TRI-CITY AMERICANS

The 'Tri-City Americans' are a major junior hockey team of the Western Hockey League, based in Kennewick, Washington. The team plays its home games at the Toyota Center.

Contents

History

Current roster

Season-by-season Record

Team records

Retired numbers

External link

History

The Tri-City Americans franchise is an original franchise of the WHL. They began in 1966 as the Calgary Buffaloes before being renamed the ''Centennials'' after one season. The franchise was also known as the Billings Bighorns from 1977-82 before relocating to Nanaimo, British Columbia as the Nanaimo Islanders. After only one season, they moved to New Westminster, British Columbia to become the second incarnation of the New Westminster Bruins. They moved to the Tri-Cities in 1988.
The Americans never enjoyed especially strong local support, mainly due to their startling lack of competitiveness during the first thirteen or so years of franchise history. As a result, in 2004, the former owner of the Tri-City Americans attempted to move the team to Chilliwack, British Columbia in Canada. However, the other Western Hockey League teams voted to prevent the move, including all four other American teams. Shortly after this failure, the team was sold to Tri-Cities natives, including Olaf Kolzig, the goalie for the Washington Capitals, and Stu Barnes of the Dallas Stars, both former Americans players. Since the sale, local support for the team seems to have increased modestly.
The Americans' fiercest rival is the Spokane Chiefs. In addition to several other meetings during the year, the teams have a tradition of playing every year on New Year's Eve in Kennewick.
In the 2002-03 season, sixteen year old goaltender Shannon Szabados became the first female player to compete in the WHL when she played one game for the Americans.

Current roster

Goaltenders
#		'Player'	Age	Hometown	Drafted
'1'
'30'		Kyle Jahraus	16	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Eligible 2008
'37'		Chet Pickard	17	Winnepeg, Manitoba	Eligible 2008

{| width=70%
!colspan=6 |Defencemen
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
!width=5%|#
!width=5%|
|align=left!!width=13%|'Player'
!width=9%|Age
!width=30%|Hometown
!width=20%|Drafted
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'2'
|align=center|
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'3'
|align=center|
|Jarrett Toll
|align=center|17
|Maple Ridge, British Columbia
|Eligible 2007
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'4'
|align=center|
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'5'
|align=center|
|Tyler Schmidt
|align=center|16
|Winnipeg, Manitoba
|Eligible 2008
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'7'
|align=center|
|Eric Mestery
|align=center|16
|Winnipeg, Manitoba
|Eligible 2009
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'12'
|align=center|
{| width=70%
!colspan=6 |Forwards
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
!width=5%|#
!width=5%|
|align=left!!width=13%|'Player'
!width=9%|Age
!width=30%|Hometown
!width=20%|Drafted
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'6'
|align=center|
|Drew Hoff
|align=center|18
|Redvers, Saskatchewan
|Eligible 2007
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'9'
|align=center|
|Joel Broda
|align=center|17
|Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
|Eligible 2008
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'11'
|align=center|
|Kruise Reddick
|align=center|16
|Manor, Saskatchewan
|Eligible 2008
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'15'
|align=center|
|Colton Yellow Horn
|align=center|19
|Brocket, Alberta
|Eligible 2007
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'16'
|align=center|
|Shaun Vey
|align=center|19
|Wakaw, Saskatchewan
|Eligible 2007
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'19'
|align=center|
|Travis Gorman
|align=center|17
|Aldergrove, British Columbia
|Eligible 2007
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'20'
|align=center|
|Erik Felde
|align=center|19
|Anchorage, Alaska
|Eligible 2007
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'44'
|align=center|
|Taylor Procyshen
|align=center|18
|Emerald Park, Saskatchewan
|Eligible 2007
|}

