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Americans Open Home-And-Home Weekend in Spokane

December 30, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Tri-City Americans News Release


The Americans and Chiefs will meet tonight for the fourth time in their 12-game season series.

Tri-City won their most recent meeting 4-2 on October 26 in Kennewick. Parker Bell led the Ams that night with a pair of goals, one of four two-goal games this season for the Calgary Flames prospect.

Both teams are looking to get back into the win column tonight as Tri-City fell in overtime to Portland on Wednesday and the Chiefs have lost their last five games (4-0-0-1). The two teams will face each other again tomorrow in Kennewick for their annual New Year's Eve bash at the Toyota Center.

Tri-City most recently played on Wednesday in Portland. Despite a strong performance, the Ams fell 4-3 in overtime to the Winterhawks.

Rookie defenseman Merrek Arpin opened scoring with his first ever WHL goal two minutes into the game but Tri-City was unable to hold a lead for long. Jake Sloan led the Ams with a goal and pair of assists. Lukas Dragicevic also scored for Tri-City, extending his historic point streak to 26 games.Jared Picklyk played in net, his second start with Tri-City, turning aside 43 of 47 shots faced.

Tri-City has struggled on the road - now losing their last seven road games (0-5-1-1), but excelled at home - winning their last seven at the Toyota Center.

Americans forward Adam Mechura and goaltender Tomas Suchanek are gone to the World Junior Championship They are currently 2-0-1 with victories against Canada, Austria, and an overtime loss to Sweden. Suchanek has shone in net for Czechia, already setting a tournament record with three assists as a netminder.

Record: Tri-City 15-15-1-1 | Spokane 6-24-0-2

Special Teams

Power Play: Tri-City (35/132) 26.5% | Spokane (37/128) 71.1%

Penalty Kill: Tri-City (26/124) 71.0% | Spokane (48/143) 66.4%

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