Kennewick, Wa. A long, grueling WHL regular season came to an end last night for the Tri-City Americans (38-25-8-1, 85pts.) and the Seattle Thunderbirds (34-28-8-2, 78pts.). Both teams are headed to the postseason and matchups have been set, so pride was the only thing on the line. But pride is […]
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Americans fall in a close one to Spokane
Kennewick, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (37-25-8-1, 83pts.) and Spokane Chiefs (40-25-3-3, 86pts.) wrapped up another season of a storied rivalry on Saturday night in the eastern Washington dessert. Tri-City came into the game as the winner of five straight, including beating the Chiefs the night before in Spokane. Spokane had […]
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 […]
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 […]
Americans earn valuable divisional win against Seattle
Kennewick, Wa. Entering Wednesday night’s contest, the Tri-City Americans (30-21-7-1, 68 pts.) were in desperate need of a win. At one point this season, they sat atop of the league’s U.S. Divison. Now, after some ups-and-downs, they find themselves sitting in 4th place. It’s not that this was a must […]
Chiefs hand Americans fourth straight loss as Yamamoto and Anderson-Dolan each have five point nights
Kennewick, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (27-19-7-1, 62 pts.) were looking to avoid their fourth straight loss, all against division foes. The Spokane Chiefs (30-19-3-2, 65 pts.) were coming off some late-game heroics against Everett last night to beat the first place Silvertips in overtime. Spokane would love nothing more than […]
Winterhawks get key 3-1 win over visiting Americans
Dennis Cholowski finally got a goal as a Portland Winterhawk and his team went on to score twice more and beat the visiting Tri-City Americans 3-1 in front of 7.741 at Mode Center. It was not for lack of trying as the former Prince George Cougars blue liner had fired […]
Americans battle back, but fall in the shootout
Kent, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (27-17-7-1, 62 pts.) were looking to avoid a second straight loss after winning four straight. The Seattle Thunderbirds (27-18-5-2, 61 pts.) were coming off of two straight losses and would have loved to get back in the win column against their U.S. Division rivals. This […]
WHL recap: Everett blindsides Tri-City 6-5
Everett 6 Tri-City 5 With Seattle Seahawks hall-of-fame offensive tackle Walter Jones bearing witness, the Everett Silvertips (28-16-1-1) showed off their high-powered offense, the expense of the visiting Tri-City Americans(22-16-5-0). The game, which went back and forth and featured six goals in just one period, was the type of free-flowing […]
Roster depleted Americans fall to Cougars
Kennewick, Wa. Let’s face it, the Tri-City Americans (22-15-5-0, 49pts.) are hurting big time right now. In addition to all of the players currently injured heading into tonight’s contest with the Prince George Cougars (17-20-4-3, 41pts.), forward Nolan Yaremko was added to the scratch list after warmups. The Americans are […]