WHL Spokane Chiefs

Chiefs Take Lead in Series

Published on April 22, 2008 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Spokane Chiefs News Release


The Spokane Chiefs took a 2-1 lead in their best-of- seven Western Conference Championship Series over the Tri-City Americans with a 2-0 shutout on Monday night in the Spokane Arena. For goaltender Dustin Tokarski it is his third blanking of the post- season and second this series. In 224:06 of this series, Tokarski has allowed just one goal.

Spokane will host the Americans on Tuesday night in game four at 7:00. Tickets are available by calling the Chiefs office at (509) 535-PUCK or TicketsWest at (800) 325-SEAT.

The Chiefs scored the first goal in regulation this series when Ondrej Roman batted in a rebound of a Judd Blackwater shot at 8:21 of the first period. David Rutherford also assisted on the play.

Rutherford scored an insurance goal at 8:59 of the third after Seth Compton chased a loose puck in the slot and tipped it to the 20-year-old for his sixth of the season.

Tokarski dropped his goals against average to 1.22 through 13 games of the playoffs.

After tomorrow night's game, Spokane will travel to Tri- City on Saturday for game five of the series. A potential game six will return to Spokane on Monday, April 28th.

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