Faceplant and Poster Contest

This is how last night's game went.

Personally, I'm glad the road trip is over. I'm sure the boys are too.

The Americans went 3-3-1-0 on their seven-game trek that started a week ago Saturday in Spokane, getting a split of the 14 points available on the trip.

"We're on the bus headed home, but it would have felt better if we'd gotten some points from this last game," said Tri-City coach Jim Hiller.

"We were just not smart enough or desperate enough the first two periods," Hiller said. "The third period, we started to play that way, but it was a little too late." (Examiner)

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Leave it to the awesome Gregg Drinnan to be keeping a tally of the check-from-behind hits going on in the WHL.  For each game recap from last night he has a count--there were 2 minor penalties handed out last night for checking-from-behind. 

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Today is the deadline for 20-year-olds.  Who will be left on the Americans roster?  Who knows.  I have a busy afternoon so I'm gonna have to rely on Twitter to fill me in.

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Want to win a 2011 Heritage Classic t-shirt?  Look how awesome it is.  I freakin' love the logo.

I have one to give away, it's an Adult Large. So how can you win it?

It's another poster contest.  I want to see your best "Welcome Back Neal Prokop" posters.  Or "Welcome Back Mason Wilgosh" posters.  I don't know what game either of them will be on the ice, so I don't have an exact date to give you for a deadline.  Put it this way, the deadline for the contest will be each players' first game back.  There's a wide-open (no Ams hockey boooooo) weekend coming up, get your creative juices flowing and email me a picture of your poster at hammerrules [at] gmail [dot] com.