Kennewick, Wa. For the past 29 years, the Tri-City Americans (20-10-5-0, 45 pts.) and Spokane Chiefs (20-15-1-2, 43 pts.) have played each other on New Year’s Eve. It has been a tradition that has spawned some memorable matchups. The last night of 2017 would be no different. The Americans fell […]
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Americans fall 3-2 to Portland in overtime
Kennewick, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (19-10-4-0, 42 pts.) and Portland Winterhawks (22-12-0-1, 45 pts.) are going to get real familiar with each other again. Playing in the tail end of a home-in-home, the teams will play each other another seven times during the second half of the season. They have […]
Tri-City shuts out Edmonton
The Tri-City American’s (17-10-3-0) entered Rogers Place on Friday night to play the struggling Edmonton Oil Kings (7-22-3-0). Tri-City’s Jusso Vålimåki was not in the line-up for the World Juniors tournament. Patrick Dea made his return to Edmonton. The long-time Oil King goal keeper was picked up off waivers earlier […]
Missed opportunities sink Americans
Kennewick, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (14-8-2-0, 30 pts.) were given a hard reminder tonight that hard work is important in hockey. The Saskatoon Blades (10-12-2-1, 23pts.) may not look the best on paper, but they were the deliverers of that message tonight as they beat the Americans 5-2 to kick […]
Americans get back on track; Dea earns first shutout of the season
Kennewick, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (14-7-2-0, 30 pts.) were once again playing without some big names tonight. Michael Rasmussen, Juuso Valimaki, and Isaac Johnson were all scratches. Add Dylan Coghlan serving a 2-game suspension for a cross-check major against Everett, and you had what could turn out to be an […]
Winterhawks take over U.S. Division lead with 5-2 win over Americans
The Portland Winterhawks (13-4) and visiting Tri-City Americans (12-5-2-0) treated fans at the Moda Center to a lively contest Saturday night. They set the stage for what is sure to be an entertaining 10-game season series that very well may decide the fate of the U.S. Division. After winning last […]
Tri-City continues its winning ways against Spokane
Spokane, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (11-4-2-0, 24pts.) have been quite a thorn in the side of their bitter rivals, the Spokane Chiefs (8-7-1-2, 19pts.) over the past two seasons. The Americans have won 11 of the past 13 meetings putting them firmly in control of the latest chapter of this […]
Americans remain perfect on home ice; down Rockets 4-3 in OT
Kennewick, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (10-4-2-0, 22pts.) and the Kelowna Rockets (7-5-2-1, 17pts.) have become very familiar with each other recently. The two teams have matched up against each other three times in the past fifteen days. The home team won the first two meetings with Tri-City winning 2-1 October […]
Rockets extra effort rewarded against Americans
Thankfully for the Kelowna Rockets, the bad luck on Fridays in October at Prospera Place came to an end with a 4-3 overtime decision over the Tri City Americans. The Rockets played home games on the last three Fridays this month, losing the first two before the win over the Americans. […]
Tri-City comes from behind, again, to down the Thunderbirds
Kennewick, WA. The Tri-City Americans (2-2-0-0) were fresh off of a great come-from-behind win against the Everett Silvertips in their home opener this past Saturday. They were trying to remain undefeated at home on Tuesday night against the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds (2-1-0-1). What would ensue was a defensive battle between […]