Calgary Hitmen At Spokane Chiefs

Time: Tonight at 7 in the Arena.

Records: Spokane (16-9-1), Calgary (7-17-2).

Tickets: $6, $8, $10, $12.

Radio: KGA-AM (1510). Hockey Tonight with Craig West at 6 p.m. with Chiefs coach Mike Babcock at 6:20.

Key players

Spokane: D Sean Gillam (5 goals, 21 assists), C/RW

Jason Podollan (14, 8), LW Dmitri Leonov (14, 18), C Darren Sinclair (12, 16), D Hugh Hamilton (4, 23), RW John Cirjak (11, 11), C Trent Whitfield (14, 21), LW Greg Leeb (18, 9), GK David Lemanowicz (3.47 goals-against), RW Jay Bertsch (5, 7).

Calgary: RW Boris Potsenko (16 goals, 16 assists), GK Rod Branch (4.39 goals-against) or Lindsey Materi (4.91), LW Kevin Marsh (16, 13), C Nathan Strueby (10, 13), C Brad Moran (7, 12).

At a glance

The Chiefs finish 7-5-1 for the month with a win. It would be their first November over. 500 since the ‘91-92 season. After a 4-game tailspin, Spokane bounced back with a superb weekend capped by a 6-1 rout of Portland, although the club continues to let too many power-play opportunities slip away. Calgary has lost 8 straight, including a 16-2 loss at Tri-City Tuesday night, since captain Derek Wood went down with a knee injury. The expansion Hitters are also without Mike Piersol, their No. 4 scorer, who injured a knee Saturday night in Seattle. Former Kamloops Blazer Branch sees a lot of rubber every night in goal - Calgary gets off about 30 shots a night while the oppositon fires 43 shots Branch’s way. Protsenko, an undrafted Ukranian, has 22 points in his last 16 games. Chiefs fans may remember Schultz, the Ottawa Senators 8th-round pick in the ‘95 draft, from his service with the Tri-City Americans.

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