Artyom Minulin.

14 1997's; Gustav Olhaver, Mark Tarashuck, Glenn Gawdin, Lane Pederson Tristen Elder, Arthur Miller, Tyler Adams, Conner Chaulk, Brandan Arnold, Kade Jensen, Max Lajoie, Jaydan Gordon, Taz Burman and Travis Child.

There are 3 96 born players: Jordan Harris, Austin Adamson and Calvin SpencerCalvin Spencer.

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