Broncos winless in four attempts
The Swift Current Broncos lost four games over five days last week as the rebuilding effort continues.
Tuesday, the Broncos led 3-1 after two periods before allowing six unanswered goals in a 7-3 loss to the host Brandon Wheat Kings. Sergei Alkhimov, Hayden Ostir, and Aiden Bulych all scored for the Broncos.
Brandon scored four goals in 4:40 early in the third period as they stunned the visiting Broncos. Ty Thorpe, Lynden Mccallum, and Duncan Pierce all had twogoal outings for the Wheat Kings.
Reece Klassen took the loss with 31 saves, while Jiri
Patera earned the win with 24 saves.
Wednesday, the Broncos allowed the only two goals of the third period in a 4-2 loss to the host Winnipeg Ice. Raphael Pelletier and Ostir scored for the Broncos as they tied the game twice.
Jakin Smallwood, Jackson Leppard, Peyton Krebs, and Isaac Johnson scored for the Ice. Jesse Makaj made 14 saves in the win. Isaac Poulter took the loss with 32 saves.
Friday, the Broncos dropped their fifth straight game in a 5-1 loss to the visiting Everett Silvertips.
The Silvertips are now 13-4-0-0 all-time against the Broncos and have nine wins in 10 regular season trips to Swift Current in franchise history.
The Silvertips put the game away early with three first-period goals, including goals from Bryce Kindopp and Cole Fonstad 18 seconds apart only 3:19 into regulation. Kindopp added a breakaway goal later in the frame, his 17th of the season.
Jake Christiansen added a power play goal early in the second period in his first game back in the WHL from the American Hockey League.
Jaxan Kaluski scored for the Broncos in the third period to cut the deficit to three goals, but Conrad Mitchell quickly responded with a breakaway goal.
Poulter stopped 29 of 34 shots to fall to 6-11-1-1. Keegan Karki made 25 saves to improve to 5-0-1-0 .
Saturday, the Broncos lost 5-3 to the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes. Kaluski was in on all three goals with two goals and one assist to cap a strong individual weekend.
Kaluski got the Broncos out to an early lead when he one-timed home his fifth goal of the season midway through the first period. Former Bronco Logan Barlage shovelled home his ninth goal of the season to tie the game 1-1 after one period.
Nick Dorrington gave the Hurricanes the lead with a highlight reel effort for his first WHL goal. Zack Stringer scored moments later with a shot off the post and in for a 3-1 Hurricanes lead.
The Broncos responded with 7:01 remaining in the frame when Ethan Regnier had an easy tap in off a nifty no-look, behind the back pass from Kaluski.
The Hurricanes put the game away in the third period with an Alex Cotton power play goal and then Dylan Cozens scored into an empty net. Kaluski scored in the final minute to cap his three-point outing.
Poulter fell to 6-12-1-1 despite making 36 saves. Bryan Thomson made 26 saves
The Broncos will play their final two games prior to the holiday break this weekend when they visit the Edmonton Oil Kings on Friday and the Red Deer Rebels on Saturday during a threegame Alberta road trip.