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Filson will report directly to General Manager Bob Tory and will play a key role in player evaluation, scouting, roster planning and hockey operations strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Filson joins the Americans following three seasons as a Western Regional Scout with the National Hockey League\u2019s Chicago Blackhawks, where he continued to evaluate talent across Western Canada and the Western Hockey League. His recent work with Chicago kept him closely connected to the WHL landscape, its players, coaches and competitive trends, giving him current insight into the league as he steps into his new role with Tri-City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am extremely grateful to Bob Tory and the Tri-City Americans organization for this opportunity,\u201d Filson said. \u201cThis is a proud franchise with a strong history in the Western Hockey League, and I am excited to contribute to the next chapter. I have always had great respect for the league, its players and the people who work every day to develop young athletes, and I look forward to bringing that same commitment to the Tri-City Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining the Blackhawks, Filson spent more than a decade in the scouting department with the Seattle Thunderbirds. He began as a scout before advancing to Director of Player Personnel, helping shape one of the WHL\u2019s most successful programs. 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Seattle\u2019s 2017 championship marked the first WHL title in franchise history, while the 2023 championship reinforced the organization\u2019s sustained ability to identify, acquire and develop elite junior talent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat stands out about Cal is that his success has never been accidental,\u201d Tory said. \u201cHe has consistently demonstrated patience, preparation and conviction in his evaluations. His time with the Blackhawks has only expanded that perspective, and because he has remained so familiar with the Western Hockey League, we believe he is ready to make an immediate impact in Tri-City.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Filson\u2019s background also includes scouting experience in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League before his move to the WHL. A native of Lafleche, Saskatchewan, he has built his career around detailed player evaluation, strong relationships and a deep understanding of junior hockey development pathways.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an important addition for our hockey operations department,\u201d Tory said. \u201cCal brings championship experience, NHL scouting perspective and a proven understanding of the WHL. 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In 31 games, Wanner recorded 43 points with 16 goals and 27 assists, along&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":594,"featured_media":40079,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[409],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-40076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-409","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/07\/02153732\/SIGNED-2-.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40076"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40078,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40076\/revisions\/40078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":40070,"date":"2026-07-01T15:17:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/?p=40070"},"modified":"2026-07-01T15:17:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:17:34","slug":"americans-add-jason-schneider-to-scouting-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/article\/americans-add-jason-schneider-to-scouting-staff","title":{"rendered":"Americans Add Jason Schneider to Scouting Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Tri-City Americans General Manager Bob Tory announced today that the team has hired Jason Schneider as a regional scout in Regina, SK. 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Welcome to the team Jason.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":594,"featured_media":40071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[409],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-40070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-409","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/07\/01151702\/9_16.jpg",1920,1080,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40072,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40070\/revisions\/40072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":40061,"date":"2026-06-30T16:01:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/?p=40061"},"modified":"2026-06-30T16:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:01:41","slug":"americans-announce-full-2026-27-regular-season-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/article\/americans-announce-full-2026-27-regular-season-schedule","title":{"rendered":"Americans announce full 2026-27 regular season schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<style type=\"text\/css\" data-type=\"the7_shortcodes-inline-css\">#default-btn-bfabedd88b819ac81d2b28712e713b06.ico-right-side > i {\n  margin-right: 0px;\n  margin-left: 8px;\n}\n#default-btn-bfabedd88b819ac81d2b28712e713b06 > i {\n  margin-right: 8px;\n}<\/style><div class=\"btn-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/schedule\/217\/295\/?view=grid\" class=\"default-btn-shortcode dt-btn dt-btn-l link-hover-off \" target=\"_blank\" id=\"default-btn-bfabedd88b819ac81d2b28712e713b06\" title=\"Americans Schedule\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>View 2026-27 Full Schedule<\/span><\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<style type=\"text\/css\" data-type=\"the7_shortcodes-inline-css\">#default-btn-57805986a5dc4d22c9ca2c49ab608ff9.ico-right-side > i {\n  margin-right: 0px;\n  margin-left: 8px;\n}\n#default-btn-57805986a5dc4d22c9ca2c49ab608ff9 > i {\n  margin-right: 8px;\n}<\/style><div class=\"btn-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/06\/30153905\/26-27-Printable-Schedule.pdf\" class=\"default-btn-shortcode dt-btn dt-btn-l link-hover-off \" target=\"_blank\" id=\"default-btn-57805986a5dc4d22c9ca2c49ab608ff9\" title=\"26-27 Printable Schedule\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Printable Full Schedule<\/span><\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The Tri-City Americans, in conjunction with the Western Hockey League, today announced their full 68-game schedule for the 2026-27 season. The upcoming season will be the 39th in franchise history.