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September 16, 2006 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Spokane Chiefs News Release


Judd Blackwater scored two goals and the Spokane Chiefs put 48 shots on net en route to a 4-1 victory over the Tri-City Americans on Friday night at Eagles Ice-A-Rena. All four Spokane goals came on the power play in 14 opportunities. The Chiefs are now 5-1 in the pre-season with one game remaining.

The Chiefs scored the lone goal of the first period, Blackwater's first of the night, at 16:43 with the assist going to Mitch Wahl. Eighteen-year-old Kevin Armstrong started the night in net and stopped all eight shots he would face in the first period.

In the second, Ondrej Roman's first of the pre- season put the Chiefs up 2-0 just 48-seconds into the period. Roman corralled a Dan Mercer rebound in the right circle and snapped a shot high to the glove side of Chet Pickard, who went the distance for the Americans. Derek Ryan also had an assist on the goal.

The Americans tallied their only goal of the game with a Daniel Bartek marker at 5:28 of the period. The goal came on the power play as Tri-City was 1-8 on the man advantage.

Blackwater had his second of the night at 8:33 of the second from Roman.

The scoring was finished off 46-seconds into the third when Drayson Bowman scored. Ryan and Mercer both had their second helpers of the night.

Dustin Tokarski made 21 saves in two periods, including a stop on a penalty shot 11-minutes into the third.

The exhibition season will end on Saturday night when Spokane travels to Kennewick to take on the Americans in their third straight game versus their highway 395 rivals. Tri-City will be back in Spokane when the Chiefs open the home portion of their schedule on Saturday, October 7th. Tickets for all home games are available by calling the Chiefs office at (509) 535-PUCK or TicketsWest at (800) 325- SEAT.

Spokane will travel to Cranbrook, BC to take on the Kootenay Ice on Saturday, September 23rd to begin the regular season. The game will be the first of four in a row on the road to begin the year for the Chiefs. Mike Boyle will go on the air with Comcast Hockey Tonight at 5:30 and have the play-by-play on KJRB 790 the Fan at 6:00.

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