“It bothers you to a certain extent. We’re just going to use it for motivation. That’s really all.”
We say this because Giants players admit they tracked down a Spokane Spokesman-Review story that featured Chiefs coach Dan Lambert calling the Everett Silvertips “the top team in the league,” after Spokane had eliminated Everett in five games to advance to face Vancouver in the best-of-seven WHL Western Conference Final.It was Vancouver who finished atop the Western Conference standings, two points ahead of Everett .
Catch up on all the stats and rivalries between the @WHLGiants & @spokanechiefs before they battle in the Western Conference Championship! #VANvsSPO#WHLPlayoffs 📰| https://t.co/NSdsSPx7p4 pic.twitter.com/fQ2OHu7U8t “We’re not going to worry about that,” Jadon Joseph, a Vancouver forward, said about the quotes regarding Everett. “We know who we are and we’re going to take care of what we have to take care of. We’re confident where we are. We’ll have to just see what happens in the series.
— Province Sports April 18, 2019Joseph, Plouffe and Brkin are central figures in one of the other main angles to this series. Brkin, 19, has been one of the stars of this post-season for Spokane, including fashioning a 1.81 goals against average and .942 save percentage against the Silvertips.
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