Spokane Chiefs At Tri-City

Sun., Dec. 31, 1995

Time: Tonight at 7 in Tri-City Coliseum.

Records: Spokane (24-10-3), Tri-City Americans (25-12-1).

Radio: KGA-AM (1510). Hockey Tonight with Craig West, 6 p.m.

Key players: Spokane: D Sean Gillam (7 goals, 29 assists), C Trent Whitfield (19, 33), LW Dmitri Leonov (20, 29), LW Greg Leeb (24, 13), RW John Cirjak (19, 19), RW Randy Favaro (11, 21), D Hugh Hamilton (5, 31), C Darren Sinclair (16, 27), GK David Lemanowicz (3.07 goals-against), RW Jay Bertsch (7, 10).

Tri-City: RW Jaroslav Svejkovsky, LW Terry Ryan, C Brent Ascroft, LW Mark Hurley, C Mike Hurley, D Alexandre Boikov, D Dan Smith, D Byron Briske.

At a glance: This annual New Year’s Eve bash will be for undisputed first place in the West Division without three key figures. The Americans have Daymond Langkow on the Canadian team and goalie Brian Boucher on the American at the World Junior Tournament. The Chiefs’ Jason Podollan also is with Team Canada. Tri-City’s 3-2 home win over Kelowna on Hurley’s goal at 18:04 of the third period Saturday night drew the Americans into a first-place tie with Spokane, which had an 11-game unbeaten streak broken Friday in a 6-5 overtime loss at Prince George. Chiefs have a big edge in goal. Lemanowicz has a WHL-best goals-against average while T-C has to rely on its backup goaltender, Aaron Baker. Leonov became Chiefs’ third 20-goal scorer Friday, and Whitfield and Cirjak (both 19) are knocking on the door.

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