The Spokane Chiefs took care of business Friday night, avoiding the need to win on the road Saturday and Sunday during the final two games of the Western Hockey League's regular season. Spokane's 6-0 win over visiting Tri-City clinched the No. 4 seed for the…
Carter Proft scored twice and Eric Williams made 20 saves for his fourth shutout of the season Friday night as the Spokane Chiefs clinched the No. 4 seed to Western Hockey League's Western Conference playoffs with a 6-0 win over the Tri-City Americans at the…
Carter Proft, named earlier in the night as the Chiefs' Players Player of the Year, scored twice in the second period Friday to increase Spokane's lead to 3-0 over the Tri-City Americans. Proft registered his first multigoal game of the season. He has 11 goals…
Alessio Bertaggia's 29th goal of the season, on a power play at 12:44, has given the Spokane Chiefs a 1-0 lead over the Tri-City Americans after one period in the Chiefs' final home game of the regular season. Beraggia's goal came 12 seconds after Spokane's…
The Spokane Chiefs and Tri-City Americans already know one another well, but starting tonight the Western Hockey League archrivals will be nearly inseparable for the next couple of weeks. The Chiefs and Americans will play one another six times in the next 14 days --…
Eastern Washington came roaring back to force overtime on Friday afternoon, but the Eagles fell in overtime to Northern Colorado at the Big Sky Conference tournament semifinal in Missoula. Read Colter Nuanez's story:
Close games are nothing new to Idaho's basketball team, which edged Utah State 84-82 on Friday afternoon in Las Vegas to advance to Saturday's championship game of the WAC tournament. Read Christian Caple's story:
A GRIP ON SPORTS March is beginning to enter its lamb phase, which means it's about time for college basketball fans to turn into bracket lions. Shoot, that sounded better in my head. Read on.
COUGARS FROM LAS VEGAS -- There are no Washington State teams playing here anymore, though we still had a busy day yesterday at the WAC and Pac-12 tournaments. Read on for links and such from a crazy day.
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