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Dea stopped all 39 shots he faced Thursday at Prospera Place to lead the Americans to a 5-0 victory over the Rockets in Game 1 of the best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinal series.

Morgan Geekie and Michael Rasmussen each scored twice for the Americans who made the most of their power play opportunities, going a perfect 3-for-3, while Kelowna was 0-for-4.

Down 2-0 late in the second period, Rockets forward Dillon Dube was handed a five-minute major and game misconduct for charging香蕉视频直播攔aising the ire of more than 5,100 fans at Prospera Place香蕉视频直播攁fter going hard to the net and crashing into Dea.

Dube was being pursued by Ams defenceman Jake Bean who made contact with the Kelowna forward just prior the collision.

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Rockets head coach Jason Smith said the call on Dube represented a key turning point in the game.

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The Rockets started strong and fired 19 shots at the Ams net in the opening but couldn香蕉视频直播檛 get one past Dea, a recurring theme throughout the game

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James Porter stopped 27 shots in the Kelowna net.

Game 2 goes Saturday night at Prospera Place, with face off at 7:05 p.m.

Games 3 and 4 set for next Wednesday and Thursday in Kennewick, WA.

Series schedule:

Game 1香蕉视频直播擳ri-City 5, Kelowna 0, Thursday, March 22 7:05

Game 2香蕉视频直播擳ri-City @ Kelowna, Saturday, March 24 7:05

Game 3香蕉视频直播擪elowna @ Tri-City, Wednesday, March 28 7:05

Game 4香蕉视频直播擪elowna @ Tri-City, Thursday, March 29 7:05

Game 5香蕉视频直播�* Tri-City @ Kelowna, Saturday, March 31 7:05

Game 6香蕉视频直播�* Kelowna @ Tri-City, Sunday, April 1 5:05

Game 7香蕉视频直播�* Tri-City @ Kelowna, Tuesday, April 3 7:05