maps. The WHL needs maps.

Who makes these scheduling decisions? Obviously, people who are not the ones paying the gas bill. Everett to Spokane tonight, back to Seattle. Next weekend it's Chilliwack-Portland-Seattle. Ridiculous. And why should I care? Because that gives the boys excessive bus legs AND the team has to cover that cost of travel, guess who helps pay it? That's right, ticket purchasers. Whatever. I'm still going to buy tickets. Which reminds me, playoff package payments for season ticket holders is due by this Wednesday at 5 pm!!

On to the game tonight. Boys are in Spokanistan to face off against the Chiefs. Chiefs coming off a 5-1 win and have been on quite a roll. Americans coming off a 4-3 shootout win, hopefully they can carry some momentum with them.

"It was like a playoff game out there," Shinnimin told the Everett Herald. "Coming down the stretch, all these points are important. It was back and forth, just a battle between two great teams. It was exciting, nerve-wracking, everything you enjoy playing hockey." (Herald)

Shinny got the "monkey off his back" so to speak by scoring last night, Holland had another beauty.  Kruise's shootout game-winning goal was fantastic.  Welcome back Pokey!

Against the Chiefs tonight might be a great time to bust out the Craig West Drinking Game.  So grab your booze and come on in to the liveblog (after the jump)!  And I think I solved the ad issue that was going on with CoverItLive.  I think.