Kennewick, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (6-4-0-0) returned home Tuesday night to face the Kelowna Rockets (4-4-1-1) after an early season five-game road trip. The Americans went 3-2 on that trip including come-from-behind victories in all three of their wins. However, recent history has not been kind when the Americans have […]
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Royals roll past Americans
After a Thanksgiving break the Victoria Royals (7-0-0-0) were back in action at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria Tuesday and they feasted on Tri-City Americans (3-4-0-0), winning 8-2. The Royals started the scoring quickly and did not let up throughout the game to stay perfect this season. The Tri-City Americans […]
2017 U16 rosters announced
The rosters for the 2017 U16 WHL Cup were announced and nearly every WHL team had a draft pick named. Let’s take a look at those 2002-born players that will be participating in the WHL Cup in Calgary later this month. U-16 Oct 18-22, 2017 in Calgary, Alb BC […]
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 […]
Tri-City gets first mark in the win column
Kennewick, WA – The Tri-City Americans (1-2-0) picked a really good time to find their offensive touch. In the first two games of the young season, the Americans were able to score just four goals. Six days ago, the Everett Silvertips (2-2-0) beat the Americans 4-1. Late in the contest […]
‘Round the ‘DUB
(in an on-going feature we will use this space to bring you up to date on some of the news and notes from around the WHL) The Western Hockey League opened their 2017-18 regular season Sept. 22 with eight games. The line combos as well as our own game tracker […]
Tri-City finishes season-opening road trip by going 0-2
Everett, WA – The Tri-City Americans (0-2-0) were looking to hand the Everett Silvertips (1-1-0) their second straight loss at home to open the season. The Silvertips had other plans. Despite the fact that Tri-City was able to put 43 shots on goal, a hot handed goaltender and the inability […]
Tri-City unable to spoil Seattle’s championship night
Kent, WA – The Tri-City Americans (0-1-0) entered their season opening match against the Seattle Thunderbirds (1-0-0) as the eighth ranked CHL team. Seattle reminded them that what is on paper, doesn’t matter once the puck is dropped. The Thunderbirds skated away with the 4-3 victory in front of 6,104 […]
2017-18 season previews: Tri-City Americans
(Photos courtesy of Tri-City Americans/Doug Love) Tri-City Americans (2016-17 record: 42-28-3-0, 85pts. 3rd in U.S. Division, lost to Seattle in first round of the WHL playoffs) The Tri-City Americans enter the 2017-18 season as an early favorite to do well in the strong U.S. division. Regardless of whether they win […]
Tri-City Americans notebook: looking at the potential depth chart
(Photo from Doug Love/Tri-City Americans) Training camp opened this week in Kennewick which means hockey season is officially starting here in the desert of Washington State. It’s a great time to look at a possible depth chart for the Tri-City Americans heading into the 2017-18 season. The Americans bounced back […]