Rebound Game. Check.

Apparently Chilliwack missed the memo that they needed to shut down the Shinnimin-Ashton-Hughesman line.  Thank God for that.  They each had a goal, Hughey had 2, and Ashton and Shinnimin also each had two assists.  Tyler Schmidt had 3 assists.  HAWT.

I had been super annoyed with Ashton's play of late, especially in Spokane Saturday night but he stepped up his game last night.  Kudos.

As a whole they played well, throwing 44 shots at the Bruins goalies.  Eighteen in the first period.  Stealing Portland's plan of 10 shots in the first 10 minutes?  Or are they aiming for 20 shots in the first 20 minutes?  Either way, I'll take it.  It's a brilliant plan.  That Lucas Gore has had the Americans' number in the past, but not last night.  At the other end, Chris Driedger was terrific, stopping 20 of 21.

Coach Jim Hiller didn't want to put too much emphasis on the win, but "I do know this was a very, very good game for us in lots of areas," he said. "Our power play was good. Our penalty kill was good.

"I'm really proud of the team tonight," he continued. "It's been a tough weekend, but we came out tonight, did what we had to do and did it well." (Examiner)

I suppose in fairness I should mention the Bruins have been pretty decimated by injury, but hey, a win is a win.  The Ams picked up 4 of 6 possible points on the weekend, which really is pretty good, all things considered.  Saturday was just disappointing, but it's in the past now.

Big thanks to the Seattle Thunderbirds for beating Spokane last night, putting them back to only one point ahead of the Americans in the standings.

Day off now before hitting the ice against the Kamloops Blazers tomorrow night.