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Game Notes: Roadie to Regina

March 4, 2016 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
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The Records: The Broncos are 21-34-5-3. They are 13-18-1-1 at home and 8-16-4-2 on the road. Swift Current is 6th in the East Division and 11th in the conference.

With 50 points and nine games remaining, Swift Current trails Edmonton by 11 points for the last wildcard playoff spot in the east. The Broncos are two points behind Saskatoon and 5 points behind Medicine Hat in that points race.

Regina is 31-26-3-4 with a 12-12-2-0 record at the Brandt Centre. Regina is 4th in the WHL east division, 5 points behind Moose Jaw for 3rd. Regina is 8 points ahead of Edmonton for the first eastern conference wild card spot.

VS the Pats: Swift Current is 1-1-0-1 vs. Regina this season. Including tonight the teams have three more meetings this year. The last meeting of these teams was a 4-3 Regina shoot-out win on February 15th in Swift Current.

Swift Current's Jon Martin and Tyler Steenbergen and Regina's Sam Steel lead the season series in scoring with 5 points each.

Last Games: The Broncos are coming off a 5-2 home ice loss to Red Deer on Tuesday. Red Deer led 4-0 after the first period. Swift Current has lost 5 in a row.

Regina beat Kootenay on home ice Wednesday by a score of 5-3 to snap a 3 game losing streak.

The Sheriff signs on the dotted line: Swift Current Bronco captain Jon Martin signed a two-way entry level contract with the San Jose Sharks this week. Martin is in his final season of major junior eligibility and was undrafted. The 20 year old Winnipeg native has 36 goals this season, bettering his career total of 32 coming into this year.

SICK BAY: Jordan Harris, upper body indefinite. Cole Johnson, upper body indefinite. Max Lajoie returned from an illness Tuesday night.

Special Teams: The Bronco power play is scoring 18.4% of the time which is 18th best in the WHL. The penalty kill is 21st in the league at 75.3%.

Regina scores on 18% of their power plays which is the 19th best percentage in the league. Regina kills off 77.2% of their penalties which is the 17th best percentage in the league.

Who to Watch: Swift Current'sJon Martin has 36 goals this season.

Swift Current's Tyler Steenbergen has 30 points in his last 28 games and 10 goals in his last 10 games.

Lane Pederson has 31 points in his last 26 games.

Regina's Sam Steel has 19 points in his last 15 games.

Regina's Cole Sanford has 22 points in his last 13 games.

Regina's Adam Brooks has 36 points in his last 16 games.

Game Winners: Jon Martin leads in game-winning goals with 8. Lane Pederson has 3. Kade Jensen and Tyler Steenbergen have 2. 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 in goals with 36 and points with 65.

Lane Pederson has 35 assists to lead Swift Current.

Max Lajoie and Tyler Steenbergen lead the team in power play goals with 7. Artyom Minulin and Max Lajoie lead the team in power play assists with 11. Lajoie leads the team in power play points with 18.

Jon Martin has 8 game winning goals to lead the team in that stat.

Kade Jensen leads the team in penalty minutes with 84.

Max Lajoie leads the team in defenseman scoring with 30 points.

Max Lajoie leads the team in goals by a defenseman with 7.

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.

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.

AP Dom Schmiemann is the only 99 born player.

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

13 1997's; Gustav Olhaver, 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 Spencer.

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