Kennewick, Wa. When the dust settled Tuesday night on an eventful third period of Game 3 between the Tri-City Americans (8-0) and Victoria Royals (4-7) there seemed to be more questions than answers heading to Game 4. The Royals set a franchise record for playoff goals in a single period […]
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Americans push Kelowna to the brink with 5-3 victory
(Kennewick, Wa.) Both the Tri-City Americans and Kelowna Rockets are in unfamiliar territory right now. Twice over the past three seasons, the Americans have played in elimination games in Game 4 of their first round series. They were, however, the ones looking to stave off elimination. The Kelowna Rockets on […]
WHL Playoff Previews: Kelowna Rockets vs Tri-City Americans
Season Series: Kelowna 2-1-1-0 Tri-City 2-1-1-0 October 17th, 2017 / KEL 1 at TC 2 October 27th, 2017 / TC 3 at KEL 4 OT November 1st, 2017 / KEL 3 at TC 4 OT January 3rd, 2018 / TC 4 at KEL 5 Leading Scorers season series: Kelowna: Carson […]
2018 DubNetwork Awards: MVP, Rookie of the Year and Goalie and Defensemen of the Year
The 2017-18 WHL regular season was a fun one for us here at DubNetwork. We expanded our staff and brought in beat writers for many of our teams. Thus when awards voting rolled around, we got a lot more diverse voting team this year. We announced our first, second and […]
2018 DubNetwork Awards: Western Conference First, Second and Third Teams
It’s that time of year again folks. The 2017-18 regular season has concluded and our team at DubNetwork.ca has watched a ton of games. I reached out to our beat writers and those associated with the site and had them votes on a variety of categories, just like we did […]
Tri-City ruins Portland’s celebration of the past with a 6-2 win
It was a celebratory night on Saturday at Veterans Memorial Coliseum as the Portland Winterhawks had nearly the entire 1997-98 team that won the Memorial Cup in attendance and honored them as part of a pre-game ceremony. They also inducted Marian Hossa, Brenden Morrow, Todd Robinson and Andrew Ference into […]
Americans lock up playoff berth by taking down the Giants
Kennewick, Wa. With just over a week left in the regular season, the Tri-City Americans (33-24-8-1, 75 pts.) hosted the Vancouver Giants (34-24-6-3, 77 pts.) for the first time this season. Both the Americans and Giants have struggled a bit lately. Both teams have just four wins in their past […]
Americans battle hard, but fall in OT to Spokane
Kennewick, Wa. Three nights ago, the Tri-City Americans (32-22-8-1, 73 pts.) suffered their worst loss of the season at the hands of the Portland Winterhawks by a score of 9-0. It was a night when nothing went the Americans way. Friday night would be a good test to see how […]
Välimäki’s hat trick helps lead Tri-City to its third straight win
Kennewick, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (32-21-7-1, 72 pts.) came into Saturday night looking to win their third straight game for the first time in over three weeks. The Prince George Cougars (20-33-4-4, 48 pts.) came into Kennewick as the team with the worst record in the Western Conference. The Cougars […]
Tri-City extinguishes Blazers as playoff races heat up
Kennewick, Wa. Coming off an important win this past Wednesday against Seattle, the Tri-City Americans (31-21-7-1, 70pts.) were looking to build off of that against the visiting Kamloops Blazers (27-30-1-4, 59pts.). Kamloops beat the Winterhawks in Portland two nights earlier and sat just six points out of the playoffs coming […]