Chiefs, Americans Return to SWX Bigger, Better Than Ever

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Chiefs, Americans Return to SWX Bigger, Better Than Ever

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© The Spokane Chiefs and Tri-City Americans will play each other 10 times on SWX this upcoming season (Photo: SWX)

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SPOKANE, Wash. -

The Spokane Chiefs and Tri-City Americans will be on SWX 10 times this upcoming season, all parties announced Wednesday.

Under the latest agreement between the Ams, Chiefs and SWX, 10 Ams-Chiefs games – five in each location – will be shown on SWX in the Spokane region. The games will be on MeTV on Charter Cable 280 and over-the-air 42.2 in the Tri-Cities area. The first game is September 22 when the teams open the season at the Toyota Center in Kennewick. All games start at 7 p.m.

SWX can be seen in the Spokane area on 6.2 over the air and on Comcast 115.

"It has been great partnership for the past two seasons and we look forward to a great 2012-2013 regular season," Brett Sports & Entertainment's Chief Marketing Officer Dave Pier said.

Chiefs-Ams Broadcast Schedule

Saturday, September 22nd - Spokane at Tri-City

Saturday, September 29th - Tri-City at Spokane

Saturday, October 27th - Spokane at Tri-City

Saturday, November 24th - Tri-City at Spokane

Saturday, December 15th - Tri-City at Spokane

Monday, December 31st - Spokane at Tri-City

Saturday, January 19th - Tri-City at Spokane

Saturday, February 9th - Tri-City at Spokane

Saturday, February 16th - Spokane at Tri-City

Saturday, March 16th - Spokane at Tri-City

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