And right back at it tonight for game 5

"Obviously going down 3-1 would have been the nail in the coffin," Reddick said. "We came out for a full 60 minutes and got the job done. It was a great win."

 

"It's getting tighter and tighter out there with the scoring chances," said Tri-City coach Jim Hiller. "These are two teams who have respect for each other and are playing responsible. Vancouver goes to the net hard, but I thought we checked well, had good sticks and battled hard."

"We didn't want to sit back," Reddick said. "We were in our end a lot, but it was a solid third by everyone."

"It was a huge win," Owsley said. "It was good to bounce back after Tuesday's game and get the win. We did a good job not giving up many scoring chances. It's good to be going home with some momentum and our fans will be behind us. It won't be easy. They came after us hard tonight, we will have to answer the bell."  (Herald)

They sound more pleased about the game than I would have thought.  The 5-2 final score is misleading, they were hanging on by a very thin thread at 3-2 for half the game but were able to seal the deal with the two empty net goals at the end.  Talk about nervous time...

That being said, I'm glad for the win.  It now becomes a best-of-three, and with both teams having spent the night traveling to get into town for tonight's game.  In theory this could give the Americans a slight advantage, besides playing at home rink, as they slept in their own beds last night.  Well, after they got off the bus at some ungodly hour.  It's something I've always pondered, if it's more beneficial to not have bus legs before a game or a full night's sleep.

Dear Kruise Reddick, keep being awesome.  A goal and 3 assists last night, simply outstanding.  Playoff MVP for the Americans for sure.

Dear Brock Sutherland, I don't know where your game went, but please find it. Kthxbai.  I know you're better than what you've shown in the playoffs, I know it. 

Drew bounced back as we all knew he would.

“He's done that,” Hiller said of his prediction of an Owsley rally. “We've seen the pattern. We're not trying to pull this out of thin air here. In the playoffs we haven't lost two in a row and he's always been excellent after a loss.”

As for his team's defence, Hiller said, “I thought we checked pretty well. They had some puck control, but we were strong positionally and had good sticks and battled hard and kept them to the outside.”  (Vancouver Province)

 

Vancouver Giants' Milan Kytnar (left) and David Musil (right) sandwich Tri-City Americans' Sergei Drozd during the third period of game 4 of their WHL playoff series at Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, BC Thursday, April 22, 2010.  Photograph by: Jason Payne

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I received an email from "D" who informed me:

You don't need cable to watch these games on KVEW's digital channel. Go to Radio Shack and get a $50 HDTV antenna. Hook it up. Tune to 42.2. Watch the game.
Of course, you need to have a line of sight view to the transmitter (I think KVEW's is on Jump Off Joe), which is most of the Tri Cities.
This is what I do. It works.

So there you have it, thanks "D" for the info.  Though it's unlikely that here in Oregon where I am that I have a line of sight view to the transmitter, so I'll save my money for now.  Perhaps in the future I'll try it out.

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Never thought I'd agree much with what I see on "The Red Light District" until I saw this:

I have to say Josh the music man here at Pacific Coliseum does a great job. We get everything from the Beach Boys to the latest off the charts. Hardly ever a replay of a song (just their game standards). Makes the music at Toyota Center seem stale. They just keep playing the same old stuff game after game and period after period. Let's get some variety going there, we are lagging in the cool music department.  (RLD)

This has been a big complaint from a lot of people for a long time.  Maybe a summer project around here will be to come up with a list of new songs for the rink.

Let's pack the barn tonight, be good and loud and support the team.  GO AMS!