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Americans Earn Key Win against Cougars 7-4

March 13, 2015 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
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Tri-City Americans vs. Prince George Cougars
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Kennewick, WA- In a must-win scenario, the Tri-City Americans (29-35-0-3, 61 pts) showed they are ready to make a run at the playoffs, beating the Prince George Cougars (28-35-2-3, 61 pts) 7-4 in front of 4,749 at Toyota Center on Friday night.

Prince George got the first goal early in the period, as David Soltes fired home a loose puck to put the Cougars up 1-0. Tri-City was outshot 13-8 in the first period and looked to get something going in the second period.

Early in the second, Prince George scored again, this time on a shot from Josh Connolly that popped up into the air and fell into the goal for a 2-0 lead. Tri-City answered a few minutes later, as Ty Comrie put home a rebound to cut the Prince George lead to 2-1. Midway through the period, the Americans tied the game on the power play as Richard Nejezchleb slipped a pass from behind the net to Brian Williams, one-timing a shot into the twine. And about a minute later, Tri-City took the lead, as a loose puck in front of the Prince George net was slapped home by Maxwell James to put the Americans ahead 3-2. Later in the period, the Cougars were able to answer, as Chase Witala scored on a breakaway to even the score at three. But Tri-City answered again, as Justin Hamonic fired a shot from the point that deflected off Jordan Topping and into the goal for the one-goal lead after two periods.

Early in the third period, Tri-City tried to pull away from the Cougars, as Justin Gutierrez got on the board to put the Americans ahead 5-3. Lucas Nickles added a goal a few minutes later to put Tri-City up by three goals. But Prince George would not go away quietly, as Zach Pochiro answered with a goal on the power play midway through the period to cut the lead to two goals. The Americans sealed the win with a late empty net goal from Nickles to help Tri-City earn two points.

With the win and a Kamloops win against Kelowna tonight, Tri-City, Kamloops and Prince George are all tied with 61 points.

The Americans defeat the Cougars in the season series, 3-1 and snap a two-game losing streak. Tri-City had 10 players' record points tonight, including six players with multi-point games.

Tri-City spent 22 minutes in the penalty box and was 1-of-4 on the power play. Prince George was 1-of-8 on the power play and recorded 14 penalty minutes.

Eric Comrie made 36 saves in the win while Ty Edmonds and Tavin Grant combined for 29 saves in the loss.

Tri-City is back in action this Saturday, March 14, against the Spokane Chiefs (33-29-3-1, 70 pts) at Spokane Arena. Game time is at 7:05 p.m. The Americans lost the last meeting between the two teams, 8-1, at Spokane Arena on Feb. 28. Listen to the game on NewsTalk 870 or watch the game through WHL Live or at Kimo's, your Americans home away from home.

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