Examiner.com: Ams notebook — 2008 still fresh in players’ minds

By Rene Ferran | Examiner.com

Memories of three springs ago still bring a smile to Tri-City Americans captain Kruise Reddick’s face.

“I remember it like it was yesterday, for sure,” Reddick said.

It refers to the epic 2008 Western Conference finals between the Americans and the Spokane Chiefs — a series that saw five games go to overtime, including three that went to a second overtime, before the Chiefs won Game 7 at Toyota Center.

“That was a pretty special series,” Reddick said Tuesday as the Americans prepare for their first playoff matchup with their archrivals since then.

This year’s series opens with Games 1 and 2 on Saturday and Sunday at Spokane Arena.

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