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10/9/2006: Brandon @ Lethbridge Hurricanes @ Brandon 15:00
GAME NOTES: The WHEAT KINGS hope to find the win column on the road for the first time this 2006-07 Western Hockey League season this afternoon when they close out a mini 2-game road trip in LETHBRIDGE against the HURRICANES...BRANDON enters Monday's game with a record of 3-4-0 (3-1-0 at home and 0-3-0 on the road)...The WHEAT KINGS are 2-2-0 vs. Central Division clubs and 1-2-0 vs. Eastern Division rivals...BRANDON opened up the weekend road trip, losing 3-1 to the KOOTENAY ICE in Cranbrook, B.C. last night...Losers of three of their last four games, WHEATS snapped a 2-game losing streak Friday night wit h a 4-3 win over the visiting MEDICINE HAT TIGERS...Next home game is Friday night vs. REGINA...After giving up just five goals through their first three games, the WHEAT KINGS have surrendered 19 in their last four including 16 in three losses during that span...BRANDON entered the year having qualified for post-season play in thirteen of the last fourteen years... WHEAT KINGS still have 26 players on their roster - three goalkeepers, eight defencemen and 15 forwards including nine WHL rookies.
LAST GAME: JURAJ SIMEK, with his team leading fifth goal of the season, scored BRANDON'S lone goal Sunday night against the ICE...SIMEK shares the club scoring lead with defenceman DUSTIN KOHN...Both have 10 points in five games...MARK DERLAGO, who scored twice in Friday's win over the TIGERS, had the only assist on SIMEK'S goal, giving him 3 goals and 6 points in 7 games...In his second straight start, TYLER PLANTE turned aside 30-33 shots in a losing cause and has now stopped 76 of 82 shots this Thanksgiving long weekend...BRANDON was 1-6 with the man advantage and killed off eight of 10 KOOTENAY powerplays...BRANDON managed just 13 shots in Sunday night's loss.
WHO IS HOT? JURAJ SIMEK enters Monday's game riding a 5-game point scoring streak...Defenceman DUSTIN KOHN, who is among the league scoring leaders among defenceman, had his 4-game streak snapped Sunday night against the ICE...Center CODEY BURKI was held off the scoresheet for only the second time this season last night. The COLORADO AVALANCHE second round draft choice has managed a point in five of BRANDON'S first 7 games...Veteran MARK DERLAGO is 2-3-5 in his last three games...Excluding last weekend's 6-3 loss to CALGARY, netminder TYLER PLANTE has compiled a 2.22 goals against average this season.
THE NUMBERS GAME: In BRANDON'S four losses this season, the WHEAT KINGS have surrendered eleven powerplay goals...BRANDON'S powerplay currently leads the WHL at 28% (14-50)...Penalty killing, the WHEAT KINGS are 15th in the league at 80.3%....TYLER PLANTE played 55 of 60 minutes in sharing the team's lone shutout with KURT JORY on Sept. 29th vs. RED DEER.
MILESTONES: CODEY BURKI surpassed the 100-point plateau in his WHL career during Saturday's loss to the HITMEN and played in his 200th career game Sunday night in Cranbrook...Defenceman DUSTIN KOHN has moved to within 9 points of the century mark in his WHL career and 3 games away from 200...TEEGAN MOORE, who is the club's active leader in games played (269), is 10 points away from the 100-point plateau...Goalkeeper TYLER PLANTE has moved past RICK KNICKLE and RON HEXTALL and into seventh place on the club's all time list for minutes played (6,660)...17-year old MATT SMITH made his WHL debut on Wednesday night vs. RAIDERS.
DID YOU KNOW? TEEGAN MOORE and CHAD ERB remain out with shoulder injuries...Defenceman KEITH AULIE returned to the lineup Sunday after missing the past two games with an ankle injury...BRANDON was 4-1-0 vs. LETHBRIDGE in 2005-06 with TYLER DITTMER leading the club with six goals in 5 games...The deadline for fans to enter the BRANDON SUN WHL FANTASY DRAFT (www.wheatkings.com) is this coming Friday, October 13th.
