Kelowna Rockets At Spokane Chiefs

Faceoff: Tonight at 7 in the Arena.

Records: Spokane (8-3-1), Kelowna (7-6-0).Tickets: Available at $12, $10, $8, $6. Order by phone at 328-0450 or 1-800-325-7328.

Radio: KGA-AM (1510) 6:05 p.m. Hockey Tonight with Craig West. Chiefs coach Mike Babcock 6:20 (approximate).

Key players

Spokane: C Trent Whitfield (7 goals, 13 assists), C/RW John Cirjak (5, 9), D Hugh Hamilton (1, 5), RW Marian Cisar (8, 5), LW Greg Leeb (5, 11), GK Aren Miller (2.08 goals against), LW Joe Cardarelli (3, 5), D Adam Magarrell (1, 2).

Kelowna: LW Luke Curtin (10 goals, 5 assists), C Scott King (8, 13), GK Rob Friesen (3.42) or Kim Dillabaugh (4.0), C Jason Deleurme (5, 17), D Derek Diener (3, 14), C Brett McLean (7, 8).

At a glance: Wednesday night’s confrontation of West Divison heavyweights was fairly up-tempo and crisp until Chiefs pulled away in the third period. The final 5 minutes got a little ugly. The highlight (or lowlight to some) came earlier, however, after the second period when Kelowna tough guy Scott Parker was hit with a game misconduct for challenging the Chiefs bench. The balance of power could shift Spokane’s way in tonight’s rematch if rugged Jay Bertsch plays. Bertsch was listed as possible.

, DataTimes