From Rod Pedersen's blog(http://rodpedersen.blogspot.com/):
Kennewick, WA -- The WHL announced today that due to a medical situation involving members of the Spokane Chiefs Hockey Club, their game at Tri-City tonight has been postponed and re-scheduled to Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 at 7:05 pm PT. As well, the Chiefs home game versus the Kelowna Rockets tomorrow, Sunday, March 15th, has been re-scheduled to Monday, March 16th at 7:00 pm PT. The Spokane Chiefs Hockey Club has encountered a situation where 11 players have been diagnosed with food poisoning and consequently, the Club will not be able to field a roster for games tonight and tomorrow.
The WHL, in conjunction with the Spokane Chiefs, and with the cooperation of the Tri-City Americans and Kelowna Rockets, have re-scheduled the two games so that the Chiefs players have adequate time to recover and will allow the Club to field a healthy line-up in both games. "It's an unfortunate situation that has caused us to cancel tonight's game," said WHL Commissioner Ron Robison. "But, given the situation, we had no choice." The game, with agreement from the Toyota Center, has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 17. Game time is 7:05 p.m. KVEW-TV has also agreed to air the game on their My Network 280 station. All fans that have purchased tickets, including those with 'standing room only' tickets, will still be able to utilize their tickets for Tuesday's game. For any questions regarding tickets, please contact the Americans' office at 509.736.0606.
And this from http://www.spokanechiefs.com/:
ILLNESS FORCES POSTPONMENT OF NEXT 2 GAMES
03/14/2009 12:01 PM
The Western Hockey League announced today that due to a serious bout of illness with the Chiefs that Spokane’s next two games, Saturday at Tri-City and Monday at home versus the Kelowna Rockets, have been postponed.
“It is difficult to be 100% sure, but all symptoms indicate that is highly likely that this represents a case of food poisoning with our players,” Spokane Chiefs Team Physician Dr. P.Z. Pearce said.
“Obviously the health and well being of our players is the number one factor in these situations,” Chiefs General Manager Tim Speltz said. “Unfortunately with this illness we are unable to ice a team for tonight and tomorrow. We appreciate the cooperation of the Tri-City Americans and Kelowna Rockets.”
Saturday’s game will be played on Tuesday, March 17th at 7:00 in Kennewick and can be seen live on Comcast channel 78 locally. Sunday’s game in the Spokane Arena between the Chiefs and Kelowna Rockets has been postponed until Monday, March 16th at 7:00. Tickets for Sunday’s game will be honored on Monday night as well as any Chiefs playoff games. Spokane is scheduled to open the post season on Friday, March 20th and Saturday, March 21st.
Saturday, March 14th at Tri-City Americans
RESCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 17TH
Sunday, March 15th vs. Kelowna Rockets
RESCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, MARCH 16TH
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