Looks like I chose one hell of a game to miss, eh?  Thanks to Spokant for filling in for me, much appreciated!

I will have Olympics stories and pictures for y'all next week, after busy game-filled weekend for the Tri-City Americans.  I will say this, however--if you ever in your life have the chance to go to the Olympics, do it.  Save your pennies but do it.  The experience and the atmosphere was absolutely amazing.

I've seen the video of the three goals in 25 seconds--how awesome.  I've seen the video of the Kennedy hit--not awesome.  Having not seen it in person, I'm not really gonna comment about it.  Though I did find this interesting--from Dylan over at OregonLive:

Annie Fowler on the Tri-City Herald blog, doesn't quite condone the hit, puts it in the category of a 3-year-old breaking a lamp, figures he gets one or two games.

Not sure it matters. If the league really wanted to hurt the Americans, instead of suspending Kennedy they'd force them to play him.

I was looking for a quote from Bob Tory about a player with no future going after a player with a future, but it turns out Don Nachbaur acutally said it, and he doesn't coach the Ams anymore, so it doesn't quite have the bang. (OregonLive)

Not gonna lie, I chuckled at the "play him" part because sadly, I agree with the statement.  I'm just gonna leave it at that.

As for tonight, the AMS are in Everett to take on the Silvertips (included in my Olympics pictures I will be sharing is a pizza place a block up from Comcast Arena in Everett--it's totally 'Tipped out and awesome).

"There is no question his [Reddick's] return helped us," said Americans coach Jim Hiller, whose team was 2-4 with Reddick out of the lineup. "He is a key player for us. He has a relentless work ethic, he's skilled and to have a guy like that back in your lineup can be the difference in the hockey game."

"Every game for the last little while now has been important," said Hiller, whose team is 4-2-0-1 against Everett this season, including a pair of wins at Comcast Arena. "Every game is competitive. It will be an exciting game in their rink, we are going to have to return the favor."

"The margin for error is pretty small," Hiller said. "It's the same for all teams this time of the year. The win Tuesday was good for our frame of mind -- the puck went in and we played a hard physical game."  (Herald)

Liveblog after the jump.