Season-by-season Record

'''Note:' GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties OTL = Overtime losses Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against''
{|class="wikitable"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| 'Season' || 'GP ' || ' W ' || ' L ' || ' T ' || 'OTL' || 'GF ' || 'GA ' || 'Points' ||'Finish' || 'Playoffs'
|- align="center"
| 1988-89 || 72 || 33 || 34 || 5 || - || 300 || 299 || 71 || 4th West || Lost West Division semi-final
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| 1989-90 || 72 || 39 || 28 || 5 || - || 433 || 354 || 83 || 3rd West || Lost West Division semi-final
|- align="center"
| 1990-91 || 72 || 36 || 32 || 4 || - || 404 || 386 || 76 || 4th West || Lost West Division semi-final
|- align="center"
| 1991-92 || 72 || 35 || 35 || 2 || - || 363 || 376 || 72 || 2nd West || Lost West Division quarter-final
|- align="center"
| 1992-93 || 72 || 28 || 41 || 3 || - || 245 || 312 || 59 || 6th West || Lost West Division quarter-final
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| 1993-94 || 72 || 19 || 48 || 5 || - || 272 || 373 || 43 || 6th West || Lost West Division quarter-final
|- align="center"
| 1994-95 || 72 || 36 || 31 || 5 || - || 295 || 279 || 77 || 4th West || Lost West Division final
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| 1995-96 || 72 || 45 || 25 || 2 || - || 336 || 255 || 92 || 3rd West || Lost West Division semi-final
|- align="center"
| 1996-97 || 72 || 22 || 43 || 7 || - || 225 || 288 || 51 || 7th West || Out of playoffs
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| 1997-98 || 72 || 17 || 49 || 6 || - || 264 || 371 || 40 || 7th West || Out of playoffs
|- align="center"
| 1998-99 || 72 || 43 || 23 || 6 || - || 311 || 219 || 92 || 2nd West || Lost West Division final
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| 1999-00 || 72 || 24 || 41 || 7 || 2 || 231 || 288 || 57 || 6th West || Lost West Division semi-final
|- align="center"
| 2000-01 || 72 || 21 || 36 || 8 || 7 || 217 || 284 || 57 || 7th West || Out of playoffs
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| 2001-02 || 72 || 31 || 31 || 10 || 0 || 260 || 271 || 72 || 3rd U.S. || Lost Western Conference quarter-final
|- align="center"
| 2002-03 || 72 || 20 || 44 || 3 || 5 || 240 || 335 || 48 || 4th U.S. || Out of playoffs
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| 2003-04 || 72 || 31 || 27 || 10 || 4 || 205 || 197 || 76 || 3rd U.S. || Lost Western Conference semi-final
|- align="center"
| 2004-05 || 72 || 26 || 34 || 8 || 4 || 172 || 196 || 64 || 4th U.S. || Lost Western Conference quarter-final
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| 'Season' || 'GP ' || ' W ' || ' L ' || ' OTL ' || 'SOL' || 'GF ' || 'GA ' || 'Points' ||'Finish' || 'Playoffs'
|- align="center"
| 2005-06 || 72 || 30 || 35 || 4 || 3 || 188 || 221 || 67 || 4th U.S. || Lost Western Conference quarter-final
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| 2006-07 || 72 || 47 || 23 || 1 || 1 || 240 || 190 || 96 || 2nd U.S. || Lost Western Conference quarter-final
|}

Team records

{| align=left border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;"
| align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" colspan=3 style="border-bottom:1px #aaaaaa solid;" | 'Team Records for a single season'
|-
!Statistic!!Total!!Season
|- align="center"
|Most Points||96||2006-07
|- align="center"
|Most Wins||47||2006-07
|- align="center"
|Most Goals For||433||1989-90
|- align="center"
|Least Goals For||172||2004-05
|- align="center"
|Least Goals Against||190||2006-07
|- align="center"
|Most Goals Against||386||1990-91
|}
{| align=right border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;"
| align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" colspan=4 style="border-bottom:1px #aaaaaa solid;" | 'Individual player records for a single season'
|-
!Statistic!!Player!!Total!!Season
|- align="center"
|Most Goals||Kyle Reeves||89||1990-91
|- align="center"
|Most Assists||Brian Sakic||122||1990-91
|- align="center"
|Most Points||Brian Sakic||162||1990-91
|- align="center"
|Most Points, rookie||Bill Lindsay||85||1989-90
|- align="center"
|Most Points, defenseman||Steve Jaques||84||1989-90
|- align="center"
|Best GAA (Goalie)||Carey Price||2.34||2004-05
|-
| align="center" colspan=4 style="border-bottom:1px #aaaaaa solid;" | ''Goalies = minimum 1500 minutes played''
|}



==NHL alumni==

★ Stu Barnes ★ Milan Bartovic ★ Alexandre Boikov ★ Brian Boucher ★ Jason Bowen ★ Mike Busniuk ★ Kimbi Daniels ★ Brad Ference ★ Dan Focht

★ Scott Gomez ★ Olaf Kolzig ★ Zenith Komarniski ★ Jaroslav Kristek ★ Jason Labarbera ★ Daymond Langkow ★ Scott Levins ★ Bill Lindsay

★ Jason Marshall ★ Josef Melichar ★ Steve Passmore ★ Stephen Peat ★ Ronald Petrovicky ★ Terry Ryan ★ Terran Sandwith ★ Ray Schultz

★ Todd Simpson ★ Dan Smith ★ Sheldon Souray ★ Jaroslav Svejkovsky ★ Billy Tibbetts ★ Terry Virtue ★ Vladimir Vujtek ★ B.J. Young

Retired numbers

33 - Olaf Kolzig
14 - Stu Barnes, Todd Klassen
8 - Brian Sakic

External link

★ Tri-City Americans website

★ Tri-City Herald coverage of Tri-City Americans