2023/2024 HUMBOLDT BRONCOS AWARDS BANQUET

The Humboldt Broncos celebrated the accomplishments early this season on Saturday, March 2 at the Humboldt Legion.

Joined by family, friends, and fans the Broncos presented 24 individual awards giving recognition to a wide range of achievements.

Here are your 2023/24 Award Winners:

2017-18 Bronco Memorial Mentor of the Year – Landen Stromme

Elgar Petersen Award for Contributions On/Off the Ice – Cage Newans

Roger Nielsen Hockey Ministries Award – Chase Cooke

Colony Motors Top Scorer – Spencer Bell

Broncos back on track with a pair of wins against Melville

The new month started off on the right path for the Humboldt Broncos as they locked up two points against the Millionaires in a 5-2 victory on the road Friday night. 

The victory was built through a hard fought 60-minute effort with strong defensive awareness and scoring from five different players. The victory also started off the month of February string, after a Jekyll and Hyde January where the Broncos won three of their first four games, before losing five of the subsequent six. 

Broncos drop a pair to Bruins on southeast swing

It was not the performance the Broncos were hoping for in the midst of their 3-game road trip.

After defeating the Weyburn Red Wings on Thursday night in a valiant 60-minute effort, it was a totally different looking team as the Humboldt Broncos fell rather flat throughout the majority of the game on Friday, dropping a 4-1 defeat to the Estevan Bruins.

The opening frame was competitive.

Broncos take a tumble in the standings vs Battlefords North Stars

Six combined powerplay goals narrated the story of the Battlefords North Stars 5-4 victory over the Humboldt Broncos on Friday night.

With just three points separating the two Nutrien Division rivals, the two clubs embarked on the front half of a home-and-home weekend set in the Battlefords on Friday night.

The pair had split their previous two games back in October with identical 2-1 shootout victories for the visiting teams, setting the scene of a closely contested series.

Winning weekend for Humboldt Broncos

There was certainly no holiday hangover for Humboldt.

The Broncos were tasked with a healthy dose of travel in the new year with back-to-back road games to open the 2024 stretch to the playoffs.

Starting with Saskatchewan’s east in the Parkland region on Friday night, the Broncos took care of business, taming the Yorkton Terriers in a 3-1 victory. The following night they hopped back on the bus to the West Central Events Centre defeating their division rival, the Kindersley Klippers, 6-4.

Broncos sweep back to back road games over Ice Wolves

The Humboldt Broncos picked up a pair on their northern swing.

In the second game of a three-game in three-day northern road stretch, the Broncos once again defeated the La Ronge Ice Wolves, picking up a 5-2 victory on Friday night in the Mel Hegland Uniplex.

For the second straight game, the Broncos scored the all-important first goal.

Ben Costantino, who was inactive in the opening game of the road trip, slotted back in the lineup and found the back of the net for his 6th of the season to give the Broncos a 1-0 lead.

Broncos once again split with Mustangs

Yet again, the Humboldt Broncos and the Melfort Mustangs back-to-back weekend games resulted in a series split between the leagues two horses. Over the past six seasons, there has been no other rivalry between any two SJHL teams that's been as evenly matched as the two-horse race between the Broncos and the Mustangs. Eighteen renditions of the race have been run between the two over the last six years and following Saturday's five four loss to the Mustangs it's an even 9/9 split in victories for each club. 

Klippers best Broncos in weekend matchup

The Humboldt Broncos regulation undefeated streak came to an end at an impressive 16 games on Friday night, as they lost 5-4 to the Kindersley Klippers. 

A depleted lineup for the Broncos with 8 regulars inactive for Friday night’s contest at the West Central Events Centre presented a seriously tough test, especially against the division rival Klippers who had won two of their last three games.