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Rockets Outplay Chiefs Again Kelowna Dominates On Power Plays, Kills Penalties Better Than Spokane

If three games constitutes a pattern, the Spokane Chiefs are in trouble, and not solely because they trail the Kelowna Rockets 2 games to 1 in their Western Hockey League quarterfinal series. The Rockets lead the series after their 5-2 win here Wednesday night. Two keys coming into this or any other playoff goaltending and special teams are being turned time and again by the Rockets. They're dominant both on the power play and the penalty kill.
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Kelowna Gets Jump On Chiefs Spokane’s Penalty-Shot Miscue Gives Rockets Impetus To Win

A turning point rarely comes with such clarity. This one - a penalty shot gone awry - sizzled through tiny Memorial Arena Saturday night like a burning fuse. With the first game of this Western Hockey League quarterfinal series tied at 3, Ty Jones took off from center ice on a penalty shot. He had the goaltender down and an open net in front of him but lost the puck trying for the backhanded sweep. The Kelowna Rockets took that as a sign that it would be their night.
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Chiefs Finish 2nd In West, Kelowna Next

The Western Hockey League playoff picture is clearer today after Greg Leeb and the Spokane Chiefs wrapped up second place in the WHL West in their final regular-season game. The Chiefs, on Leeb's two goals, whipped the Tri-City Americans 3-1 before 10,455 Saturday night in the Arena. They'll open a best-of-7 first-round series in Kelowna, possibly Saturday night although dates have yet to be confirmed. Spokane's first home playoff game is a week from Tuesday night.
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At Long Last, Serious U.S. Boxer Sees Career Reach Its Peak After Years Of Fighting In Obscurity

FROM SPORTS REPLAY (March 13, 1998): A photgraph caption in Thursday's editions identifying Moe Smith as the promoter for tonights' USA vs. Ireland amateur boxing exhibition was inaccurate. Smith is a local boxing coach and promoter. Toby Steward is the promoter of tonight's match. 1. Mixing pleasure with business. Aaron Brown, 5, wears a grin as he tussles with U.S.-Ireland boxing promoter Moe Smith at the Lilac City Boxing Club. Photo by Jason Clark/The Spokesman-Review 2. Darnell Wilson is the top U.S. 156-pound amateur boxer. Photo by Jason Clark/The Spokesman-Review
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Memorial Cup A Hot Event Ticket Sales Indicate Frenzy For Hockey Tournament

The first game is 58 days away. Three of the four teams that play in the event won't be determined for another seven weeks. Despite the unknowns, it's already the biggest paid sporting attraction in the history of the community, promoters claim. It's the Memorial Cup, the championship tournament of major junior hockey in the Arena May 9-17. Champions of the Western, Ontario and Quebec major junior hockey leagues will join the Spokane Chiefs in pursuit of the Memorial Cup.
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St. John-Endicott Shows It Can Win With Little Offense

They're in the Final Four because they defend. The St. John-Endicott Eagles have waded through two state tournament games defying the fundamental concept. Put the brown thing in the round thing. Coach Darrell Miller's kids do so many other things right that shooting is secondary to their success. Example: When the pressure was most intense Thursday night in a 46-37 win over the pressing St. George's Dragons, there was no shortage of SJE players calling for the ball. Nobody disappeared. That brought a smile from the bench.
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Fame Flees For Injured Cascade Ace

It was his first and only crack at the state tournament, so Adam Barringer was in street clothes Wednesday, his expression understandably glum. He tried to do what he could for the Cascade Christian Cougars - after leading them in scoring with 17 points a game - but he was limited. The right knuckle above his index finger was broken in a tri-district tournament game. His two fingers wrapped in a splint, Barringer watched his team go down to the North Beach Hyaks 55-48.
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Voters Endorse Whitfield, Leeb

Trent Whitfield and Greg Leeb are the Spokane Chiefs' winners in the 10th annual Best of the West poll. Compiled by Tri-City Americans beat writer Eric Degerman, the poll is restricted to Western Hockey League West Division players and management.
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Chiefs Pound Bewildered Americans

It was a foregone conclusion disguised as a hockey game. The young, beat-up, struggling Tri-City Americans had no chance and little hope of winning Saturday night. The one thing they did do in a 6-1 loss to the Spokane Chiefs was deny a record crowd a free lunch. "At least we made somebody angry here tonight," said Tri-City coach Rick Lanz, who was resigned to a long night, with three players including his two alternate captains missing with injuries. The only disappointment to a record crowd of 10,737 in the Arena was having their chants of "Pizza! Pizza! Pizza!" go unheeded. Ticket stubs are redeemable for free lunch pizza any time the Chiefs score seven or more goals.