April 13, 2009 in Sports

Giants edge Chiefs to force Game 7 in Vancouver

Jessica Brown Correspondent

Tags: hockey Spokane Chiefs

Chiefs goalie Dustin Tokarski watches the puck as Justin McCrae, left, and Jared Spurgeon (18) help defend in the second period.
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If you think about it, the Spokane Chiefs and Vancouver Giants have already played a seventh game in their Western Conference semifinal series.

Their quadruple-overtime marathon Friday night in Vancouver, British Columbia, went more than twice the length of a regulation game before Blake Gal scored the game-winning goal to give Spokane the win and put the Chiefs in position to close out the series Sunday night at home.

In theory, the devastating loss could have made it tough on the Giants in terms of regrouping for the survival game Sunday. But it wasn’t, and now the Giants and …

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