Spokane Chiefs fans are eagerly waiting to throw their teddy bears on the ice after their team's first score, but Tri-City goalie Eric Comrie is holding up the fun. The Chiefs have peppered Comrie with 15 shots (to seven for Tri-City) during a first period…
The Spokane Chiefs and Tri-City Americans will square off in about 15 minutes at the Arena. The big rivalry game will feature the annual teddy bear toss to benefit needy children. These teams have met in the playoffs the last two seasons. Spokane has won…
Ohio State's Amber Stokes and her father, Ron, are the first father-daughter combo to have played at the Columbus school. Stokes' 20th-ranked Buckeyes lost at Washington State on Saturday and play at Gonzaga on Monday. Read story
Washington State, playing its first game in two weeks since a disappointing loss to Fresno State, showed off its potential Saturday afternoon by toppling No. 20 Ohio State in Pullman. Read more
Spokane Chiefs fans can say they've seen it all after Friday night's game at the Arena against Seattle. Trailing 6-2 with less than 12 minutes left, the Chiefs, powered by Mitch Holmberg's incredible night, tied the game in regulation and won in a shootout. Read…
A wild third-period rally led by Mitch Holmberg gives the Spokane Chiefs a 7-6 win over Seattle after a 2-1 shootout. Story to come
Luke Lockhart has a power-play goal and a shorthanded goal through two periods Friday as the Seattle Thunderbirds lead the Spokane Chiefs 5-2 at the Arena. Spokane entered with a 12-2 home record.
The Spokane Chiefs struck early Friday night on Dylan Walchuk's ninth goal of the season, but Seattle scored power-play goals 38 seconds apart for a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes.
The Spokane Chiefs are minutes away from playing their first home game since Nov. 24. The Chiefs will take on Seattle, aiming to improve to 4-1 against the Thunderbirds this Western Hockey League season.
Todd Fiddler is hot and so are the Spokane Chiefs. Fiddler has scored 18 goals in his last 18 games as Spokane has moved within striking distance of the Western Hockey League's elite. Read story
Before Washington State begins the Pac-12 season, a tough nonconference stretch will challenge the Cougars. Coach June Daugherty welcomes the challenge. Read story
The top three picks for the next Western Hockey League draft could be playing in Alberta. Read story
The Spokane Chiefs have been away from the Arena since Nov. 24, but home fans are about to get a pre-Christmas treat. Spokane will greet three U.S. Division rivals in five days - Friday against Seattle; Saturday against Tri-City and Tuesday against first-place Portland -…
This week's women's basketball notebook focuses on Idaho junior Alyssa Charlston, the Vandals' leading scorer who has never regretted her decision to play in Moscow. Read story
Here's an early look at 20th-ranked Ohio State (6-2), which will play at Washington State on Saturday and at Gonzaga on Dec. 17. Read story
Gonzaga sophomore forward Sunny Greinacher capped a superb week Sunday by scoring 16 points during an 83-44 romp past Cal State Fullerton at McCarthey Athletic Center. The effort matched Greinacher's career-best 16 points during Tuesday's win over Eastern Washington. No. 20 Ohio State is the…
Sunny Greinacher tied a careeer high with 16 points Sunday afternoon despite sitting out much of the second half as Gonzaga improved to 9-2 with an 83-44 nonconference win over visiting Cal State Fullerton. More to come
The Spokane Chiefs will play their first home game in three weeks when they greet the Seattle Thunderbirds on Friday night at the Arena. The Chiefs' 5-1 road trip to the East Division ended Saturday with a loss to Moose Jaw. Read more
Five days after scoring a career-high 16 points against Eastern Washington, Gonzaga sophomore forward Sunny Greinacher is at it again. Greinacher has 12 points, on 6-foot-10 shooting from the floor, as the Bulldogs lead visiting Cal State Fullerton 40-29 at halftime Sunday afternoon. GU season…
We're about five minutes away from Gonzaga's home game against Cal State Fullerton, the Bulldogs' final game until Dec. 17, when 20th-ranked Ohio State comes to Spokane. Fullerton (2-6) is 0-2 all time against Gonzaga and has dropped five consecutive games.
While Spokane was improving to 5-0 on its East Division trip Friday, the Tri-City Americans were helping the Chiefs' cause by defeating Portland. Former Chief Luke Lee-Knight was the star, turning away 44 Portland shots. The Chiefs are now just two points behind Portland in…
Haiden Palmer scored a season-best 21 points and Gonzaga caught fire in the second half during Friday's win at Portland State. Read more
The Spokane Chiefs have won 13 of 16 games after Friday's 5-2 victory at Brandon, Manitoba. Read more
The Seattle Thunderbirds had lost 22 consecutive games to the Tri-City Americans in Kennewick. That streak is over ... AND the Americans lose a chance to gain ground on second-place Spokane in the U.S. Division. Read story
This columnist has tried to watch two big women's games on TV this season, including Stanford's upset over Baylor, and wonders why he came up empty. Read column
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