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026-27 regular season spans 190 days and begins Saturday, September 19 against the Spokane Chiefs at the Toyota Center and concludes Saturday, March 27 on the road in Spokane.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Home Opener<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As previously announced the Americans will open the 2026-27 season at home for the first time in five years, hosting the Spokane Chiefs on Saturday, September 19 at the Toyota Center. It\u2019s the first time since 2018-19 that Tri-City has hosted Spokane in the season opener.<\/p>\n<p>That game, along with all Saturday home games, has a 6:05 pm puck drop. Unless otherwise noted, all mid-week and Friday games begin at 7:05 pm while Sunday games begin at 4:05 pm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Splits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Americans have a favorable home schedule in 2026-27, with 27 of their 34 home games being on Fridays and Saturday evenings. The team has two games each on Sundays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the Toyota Center, along with the annual New Year\u2019s Eve matchup against the Spokane Chiefs on Thursday, December 31.<\/p>\n<p>The Americans play 40 of their 68 games against the U.S. Division, with eight games against each Divisional opponent. Tri-City hosts Spokane September 19, December 31, February 20 and March 26.<\/p>\n<p>The full schedule can be found on the Americans website, under the schedule tab on the top menu.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some notable dates on the 2026-27 schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, September 19 \u2013 Hosting Spokane for the season and home opener.<\/p>\n<p>Friday, October 9 \u2013 Hosting defending WHL champion Everett Silvertips.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, October 31 \u2013 Hosting Medicine Hat Tigers for Halloween matchup.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, December 31 \u2013 Annual New Year\u2019s Eve matchup against Spokane.<\/p>\n<p>January 6 \u2013 16 \u2013 East Division swing with games in Prince Albert, Saskatoon, Regina, Brandon, Moose Jaw and Swift Current.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some notable numbers from the 2026-27 schedule.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong> \u2013 The number of games the Americans will play in Victoria this season. Since the Royals joined the WHL for the 2011-12 season the Americans have always played two games on Vancouver Island. That changes for 2026-27.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8<\/strong> \u2013 The number of times the Americans will play each U.S. Division opponent. Last season the Americans played Spokane eight times, but every other Division opponent just six times.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4<\/strong> \u2013 Not including New Year\u2019s Eve, the Americans have four home mid-week games (Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday) during the 2026-27 season, down from 6 in 2025-26.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12<\/strong> \u2013 The busiest months on the calendar for the Americans are October, January and February with 12 games in each of those months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>190<\/strong> \u2013 The number of days the 2026-27 regular season spans, an increase of seven from last season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>13,589<\/strong> \u2013 A rough estimate of the number of miles the Americans will travel in 2026-27, a 16.2 per cent decrease from 2025-26. That number is helped by more in-division games, two trips to Penticton compared to three last season and one trip to the East Division rather than two smaller trips to the Central Division the team did last year.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to get more info about ticketing options: https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/official-tickets-source\/[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The Tri-City Americans, in conjunction with the Western Hockey League, today announced their full 68-game schedule for the 2026-27 season. The upcoming season will be the 39th in franchise history. The 2026-27 regular season spans 190 days and begins Saturday, September 19 against the Spokane Chiefs at the Toyota Center and concludes&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":594,"featured_media":40065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"article","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[409],"tags":false,"class_list":["post-40061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-409","description-off"],"acf":[],"featured_image":["https:\/\/media.chl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/06\/30155809\/SR_9_16-Cover2.jpg",1920,1350,false],"hide_from_app_feed":false,"video":false,"gallery":null,"ht_game_id":0,"target_video":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/594"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40061"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40066,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40061\/revisions\/40066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chl.ca\/whl-americans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}]