Spokesman-Review: Tri-City grabs 1st game in best-of-7 series against Chiefs
By Dave Trimmer | Spokesman-Review
It wasn’t a classic, not compared to the last time the Tri-City Americans and Spokane Chiefs met in a Western Hockey League playoff series three years ago. But Saturday night the two teams kept 8,215 fans on the edge of their seats before the visiting Americans skated away with a 3-1 victory in the opener of their best-of-7 series.
“That was a real good playoff game,” Spokane coach Don Nachbaur said. “Both teams battled like a bugger for space. We had the chances to make a game of it. The difference was that they buried their chances and we didn’t. We had some pretty good looks.”
Though opportunities were rare, the Americans did cash in.
Spokane goalie James Reid twice failed to hold on to the puck in the first period and there was no teammate around to pick him up. Kruise Reddick cashed in at 3:41 when Reid dropped a shot from Jordan Messier.
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