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March 7, 2016 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
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The Records: The Broncos are 23-34-5-3. They are 13-18-1-1 at home and 10-16-4-2 on the road. Swift Current is 6th in the East Division and tied for 10th in the conference.

With 54 points and seven games remaining, Swift Current trails Edmonton by 7 points for the last wildcard playoff spot in the east. The Broncos are tied with Saskatoon and 3 points behind Medicine Hat in that points race.

Moose Jaw is 33-25-7-1. The Warriors have a 15-13-5-0 record away from Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw. The Warriors are in third place in the east division, 4 points ahead of Regina and six points behind Prince Albert.

VS The Warriors: Swift Current is 1-5-0-0 vs Moose Jaw this season. Their last meeting was a 5-1 Warrior win in Moose Jaw February 21st.

Glenn Gawdin leads the season series in scoring for Swift with 5 points. Dryden Hunt has put up 15 points, including 7 goals, in the six games vs Swift. Brayden Point has 2 goals and 8 assists vs the Broncos in five games played.

Last Games: Swift Current won their 2nd straight with a 5-3 win in Medicine Hat Saturday night.

Moose Jaw lost their 3rd in a row in Brandon on Saturday night, 7-2.

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 last week. Martin is in his final season of major junior eligibility and was undrafted. The 20 year old Winnipeg native has 39 goals this season. Martin had a career total of 32 goals coming into this year.

SICK BAY: Jordan Harris, upper body indefinite. Cole Johnson, upper body indefinite.

Special Teams: The Bronco power play went 3 for 9 on the weekend and is scoring 19% of the time, which is 14th best in the WHL. The penalty kill is 20th in the league at 75.5%

The Warrior Power play has the 5th best percentage in the league at 22.7%. Their PK operating at 80.4%, which is 6th best in the WHL.

Who to Watch: Swift Current'sJon Martin has 39 goals this season. Martin has 3 goals in his last 2 games.

Swift Current's Tyler Steenbergen has 30 points in his last 30 games and 10 goals in his last 12 games.

Lane Pederson has 31 points in his last 28 games.

Moose Jaw's Dryden Hunt had 19 goals and 28 points in 12 games played in the month of February.

300 club: The Broncos have 2 players who have surpassed 300 WHL games this season. Jon Martin played his 300th in Saskatoon February 17th in Saskatoon while Jamal Watson played his 300th January 15th in Swift Current vs Calgary.

Game Winners: Jon Martin leads in game-winning goals with 8. Lane Pederson has 3. Kade Jensen and Tyler Steenbergen have 2. Scott Feser, Glenn Gawdin, 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 39 and points with 70.

Lane Pederson has 35 assists to lead Swift Current.

Max Lajoie, Jon Martin 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 14. Lajoie leads the team in power play points with 21.

Jon Martin has 8 game winning goals to lead the team in that stat. Martin has 2 shoot out winners to lead the Broncos.

Kade Jensen leads the team in penalty minutes with 86.

Max Lajoie leads the team in defenseman scoring with 31 points.

Max Lajoie and Kade Jensen lead 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 25 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.

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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