Game Six

Bob Tory Quote of the Day:

"Just do what you love and believe in it and it will come naturally"

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When Reddick laces up his skates tonight at Spokane Arena, he knows it could be for the last time as an American. Tri-City trails Spokane 3-2 in the best-of-7 Western Conference semifinals.

"I am proud of what we have done this year, and of years past, too," Reddick said. "We don't want this to be our last game, so we are going to lay it all on the line and do our best. Knowing it could be our last game is a weird feeling, but we don't want to let that happen."

Reddick was 16 when he arrived at his first Tri-City camp -- all of 5-foot-9 and 165 pounds. A virtual unknown from a village just as obscure. But he had something then-coach Don Nachbaur was looking for.

"Character. That was easy to define the first time you watched him in training camp," said Nachbaur, who now coaches the Spokane Chiefs. "His play without the puck, his commitment to play without the puck, the way he skated, the way he handled himself, the way he didn't use size as an excuse. Just a tremendous competitor. I learned to love that about him as his coach. When you are on the opposite bench, you are surely aware of him and how important he is to his team." (Herald)

There you have it--do it for Pokey. And Tyler, Neal, and everyone else on the team that has worked to get to this point.

Don't come out flat, come ready to play as a team.  Don't expect Drew to save your ass the whole night.  Quality shots on goal, lots of them.  Don't take penalties.  Be the better team, get the crowd out of it.  I'd say to build off of Sunday's momentum, but they didn't really have any momentum Sunday.  But Spokane does and they're definitely going to use that to come out with intensity.  It's do or die time boys, play like you really want it.

There's my pep talk.  It's up to the boys and the coaching staff now.

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