For the third straight season, the Tri-City Americans will open the WHL playoffs vs. the Spokane Chiefs. It won't matter who finishes 4th or 5th in the Western Conference.
Want a playoffs preview? You couldn't script this any better. Two division rivals representing cities that hate each other anyway, fighting in the standings (4th and 5th in the East). You knew this would happen. A circus like this was well in the making all year long, but the biggest line brawl of the 2011-2012 NHL season was likely initially brewing after Flyer rookie Brayden Schenn cross-checked