Swift Current Broncos

Swift Current Broncos
founding	1967
history	Swift Current Broncos 1967–1974 Lethbridge Broncos 1974–1986 Swift Current Broncos since 1986
Stadion	Credit Union iPlex
Location	Swift Current , Saskatchewan
Team colors	blue, black, silver
league	Western Hockey League
Head coach	Mark Lamb
General manager	Mark Lamb
Memorial Cups	1989
Ed Chynoweth Cups	1988/89 , 1992/93 , 2017/18

The Swift Current Broncos are a Canadian ice hockey team based in Swift Current , Saskatchewan . The team played from 1967 to 1974 and again since 1986 in one of the three highest Canadian junior ice hockey leagues, the Western Hockey League (WHL).

history

The Swift Current Broncos were founded in 1967 as a franchise of the Western Hockey League , in which they initially played until 1974. Her greatest success was initially reaching the playoff semi-finals in the 1973/74 season. Following this season, the franchise was relocated to Lethbridge , Alberta , where it was active in the WHL for the next twelve years under the name Lethbridge Broncos . In 1986 it was moved back to Swift Current, where the team has since played again under the original name Swift Current Broncos . The team's most successful season was the 1988/89 season, in which it first won the Ed Chynoweth Cup and then took part in the Memorial Cup as a WHL champion , which it also won. Most recently, Swift Current was WHL champion in the 1992/93 season.

On December 30, 1986, the team suffered a major disaster. When the Broncos were on their way to a game against the Regina Pats , the driver lost control of the team bus on a slippery road, which fell down an embankment. Four Swift Current Broncos players lost their lives in the accident. Since the 1994/95 season, the award for the best player in the WHL has been named the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy in memory of the four who died .

Former players

The following players who were active for the Swift Current Broncos played in the National Hockey League during their careers :

• Blair Atcheynum
• Warren babe
• Ryan Bast
• Ken Baumgartner
• Rollie Boutin
• Willie Brossart
• Colby Cave
• Jakub Čutta
• Jake DeBrusk
• Kimbi Daniels
• Ron Delorme
• Justin Dowling
• Ed Dyck
• Cody Eakin
• Gary Emmons
• Dallas Gaume
• Larry Giroux
• Josh Green
• Ian Herbers
• Chris Herperger
• Shane Hnidy
• Milan Hnilička
• Bill Hogaboam
• Julius Honka
• Earl Ingarfield Junior
• Trent cheese
• Sheldon Kennedy
• Ladislav Kohn
• Don Kozak
• Max Lajoie
• Dan Lambert
• Lane Lambert
• Brad Larsen
• Jim Leavins
• Adam Lowry
• Dean Malkoc
• Dean McAmmond
• Trent McCleary
• Ryan McGill
• Todd McLellan
• Jim McTaggart
• Craig Millar
• John Negrin
• Lawrence Nycholat
• Jaroslav Obšut
• Bill Oleschuk
• Ben Ondrus
• Colton Orr
• Ed Patterson
• Paul Postma
• Kelly Pratt
• Pokey Reddick
• Jeremy Reich
• Michal Rozsíval
• Terry Ruskowski
• Joe Sakic
• Geoff Sanderson
• Andy Schneider
• Dave Schultz
• Cam Severson
• Trevor Sim
• Nathan Smith
• Zack Smith
• Brent Sopel
• Rocky Thompson
• Ryan Tobler
• Bryan Trottier
• Layne Ulmer
• Serhiy Varlamov
• Ian White
• Bob Wilkie
• Jeremy Williams
• Tiger Williams
• Dody Wood
• Tyler Wright
• Joe Zanussi

Team records

Career records

Games: 342 Brent Twordik

Goals: 216 Todd Holt

Assists: 244 Dan Lambert

Points: 423 Todd Holt

Penalty minutes: 743 Tyler Willis

Web links

• Official website (English).
• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Swift Current Broncos (1967-1974)
• The Internet Hockey Database - Swift Current Broncos Player List (1967-1974)
• The Internet Hockey Database - Statistics Swift Current Broncos (since 1986)
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Swift Current Broncos (since 1986)