The Chicago Blackhawks suffered a key loss moments before a scoreless first period of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals when Marian Hossa was scratched from the lineup after being hit by a puck during warm-ups on...More >>
Tuukka Rask watched most of the action at the other end of the ice. And when the Blackhawks did make a late charge, he was ready.More >>
The Chicago Blackhawks suffered a key loss moments before a scoreless first period of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals when Marian Hossa was scratched from the lineup after being hit by a puck during warm-ups on...More >>
The Chicago Blackhawks suffered a key loss moments before a scoreless first period of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals when Marian Hossa was scratched from the lineup after being hit by a puck during warm-ups on Monday night.More >>
The Chiefs put on one of their finest displays of hockey this season as they blanked the Americans 6-0 in front of a sold out crowd of 10,367 fans at the Spokane Arena Friday night. Eric Williams recorded his fourth shutout of the season and Carter Proft scored a pair of goals as the Chiefs improved to 25-10-1-0 at home and 43-25-2-0 overall. The win guaranteed the Chiefs home-ice advantage in the first round of the WHL playoffs against Tri-City which begins next Friday in Spokane.
The first 10 minutes of the game saw plenty of physical play but few scoring opportunities as both teams clamped down defensively. Spokane went on the power play at 12:04 but it was Tri-City who nearly scored the game's first goal after Justin Feser stole a pass and headed down the ice with just Williams to beat. The Chiefs netminder proved up to the challenge as he made a brilliant pad save on Feser's shot to keep the game scoreless.
Spokane struck just moments later with Alessio Bertaggia beating Troy Trombley at the 12:45 mark on assists from Brenden Kichton and Reid Gow. The Chiefs and Americans each recorded 8 shots in the period.
It was all Carter Proft in the second as Spokane's enforcer scored a pair of goals to stretch the Chiefs' lead to 3-0. His first came on the power play at 3:12 with an assist from Gow and Proft followed with his second, again of the power play variety, at 14:13 on assists from Kichton and Todd Fiddler. Williams stopped all seven shots he faced in the period to keep the Americans scoreless after 40 minutes.
Mitch Holmberg pushed Spokane's lead to 4-0 with his 39th goal of the season at the 7:24 mark of the third as he beat Trombley top shelf with an assist from Bertaggia. Tyler King added a power play goal at 13:44 with assists from Fiddler and Jason Fram and Jackson Playfair capped the scoring at 18:29 with his second goal of the season on an assist from Mike Aviani.
Williams was a perfect 20 of 20 on save opportunities while Trombley was 22 of 28 for Tri-City. Spokane went 3 for 7 on the power play and 2 of 2 on the penalty kill.
Tonight's three stars: Carter Proft (1st), Eric Williams (2nd) and Alessio Bertaggia (3rd).
The Chiefs wrap up the regular season with games on the road at Tri-City and Portland before returning to Spokane on Friday, March 22nd to host the Americans for game one of the first round of the WHL playoffs.
Tickets for all home games are available by calling the Chiefs office at (509) 535-PUCK or TicketsWest at (800) 325-SEAT.
Sunday, June 16 2013 8:45 PM EDT2013-06-17 00:45:32 GMT
The Oakland Athletics avoided a sweep with a 10-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.More >>
Bartolo Colon worked seven strong innings to win his sixth straight decision, Josh Reddick homered and matched a career high with four hits, and the Oakland Athletics avoided a sweep with a 10-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday.More >>
Sunday, June 16 2013 2:13 AM EDT2013-06-16 06:13:28 GMT
The Indians fall to the Everett AquaSox for the second consecutive night by a score of 6-4.More >>
sellout, standing-room-only crowd of 6,991 fans poured into Avista Stadium for the Spokane Indians second game of the season, as the boys of summer fell to the Everett AquaSox for the second consecutive night by a score of 6-4.More >>
Saturday, June 15 2013 10:18 PM EDT2013-06-16 02:18:41 GMT
Recently signed catcher Henry Blanco hit a go-ahead grand slam in the sixth inning to give starter Felix Hernandez more than enough run support in a 4-0 Mariners win over the Athletics.More >>
Recently signed catcher Henry Blanco hit a go-ahead grand slam in the sixth inning to give starter Felix Hernandez more than enough run support in a 4-0 Mariners win over the Athletics.More >>
Saturday, June 15 2013 2:28 AM EDT2013-06-15 06:28:45 GMT
Mike Zunino hit his first career home run on a tiebreaking solo shot in the seventh inning and the Seattle Mariners held on for a 3-2 win over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.More >>
Mike Zunino hit his first career home run on a tiebreaking solo shot in the seventh inning and the Seattle Mariners held on for a 3-2 win over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.More >>
Saturday, June 15 2013 2:05 AM EDT2013-06-15 06:05:26 GMT
The Indians were unable to recover from a sloppy start to the season opener and the Everett AquaSox came away with a 6-4 win at Avista Stadium on Friday evening. More >>
The Indians were unable to recover from a sloppy start to the season opener and the Everett AquaSox came away with a 6-4 win at Avista Stadium on Friday evening. More >>
Wednesday, June 12 2013 11:06 PM EDT2013-06-13 03:06:09 GMT
The Tri-City Americans acquired a big enforcer. Wednesday the Ams traded a conditional sixth round pick to the Saskatoon Blades for Jessey Astles.More >>
The Tri-City Americans acquired a big enforcer. Wednesday the Ams traded a conditional sixth round pick to the Saskatoon Blades for Jessey Astles.More >>
Wednesday, March 27 2013 3:11 AM EDT2013-03-27 07:11:49 GMT
Parker Bowles netted the game winning goal 10:46 into overtime to lift the Tri-City Americans past the Spokane Chiefs 5-4 in overtime at the Toyota Center in Game 3 of the 2013 WHL First Round Playoff Series.More >>
Kennewick, WA- Tri-City was pushed to the brink of a 3-0 deficit. But the Americans stared that fate down and would not be denied a win tonight.
Tri-City scored three goals in the second period to tie the game, and Parker Bowles netted the game winning goal 10:46 into overtime to lift the Tri-City Americans past the Spokane Chiefs 5-4 in overtime at the Toyota Center in Game 3 of the 2013 WHL First Round Playoff Series.More >>
Tuesday, March 26 2013 1:25 AM EDT2013-03-26 05:25:08 GMT
KENNEWICK, Wash. - The Tri-City Americans quest for the Memorial Cup took a big hit over the weekend. The boys lost their first two playoff games in Spokane, falling to 0-2 in the series.More >>
KENNEWICK, Wash. - The Tri-City Americans quest for the Memorial Cup took a big hit over the weekend. The boys lost their first two playoff games in Spokane, falling to 0-2 in the series.More >>
Sunday, March 24 2013 2:36 AM EDT2013-03-24 06:36:42 GMT
Spokane took a commanding 2-0 series lead over Tri-City in thrilling fashion Saturday night as Blake Gal scored the game-winner with less than four minutes remaining in the third period.More >>
Spokane took a commanding 2-0 series lead over Tri-City in thrilling fashion Saturday night as Blake Gal scored the game-winner with less than four minutes remaining in the third period.More >>
