Scout
04-24-2008, 08:17 AM
with Gregg Drinnan
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Wednesday is over . . .
The Spokane Chiefs announced Wednesday that the remainder of the Western Conference final will be televised live by Comcast on Channel 78. The series with the Tri-City Americans is even at 2-2. Game 5 is to be played Saturday in Kennewick, Wash., with Game 6 in Spokane on Monday. If a Game 7 is needed, it will be played Tuesday in Kennewick. . . . This series may go down in the books as one of the great ones. The first two games were split with each team winning 1-0 in double overtime. The Chiefs won the third game, 2-0, with the Americans taking Game 4, 3-2, in overtime. . . . The Boston Bruins have signed F Levi Nelson of the Swift Current Broncos to a three-year entry-level NHL contract. Nelson, who will turn 20 on Monday, was a sixth-round pick in the 2006 NHL draft. . . .
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One playoff game on Wednesday night. You may not be surprised that the Lethbridge Hurricanes took out the Calgary Hitmen . . . but wasn’t it far easier than you anticipated?
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In Lethbridge, F Carter Bancks, who had the first two goals in Game 3, scored two more to spark the Hurricanes to a 4-2 victory over the Hitmen. . . . Lethbridge won the series 4-0 and now awaits the winner of the Western Conference final between the Spokane Chiefs and Tri-City Americans. That one is 2-2 going into Game 5 in Kennewick, Wash., on Saturday. . . . Bancks scored Gmae 4’s first goal nine seconds into the second period. That came just one night after he opened the scoring 29 seconds into the second period. . . . Bancks added an empty-netter, his sixth goal of these playoffs. . . . Lethbridge F Dan Iwanski scored his second goal of the playoffs with 11 seconds left in the second period to give his side a 3-1 lead. . . . G Juha Metsola, the series’ MVP, made 23 saves for his 12th victory of the postseason. He is 12-2 with three shutouts. Metsola was beaten only seven times in the four games with Calgary. . . . Metsola wrapped this one up with a tremendous save off Kyle Bortis from the slot with the homeside up 3-2 and 24 seconds left to play. . . . This was the first time in franchise history that Calgary has been swept in a series. . . . Calgary was 2-for-3 on the PP; Lethbridge was 0-for-4. . . . This was the first time all season that Calgary lost four straight games. . . . Attendance was 5,097. . . . The Hurricanes took nine of 10 games from Calgary in the regular season and playoffs. . . . Lethbridge last won the Eastern Conference playoff title in the spring of 1996 when it went on to sweep the Seattle Thunderbirds in the WHL’s championship final.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Wednesday is over . . .
The Spokane Chiefs announced Wednesday that the remainder of the Western Conference final will be televised live by Comcast on Channel 78. The series with the Tri-City Americans is even at 2-2. Game 5 is to be played Saturday in Kennewick, Wash., with Game 6 in Spokane on Monday. If a Game 7 is needed, it will be played Tuesday in Kennewick. . . . This series may go down in the books as one of the great ones. The first two games were split with each team winning 1-0 in double overtime. The Chiefs won the third game, 2-0, with the Americans taking Game 4, 3-2, in overtime. . . . The Boston Bruins have signed F Levi Nelson of the Swift Current Broncos to a three-year entry-level NHL contract. Nelson, who will turn 20 on Monday, was a sixth-round pick in the 2006 NHL draft. . . .
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One playoff game on Wednesday night. You may not be surprised that the Lethbridge Hurricanes took out the Calgary Hitmen . . . but wasn’t it far easier than you anticipated?
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In Lethbridge, F Carter Bancks, who had the first two goals in Game 3, scored two more to spark the Hurricanes to a 4-2 victory over the Hitmen. . . . Lethbridge won the series 4-0 and now awaits the winner of the Western Conference final between the Spokane Chiefs and Tri-City Americans. That one is 2-2 going into Game 5 in Kennewick, Wash., on Saturday. . . . Bancks scored Gmae 4’s first goal nine seconds into the second period. That came just one night after he opened the scoring 29 seconds into the second period. . . . Bancks added an empty-netter, his sixth goal of these playoffs. . . . Lethbridge F Dan Iwanski scored his second goal of the playoffs with 11 seconds left in the second period to give his side a 3-1 lead. . . . G Juha Metsola, the series’ MVP, made 23 saves for his 12th victory of the postseason. He is 12-2 with three shutouts. Metsola was beaten only seven times in the four games with Calgary. . . . Metsola wrapped this one up with a tremendous save off Kyle Bortis from the slot with the homeside up 3-2 and 24 seconds left to play. . . . This was the first time in franchise history that Calgary has been swept in a series. . . . Calgary was 2-for-3 on the PP; Lethbridge was 0-for-4. . . . This was the first time all season that Calgary lost four straight games. . . . Attendance was 5,097. . . . The Hurricanes took nine of 10 games from Calgary in the regular season and playoffs. . . . Lethbridge last won the Eastern Conference playoff title in the spring of 1996 when it went on to sweep the Seattle Thunderbirds in the WHL’s championship final.