KENNEWICK, WA - Tri-City Americans' Governor/General Manager Bob Tory announced today that the club has selected Darcy Ewanchuk to serve as their new athletic therapist for the upcoming 2010-11 season.

Out of the League for the past two seasons, Ewanchuk is an 11-year veteran of the Western Hockey League. Prior to his hiatus, Ewanchuk spent the 2007-08 season as the Athletic Trainer/Equipment Manger for the new expansion team, the Edmonton Oil Kings. He made his jump into the WHL before the start of the 1996-97 season, spending two seasons with the Edmonton Ice. The club relocated to Kootenay in 1998 and Ewanchuk joined them before the start of the 1999-00 season, eventually winning a WHL Championship with the Ice in 2000 and a Memorial Cup Championship in 2002. From 1994-96, Ewanchuk served as the student athletic trainer for the University of Alberta basketball team, then returned to serve the same position with the Golden Bears' hockey team for the 1998-99 season.

Dan Mulhausen  Tri-City Americans

KENNEWICK, WA - Tri-City Americans' Governor/General Manager Bob Tory announced today that Terry Virtue has announced his resignation as associate coach due to personal reasons.

Virtue, a former Americans defenseman from 1989-91, wrapped up a 16-year professional playing career before joining Tri-City as an assistant coach in time for the 2007-08 season. Over the past three seasons with the Americans, Virtue's defensive units have finished in the top-6 in goals allowed while featuring three defensemen with 30+ points the past two years. The Spruce Grove, Alberta-native spent 13 seasons as a player in the American Hockey League prior to joining the Tri-City coaching staff, appearing in 888 games and totaling 88 goals, 387 points and 1,856 penalty minutes.

Dan Mulhausen  Tri-City Americans

KENNEWICK, WA - The Tri-City Americans announced today their tentative regular season schedule for the upcoming 2010-11 season, their 23rd season in the Mid-Columbia.

For the third consecutive season, the Americans will start the season at home, as Tri-City will host the arch rival Spokane Chiefs at the Toyota Center on Saturday, Sept. 25. Tri-City will also raise their third straight U.S. Division banner and first Western Conference Championship banner prior to the game.

"We are on the road a lot to start the season but, in return, we have a strong second half in front of our fans," noted Americans' Governor/General Manager Bob Tory. "It's never an easy process but, overall, I feel this year's schedule puts us in position for a good year, both on the business side and the hockey side."