10/9/2006: Brandon @ Lethbridge Hurricanes @ Brandon 15:00
GAME NOTES: The WHEAT KINGS hope to find the win column on the road for the first time this 2006-07 Western Hockey League season this afternoon when they close out a mini 2-game road trip in LETHBRIDGE against the HURRICANES...BRANDON enters Monday's game with a record of 3-4-0 (3-1-0 at home and 0-3-0 on the road)...The WHEAT KINGS are 2-2-0 vs. Central Division clubs and 1-2-0 vs. Eastern Division rivals...BRANDON opened up the weekend road trip, losing 3-1 to the KOOTENAY ICE in Cranbrook, B.C. last night...Losers of three of their last four games, WHEATS snapped a 2-game losing streak Friday night wit h a 4-3 win over the visiting MEDICINE HAT TIGERS...Next home game is Friday night vs. REGINA...After giving up just five goals through their first three games, the WHEAT KINGS have surrendered 19 in their last four including 16 in three losses during that span...BRANDON entered the year having qualified for post-season play in thirteen of the last fourteen years... WHEAT KINGS still have 26 players on their roster - three goalkeepers, eight defencemen and 15 forwards including nine WHL rookies.
LAST GAME: JURAJ SIMEK, with his team leading fifth goal of the season, scored BRANDON'S lone goal Sunday night against the ICE...SIMEK shares the club scoring lead with defenceman DUSTIN KOHN...Both have 10 points in five games...MARK DERLAGO, who scored twice in Friday's win over the TIGERS, had the only assist on SIMEK'S goal, giving him 3 goals and 6 points in 7 games...In his second straight start, TYLER PLANTE turned aside 30-33 shots in a losing cause and has now stopped 76 of 82 shots this Thanksgiving long weekend...BRANDON was 1-6 with the man advantage and killed off eight of 10 KOOTENAY powerplays...BRANDON managed just 13 shots in Sunday night's loss.
WHO IS HOT? JURAJ SIMEK enters Monday's game riding a 5-game point scoring streak...Defenceman DUSTIN KOHN, who is among the league scoring leaders among defenceman, had his 4-game streak snapped Sunday night against the ICE...Center CODEY BURKI was held off the scoresheet for only the second time this season last night. The COLORADO AVALANCHE second round draft choice has managed a point in five of BRANDON'S first 7 games...Veteran MARK DERLAGO is 2-3-5 in his last three games...Excluding last weekend's 6-3 loss to CALGARY, netminder TYLER PLANTE has compiled a 2.22 goals against average this season.
THE NUMBERS GAME: In BRANDON'S four losses this season, the WHEAT KINGS have surrendered eleven powerplay goals...BRANDON'S powerplay currently leads the WHL at 28% (14-50)...Penalty killing, the WHEAT KINGS are 15th in the league at 80.3%....TYLER PLANTE played 55 of 60 minutes in sharing the team's lone shutout with KURT JORY on Sept. 29th vs. RED DEER.
MILESTONES: CODEY BURKI surpassed the 100-point plateau in his WHL career during Saturday's loss to the HITMEN and played in his 200th career game Sunday night in Cranbrook...Defenceman DUSTIN KOHN has moved to within 9 points of the century mark in his WHL career and 3 games away from 200...TEEGAN MOORE, who is the club's active leader in games played (269), is 10 points away from the 100-point plateau...Goalkeeper TYLER PLANTE has moved past RICK KNICKLE and RON HEXTALL and into seventh place on the club's all time list for minutes played (6,660)...17-year old MATT SMITH made his WHL debut on Wednesday night vs. RAIDERS.
DID YOU KNOW? TEEGAN MOORE and CHAD ERB remain out with shoulder injuries...Defenceman KEITH AULIE returned to the lineup Sunday after missing the past two games with an ankle injury...BRANDON was 4-1-0 vs. LETHBRIDGE in 2005-06 with TYLER DITTMER leading the club with six goals in 5 games...The deadline for fans to enter the BRANDON SUN WHL FANTASY DRAFT (www.wheatkings.com) is this coming Friday, October 13th.