Music: {allcanada} WHL: AMERICANS BEST CHIEFS FOR 10TH STRAIGHT WIN

Sunday, January 1, 2012

{allcanada} WHL: AMERICANS BEST CHIEFS FOR 10TH STRAIGHT WIN

Make it a perfect 10 for the Tri-City Americans.

Patrick Holland and Justin Feser each had a goal and two assists as the Tri-City Americans defeated the Spokane Chiefs 4-1 on Saturday in Western Hockey League action.

Tri-City has now won 10 straight games and 29 overall on the season, four more than any other WHL squad.

"You don't win as many games as we have without contributions from a lot of different guys," Tri-City coach Jim Hiller said. "You have to play well, have good players and have some luck."

Jordan Messier and Michal Plutner also scored for the Americans (29-7-0).

Marek Kalus scored the lone goal for the Chiefs (17-12-5).

Ty Rimmer made 16 saves for the win while Eric Williams stopped 16 shots in defeat.

Tri-City went 1 for 4 on the power play as Spokane failed to score on six opportunities with the man advantage.

Elsewhere in the WHL, it was: Moose Jaw 5, Everett 2; and Portland 2, Seattle 0.

At Kennewick, Wash., Plutnar opened the scoring at 6:15 of the first period, giving the Americans a 1-0 lead.

Before the period was through, Holland scored short handed to give Tri-City a two-goal advantage heading into the second period.

Kalus scored in the final minute of the middle period, cutting the lead to 2-1 with 20 minutes to play.

Messier restored a two-goal lead for Tri-City with a power-play goal 1:23 into the third and Feser added one more at 10:31.

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Warriors 5 Silvertips 2

At Everett, Wash., Sam Fioretti scored two goals and set up one more as Moose Jaw (24-10-4) defeated the Silvertips (6-22-8).

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Winterhawks 2 Thunderbirds 0

At Portland, Ore., Mac Carruth stopped 18 shots for his first shutout of the season as the Winterhawks (24-11-3) kept Seattle (16-18-1) off the board.